Wisconsin Farm Labor Program: A Report On How The Labor Shortage Was Met
Author: College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin
Date Published: 1947
A report of the operations of the Farm Labor Project (an increased food output and worker placement effort in Wisconsin during World War II) for the years 1943 - 1946. In the midst of a manpower, seed, fertilizer, machinery and transportation shortages, the Agricultural Extension Service was a federal organization responsible for supplying agricultural labor. This report includes the impact of the family farm unit, the draft, volunteers, migrant workers, foreign workers, and war prisoners on filling Wisconsin's labor shortage void during these years, and concludes in a discussion of the shift to peacetime agricultural efforts.
Date Published: 1947
A report of the operations of the Farm Labor Project (an increased food output and worker placement effort in Wisconsin during World War II) for the years 1943 - 1946. In the midst of a manpower, seed, fertilizer, machinery and transportation shortages, the Agricultural Extension Service was a federal organization responsible for supplying agricultural labor. This report includes the impact of the family farm unit, the draft, volunteers, migrant workers, foreign workers, and war prisoners on filling Wisconsin's labor shortage void during these years, and concludes in a discussion of the shift to peacetime agricultural efforts.
