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BULLETIN 1020, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



from Federal and State funds combined. Such temporary offices 

 were established in 1919 in Oklahoma at Alva, Carmen, Kingfisher, 

 Woodward, and Guymon ; in Kansas at Liberal, Goodland, and Dodge 

 City; in South Dakota at Aberdeen, Redfield, and Watertown; in 

 North Dakota at Oakes, Jamestown, and Grand Forks. In 1920 tem- 

 porary offices were maintained at most of these towns, as well as in 

 Bismarck and Minot, N. Dak., and Fort Worth and Amarillo, Tex. 

 Extra clerks also have been added to the more important permanent 

 offices, such as Kansas City, Wichita. Salina, Hutchinson, Sioux City, 

 and Fargo, during the harvest. 



These Federal and State employment offices, however, are merely 

 central distributing points for harvest labor, and must be supple- 

 mented by local distributing agencies in each county. The county 

 agricultural agents, farm bureaus, local chambers of commerce, local 

 bankers or business men, and other organizations or individuals 

 have been made local representatives of the various employment 

 offices. These local representatives receive the orders of the individ- 

 ual farmers for men and telephone or mail them to the labor distrib- 

 uting points. The men are then sent to the local representatives, who 

 place them on the individual farms. Relatively few men are sent 

 directly from the employment offices to the farmer. 



One of the most serious needs of the labor- distribution organiza- 

 tion in the wheat belt is the establishment of a large, well-equipped 

 office at Kansas City, Mo. 



TRANSPORTATION OF HARVEST LABOR. 



The expenses of the large number of harvest hands who come 

 long distances to the harvest are heavy before they begin work. 

 (Table 9.) 



Table 9. — Expenses incurred by 2,6.$3 transient harvest hands, before beginning 



work in the harvest. 1 



Less than S10. 

 $10 to $14.99.. 

 $15 to $19.99. . 

 $20 to $24.99.. 

 $25 to $29.99. . 

 $30 to $34.99. . 

 $35 to $39.99.. 

 $40 to $44.99. . 

 $45 to $49.99.. 

 $50 to $59.99. . 

 $60 to $59.99... 

 $70 to $79.99.. 

 $80 to $89.99.. 

 $90 to $99.99.. 

 $100 or more. . 



Expense. 



Number 

 of cases. 



Percent- 

 age of 



cases. 



663 



25.1 



248 



9.4 



424 



16.0 



324 



12.3 



228 



8.6 



164 



6.2 



92 



3.5 



117 



4.4 



38 



1.4 



316 



12.0 



18 



. i 



2 



1 







5 





3 





1 An effort was made to ascertain the expenses of these men while following the harvest, but very few 

 were able to give any satisfactory data on the subject. 



