DEMAND FOR HARVEST LABOR IN THE WHEAT BELT. 31 
from Grand Forks to Devils Lake, can not obtain labor in adequate 
quantities unless some governmental agencies ship labor to them. 
The employment agencies, in other words, perform a service out of 
proportion to the number of actual placements they make by meeting 
the emergency needs of wheat areas badly located as regards labor 
supply, and by directing the harvest laborers who are “drifting’’ 
from town to town to the areas where they are needed. ~ 
TABLE 6.— Methods of obtaining harvest labor used by 1,091 farmers in wheat harvest of 1921. 
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j 
_ Number of farmers who used each specified method to obtain harvesters. 
; Local Method satis- 
: Form- | Pick | banks Private factory. 
Hires | erem- | upon County! ers feo - 
neigh- | ployees| streets | : 2 
State. Total. : --;-.| Public | agents busi- | charg- 
| bors | return; jof cities emplovellcor ness |in 2 
| and jadvance| and TPO? | farm | men oy- 
_ local jcontract) towns | omoes. | bu- and. Tone 
towns- | made in || See A eae iaesce 0 ES No. 
people.| with | wheat apr eial rate 
| them. belt. alabs e 
Oklahoma.........-. 84 | 7 3 | 56 | 7 1 8 2 27 17 
MRANISAS = 5) Os seccnee 347 | 53 41 221 9 8 | AD) 2 erareins 210 54 
Nebraska........... 167, 56 4} 80 4 14 | 8 dy} 101 15 
South Dakota....... 161 31 10 94 | 15 6.| 4 1 127 13 
North Dakota....... -274| 33 30| 144| 39 14 | 6 1 ee to2 38 
Minnesota........-.. 58 | 11 40 34 | 4 4 | iy epee Pa 39 1 
Total Us sas 1,091 191 92 | 629 | 78 47 42 12 696 138 
Percentage.-......:.. 100. 0 17.5 8.4 | 57.7 (ee | 4.3 | 3.8 1.1 83.5 16.5 
TaBLe 7.—Number of harvest hands directed to harvest work by Federal and State employ- 
ment offices located in wheat belt. Figures are for 1921 harvest. 
[Data furnished by A. L. Barkman, U.S. Employment Service.] 
Number of |) Number of 
Location of office. PAY eSEer Location of office. parvesters 
| to work. to work. 
Texas: | | Nebraska: 
MON SV Olilite 2. s2asan cn -22 5 <ccs- 6,073 |) Omaha vaca Sees one aes eos te 132 
PRIETO fa saan aoee = =32 oe 1,592 | 12 GS PUTS Sn ho sso see seososc-Esee 395 
Toye pis gates et eee ears | 7,665 || - Lamcolm.........-.-.---.+--.++---- 667 
Arkansas: Roba ee Se Pk oes 1,194 
ARE ie) oR 600 | F 
: _ Iowa: 
sions: Pare ante ie | 2 600 || SiGUCibye soe eee Serco 2, 503 
q ed Wee Ieee hess | South Dakota: 
fee rides go0 | Sioux Palls.....-.--.-.-2--2--+-+- | 135 
Oklahoma City .. 222200 2220222002. 2, 066 (ee Fk ge ee nie 
eperTigr eee ee 332 SEL DE Ss 2300 SSSR 230 - S RG 463 
Wnchite Walls ..-9..-22--.-2----- 420 | PD oe 00% Gog aR¢ 26 OO ao & 
ited hye 52 Sent te. ws LLCO | 7,620 Roialese mes tate se hee SS 1,722 
ge pare 1.123 | eee Dakota: Avice 
, 2 ay kPa Ot Me ii zi {| VIR m2 eel eee oer eee Ocoee 5 
a aes (depot)........------) » a | GTANGCHOLKS epee oo ~ a= se nae Seer 1, 934 
Bacrsesge 7° Sore] Z JamMestOweleoes hoe. osc oe aes 479 
rele ee ee Ekg 22 3 | 8, 397 Devils Lake ee re Ee it 319 
Kansas: ASTATC Rn a2 =e ce sone an enone = 
Se ek ae ea 11, 759 ae ee eee eat 
0 Sa 756 Oakes.....-..------++-+-++---2++-- | 628 
nae | és0 Jee See EDR BESS oe ANAS: 9, 880 
Corn) Oi ae re 591 || a,- ; 
“SSE ee ag eee Uf | ae ate ee a 
RA aoe a Sana 4° 600 INNES PONS. 6 2. cee - nena ee 81i 
cas. wo nteretceeestereeeeses = = Grand tofabs eee | 70,970 
DDD oi SAB Ben SSS Ree aac ol. 
