16 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 16, 1949
LIFE ON THE FARM
Farmers Taking Life Easier
By Hiring More Hired Hands
Washington, ( Farm familiei are taking life eaiier this year
and getting more hired handi to do the work.
A count lust completed by the bureau of agricultural econo
mics showed 56,000 more hired hands on farms in May than
there were a year previously.
Iiney pui in oniy o. nours, on
the average. Utah was a close
second, with an average work
day of 8.3 hours.
It also showed 311,000 fewer
members of the farmers' fam
ilies were at work.
Several reasons are suggested
Tor one thing, there are more
machines on farms than ever be
fore, and machines produce lar
ger crops with less labor. Sec
ond, the world food situation is
easing. There isn't the pressure
on the farmers to produce that
there was during the war.
This BAE census showed farm
people are working slightly
shorter hours than they did last
year. But the farm owners
themselves still work longer
than the hired hands do.
The BAE report says that the
employes are working on the
average 9.8 hours a day. Last
year they put in 9.9 hours.
But the farm operators them
selves are working 11.8 hours a
day, about 12 minutes less than
the year before.
On the day this survey was
made, June 1, the North Dakota
hands were working the longest
hours of any in the U.S. Their
average day was 11 hours long.
The shortest days were work
ed by Nevada's hired hands.
Among the farm operators or
their families, the ones in Flor
ida have the shortest day, a flat
10 hours. In California they put
in 10.2 hours.
North Dakota farm operator
families, like their hired hands,
put in the longest days they
were working 12.8 hours.
The production of farm ma
chinery set a new record in the
U.S. in 1948 and still is at a high
level.
The number of tractors on
farms more than doubled from
January 1, 1940, to May, 194B.
Farmers now own more than
3,250,000 tractors. Each one of
these tractors has susbtantially
reduced the number of men
needed to turn out a crop.
About 180,000 garden trac
tors came off the assembly lines
in 1948, which was 20 times the
prewar output. Sales of corn
pickers, field forage harvesters,
windrow pickup balers and
some other kinds of farm equip
ment all set new high produc
tion records.
Along with this Increase In
machinery, there has been a de
cline In the number of horses
and mules.
The 1948 colt crop was only
200.000 head, the smallest in
more than century.
This supply of colts is suffi
cient only to maintain a total
horse and mule population of
about 3,500,000 head less than
half the present number in the
U.S.
And many of these are used
for pleasure not work.
Washington, Oregon and Call
fornia produce virtually all of
the nation's hops.
Stewart Enters
Director's Race
Roy Stewart is a candidate
for the office of Salem school
director with no other objective
than being of service to the com
munity. "I have no pet projects
and no axes to grind," he am
plified when asked concerning
his candidacy. He pointed out
that some experience has been
gained in school management
by virtue of his. membership on
the suburban Rickey school
board. Stewart Is a resident of
the Four Corners district where
the Salem board recently let
the contrct for a new grade
building.
A resident of Salem for 20
years, Stewart is office manager
for the Valley Motor company.
He has one son in high school
and another in business in Sa
lem. He is concluding a term as
president of the Salem Lions
club.
The election is to be held the
afternoon of June 20.
Limburger cheese gets Its
name from the town in which it
originally was made Lim
bourg, Belgium.
Amity Lions Install
New Club Officers
Amity Amity Lions club
closed its meetings for the cur
rent (tison with a dinner meet
ing at the club rooms.
Merrill D. Ohling, district gov
ernor, installed the new officers:
Earl Johnson, president; Walter
Moore, 1st vice-president;. 2nd
vice-president, Robert Callen
dar; 3rd vice-president, Donald
Fuller; directors for two years,
Adolph (Dutch) Neilsen, and
Wm. West. The club will re
sume Its work Sept. 28 with the
new officers in charge.
Between 12 and 14 millioi.
baby chicks are hatched each
year In Washington state.
ATHLETES FOOT GERM
HOW TO KILL IT
IN ONE HOUR
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nr ArafrUI f.r this STSONO fiatlrlai,
T-4-L. M4 with M HKal lebl. II
PENETRATES. Itubll nt kills MORE
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Nothlnf Down Par Monthly
VENETIAN BLINDS
And Shades
ELMER. The Blind Man
Call anytime for Frr Estimates
Pbon J-7J2S
145 Bare St. Rett Salem
We give S&H Green Stamps
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4H Real Estate Loans
Farm or City
Personal and Auto Loans
State Finance Co.
153 8. Illjh St. Lie. S2I 1-821
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