Prepared by the State Department of Employment and Social Services (Research and Analysis Division) and the Rural Manpower Staff, this 1973 annual report provides a summary and review of the activities of Maryland's Rural Manpower Services Program. The report briefly gives: (1) a statement on the program's administrative organization and functions; (2) a review of the economic and employment trends in rural areas; (3) a description of the methods used in recruiting farm workers; and (4) an evaluation of the program. The attachments to the report give tabular data for farm trends, wage rates, and employment trends from 1969 to 1973; monthly agricultural employment trends for 1973; migrant seasonal farm workers recruited through Maryland clearance orders from 1963 to 1973; the interstate migrant housing by county for 1973; the 1973 crop acreage and production; and expected crop acreage and monthly agricultural employment for 1974. Also included are copies of the May 11, June 18, and July 3, 1973 Farm Labor Bulletin, a weekly publication which reports State crop and farm labor conditions. (NQ)