Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1920 — FARM HAND SHORTAGE PERILS COUNTY’S CROP [ARTICLE]

FARM HAND SHORTAGE PERILS COUNTY’S CROP

The farm hand shortage in the county .at the present time is extremely serious and unless relief comes soon a serious crop shortage will be the result this fall. Farmers are crying for help and are offering unheard of wages for farm hands, but so far their appeals have brought no response. Many acres of corn are ready for cultivating but the plows remain idle for there, is no one to operate them. The high wages being paid in the city for common labor is given as the reason for the shortage of farm hand labor.