The Rural Manpower Service's objective is to provide the State's rural people "equity of access" to all programs administered by the North Dakota Employment Security Bureau. It provides services to agriculture, business, government, and workers in meeting their employment and manpower needs. Functional supervision and direction to the program are provided by the State Chief of Rural Manpower Services. Each local office is assigned at least one person to perform rural outreach services and assure that rural applicants and employers receive "equity of access" to local office services. This 1973 annual report gives information on the Rural Manpower Service's accomplishments during the year and some of its future plans. Topics covered are: economic developments, employment and unemployment trends, services to rural people, public relations and community development activities, and youth employment in sugar beets and potatoes. Tabular data are given for youth employment and earnings in sugar beets, farm placement operations, composition of interstate farm migrant groups, and interstate seasonal agricultural clearance activities. A listing of the Volunteer Rural Manpower representatives by office and copies of the "Farm Labor and Rural Manpower Bulletin" are also given. (NQ)