Excerpts: Massachusetts: Shortage of skilled labor on dairy farms has caused difficulties in 1942 and will be a serious limitation to production in 1943. New York: In the autumn of 1942, unless some means of providing from 5,000 to 10,000 regular dairy farm workers are found, a decline in milk production may occur. Pennsylvania: The outlook for farm labor in 1943 is not encouraging, chiefly because of the difficulty of farmers in increasing wage rates in order to meet the competition of industry. Ohio: In Ohio, in 1942, the acreage of soybeans for beans, owing to the relatively low labor requirements, will be expanded to 1,136,000 acres, an increase of 69 percent over 1941. Michigan: Labor for the thinning of beets was obtained by what seems to have been an unusually vigorous recruiting campaign in Texas and Oklahoma by representatives of the sugar companies. Minnesota: During the harvest considerable use was made of persons registered under the Minnesota Plan for supplying seasonal labor. Missouri: Shortage of day labor has caused some partial crop losses, as in strawberries in southwestern part of the State, and in hay. North Dakota: Labor qualified to handle livestock and machinery is increasingly scarce. Kansas: In 1943 more regular labor will be lost, dairymen being affected more than any other class of farmers. Maryland: In 1942 possible shortage of farm labor has been a subject of concern in connection with truck crops on the Eastern Shore, in fruit production in the Piedmont area, especially in Washington County, and in the tobacco area. North Carolina: The prospective labor situation tends to encourage expansion of soybean acreage at the expense of peanuts, since soybeans require less labor. Florida: As regards 1943 the most uncertain factor is the availability of transient labor upon which much fruit and vegetable production depends. Local farmers and members of War Boards in southern Florida have been working on a plan to import farm labor from the Bahamas. Louisiana: Soybean production in Louisiana rose from 196,000 bu. in 1941 to 790,000 bu. (expected) in 1942. Feasible production for 1943 is 2,671,000 bu. or more than 13 times the production of 1941. Texas: Thousands of domestics and other low-paid urban workers, farm and nonfarm women, and some unskilled construction laborers are answering the call of higher farm wages. Montana: In 1942 considerable difficulty has been experienced in obtaining competent lambers, shearers, and herders. Arizona: In Arizona. in 1942, scarcity of labor, or fear of scarcity, made itself felt in cotton production, especially that of American-Egyptian cotton, in dairying and in the livestock industry. Washington: Growers in Wenatchee-Yakima Valley district (like truck crop, berry, and fruit growers on the West Side) will have a serious seasonal labor problem in 1943. California: The expansion of industrial employment has depleted the reservoir of unemployed in this State. In addition, higher wages and superior job security offered for skilled and semi-skilled workers have attracted many such workers from agricultural employment.