AMERICA’S RURAL INDUSTRIES.
SURPLUS OF LABOUR AVAILABLE. United Press Association —lsy Electrlo Telegraph—Copyr ighl (Received March 10, 7.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 9. The Department of Agriculture has issued a report stating that the wheat stocks on the farms on March 1, were 160,282,000 bushels. The percentage of the previous wheat crop shipped or to be shipped out of the country is 59.4 percent. The supply of farm labour on March 1 was reported to be 111.8 per cent of normal for the United States as a whole, or approximately 164 men for every hundred jobs available, which is a decline from the record high ratio of 171.8 per cent, on February 1.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18823, 11 March 1931, Page 9
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112AMERICA’S RURAL INDUSTRIES. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18823, 11 March 1931, Page 9
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