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The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
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In Pittsfield, PA, a clinic at Pine Township school teaches 25 farmers (ages 17-70) from eight townships to repair old farm machinery, extending its use amid WWII War Production Board limits on new equipment production, instructed by a U.S. Office of Education expert.
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PITTSFIELD—UP—A "clinic" for reconditioning broken and old farm machinery has been established by the Pine Township school in the Haefner Farm Machinery Warehouse, near Wexford. Pa.
Because the manufacture and sale of new farm machinery has been restricted sharply by the War Production Board, 25 farmers are prolonging the life and utility of existing equipment on farms in eight nearby townships.
Ranging in age from 17 to 70, the "Internes" are learning their skill under the instruction of a machinery expert from the U. S. Office of Education.
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Pittsfield, Pine Township School In The Haefner Farm Machinery Warehouse, Near Wexford, Pa.
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A clinic for reconditioning broken and old farm machinery has been established by the Pine Township school due to wartime restrictions on new machinery production. 25 farmers aged 17 to 70 from eight nearby townships are learning repair skills under a U.S. Office of Education expert to prolong the life of existing equipment.