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wage to efficient and satisfactory workers. Single men ex- 

 perienced in farm work received from $30 to $50 a month, 

 including board and room, and married men received from 

 $60 to $75 with cottage and such perquisites as fuel, milk and 

 garden. Good milkers were always in demand and could com- 

 mand the highest wage offered in general farm work. 



During the past season co-operation with other agencies has 

 been continued and broadened. Men have been referred to us 

 by the American Legion, the Veterans' Bureau, Department 

 of Public Welfare and Immigration, the Y. M. C. A. and social 

 agencies. Wherever possible openings have been found for 

 the men so referred. There has been continued co-operation 

 with the Massachusetts Agricultural College, with Breck's 

 Registry and the Public Employment Bureau, and even with 

 commercial agencies when there has been a surplus of men or 

 jobs and no outlet through the ordinary channels. Through 

 the co-operation of the agricultural instructor at the Roxbury 

 High School we have found places for a few of the high school 

 boys specializing in agricultural training. 



Applications from 325 farm hands have been received for 

 work on farms. It is safe to assume that many others have 

 found positions indirectly through this office, namely, through 

 co-operating agencies and through answers to appropriate 

 advertisements. No record has been kept of such placements. 

 One hundred and ninety-one applications for farm help have 

 been received and the majority of them filled. 



The season of 1922 has been marked by an adequate supply 

 of help at a wage the farmer could afford to pay. 



Listing and Advertising Massachusetts Farms for 



Sale. 



The second annual bulletin of Massachusetts Farms for 

 Sale" was issued in March, 1922. This book contained descrip- 

 tions of 110 farms. During the early spring and summer 40 

 more descriptions were received and kept on file. 



There is a great deal of interest in farm prospects and prop- 

 erty in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Much of this 

 interest is manifested by farmers of other, especially western, 

 States. These farmers are seeking locations on or near State 

 highways with near-by markets, thus eliminating the problem 



