Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1920 — MICHIGAN OPENS CAMPAIGN TO SALVAGE FARMS [ARTICLE]

MICHIGAN OPENS CAMPAIGN TO SALVAGE FARMS

' _ — The western Michigan development bureau, a semi-official organization, launched a campaign yesterday to bring into production a part of Michigan’s 18,000 abandoned farms. In co-operation with real estate firms and employment agencies the pjan calls for recruiting surplus labor in industrial centers and the placing of these men on fully equipped farms, many of which are in the truck peninsula.