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Check and report labor needs to the 

 United States Service; find available 

 labor reserves among the men, women 

 and youth of the county. 



The Council, on the basis of the ex- 

 perience of last summer, recommends 

 certain policies which have been of 

 great aid during the difficulties of last 

 summer. They are: Let every method 

 of economizing labor be put into effect. 

 This applies mainly to the grain farm- 

 ers, where machinery can be used to 

 economize labor. If any means of help- 

 ing the horticulturists to economize 

 come within their experience, these 

 should be formulated at once and the 

 information spread. Let every rancher 

 get his primary labor supply from his 

 family, relatives and friends, particu- 

 larly those living in towns and cities. 

 This will give a solid and loyal emer- 

 gency corps, even though it may often 

 be inexperienced and not fully efficient, 

 and it will be a safeguard against labor 

 agitators and strikes at the crucial mo- 

 ments when such difficulties interfere 

 most. Let every rancher get his sec- 

 ondary labor supply from other people, 

 strangers, who are nevertheless people 

 with a stable domicile living in the 



When I consider how much the lead- 

 ers of the various associations were 

 able to help themselves and the Defense 

 Council this summer on the fruit-box 

 situation, I am sure of equally effective 

 policy in dealing with this problem. 

 There are two other problems that 

 should be considered with labor sup- 

 ply: The question of good standard 

 wage, so as to avoid merely taking 

 workers from each other without draw- 

 ing in the needed new workers. The 

 problem of getting a special committee 

 of farmers and sanitary engineers to 

 plan a standard but cheap equipment 

 for housing workers during the season. 

 A great many city workers who were 

 induced to go into the country have 

 said that they would not return to the 

 orchards next year because of the un- 

 sanitary conditions. Our experience is 

 that this is a difficult problem to handle 

 cheaply. The careless will make no 

 expenditure and some will spend more 

 than they need to get a good, standard 

 living condition. In other ranches situ- 

 ated near a village or town, another 

 method used is to devise adequate 

 transportation facilities such as is 

 done for consolidated schools trans- 

 porting pupils. 



A resolution was drafted, presented 

 and carried as a motion that the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Horticultural 

 Association co-operate with the State 

 Council of Defense in carrying out this 

 program. 



community or the county. If adequate 

 wages and good living conditions are 

 provided, these workers can be at- 

 tracted away from other occupations 

 less essential or in slack season. Let 

 the tertiary labor supply come from the 

 migratory labor class, which is least 

 dependable at the present time. 



The Council would suggest that the 

 horticultural association take the initia- 

 tive in considering the whole problem 

 of the agricultural labor supply in this 

 state. The procedure might be along 

 the following lines: Have your asso- 

 ciation appoint a committee empowered 

 to consult with the State Council of 

 Defense and the U. S. Employment 

 Service, and draw up a standard policy 

 to recommend to the individual mem- 

 bers of the association. Ask all the 

 other agricultural associations to ap- 

 point similar committees. A meeting of 

 the State Council of Defense and these 

 association committees could then be 

 called to discuss and formulate the 

 whole matter. Mr. Rogers of Water- 

 ville, a member for farm labor in the 

 State Council, would be especially glad 

 to have this meeting I am sure. 



Planting Trees in Buckshot Soil 



By C. H. Witherspoon. Arkansas 



BUCKSHOT soil is not looked upon 

 by horticulturists as very good 

 orchard ground. As we desired to plant 

 several hundred pecan trees in this type 

 of soil and did not feel greatly en- 

 couraged as to the success of the 

 project, if we planted the trees by ordi- 

 nary methods, we decided to employ 

 what was to us a new method of plant- 

 ing; that is, using dynamite to blast 

 the holes. 



We were very much pleased with the 

 results. We found it to be much quicker 

 and cheaper than digging, and what is 

 more important, the dynamite broke up 

 the soil nicely and made an ideal bed 

 in which to plant. "We used a half 

 pound of dynamite for each hole, load- 

 ing the charges in the bore holes about 

 two and one-half feet deep. Very little 

 digging was required to get the dirt out 

 of the holes and prepare them for the 

 planting. 



In view of this experiment, I feel that 

 I can confidently recommend dynamite 

 for tree planting, especially in buck- 

 sot soils. 



ROflTABLE FARMS 



InVirtHnta, N. Carolina, West Virginia and Ohio at 

 S16 per acre and up. R>ch, fertile soil that responds 

 tolntelliccntcultivation. Long prowin* season makes crop 

 rotation profitable. Close to markets, schools, churches and 

 congenial neighbors Farm crops aroacUine double normal 

 prices, but no advance yet in our lands. ''COME 

 SOUTH- AND PROSPER*'. Write for Informa- 

 tion and (lluBtrated literature now. 



F. H. LaBAUME, Agr. &. Ind. Agt. 



N. & W. Ry. 228 N. & W. Bldg., Roanoke, Va. 



