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- 2 - There was a slight net decrease in the number of farms hiring labor from May to September 1945* However, there were important shifts in the particular farms that hired labor in the two seasons. Half of the Nation’s farms hired no labor in 1945. Only a tenth of all farm operators used or expected to use 250 or more man-days of hired labor during 1945, the equivalent of about 1 man
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, and their comparability with other data, see Appendixes A and B. 1. TABIIS EMPLOYING HIRED bORNERS, SEPTEMBER 16-22, 1945 Number of "forkers Double From Early Spring to -Fall.-In the ‘fall, there were 39 percent more hired farm workers than in the late spring, al though there was a slight net decrease in the' number bf farms on which hired labor was used. The total of 3,240,000 hired farm workers employed
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTURE BUREAU OF AGRICU HIRED FARM WORKERS United States and Major Regions, September 1945 CHANGE IN HOURLY CASH WAGES OF REGULAR AND SEASONAL HIRED FARM WORKERS FROM SURVEYS OF WAGES AND WAGE RATES IN AGRICULTURE, REPORT NUMBER 16 July 1946 WASHINGTON,D.C. �
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Employing Hired Workers, September 16-22, 1945 2. Composition of Hired Fann Workers ................. .. 6 3. Hourly Cash Wages of Hired Farm Workers................ . 9 4. Time Worked, Daily and Weekly Earnings........ .. 13 5. Wage Rates Paid Hired Farm Workers ............. 16 6. Tables...................................................... 19 Appendix A. Comparability of Survey Estimates with Other
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in the third week of September 1945, or twice as many as in the third week of March 1945. Of those employed during the survey in September, only 2,783,000 worked 15 or more hours on the reporting farm. 1/ Reports numbers 4 pnd 7 in the scries, Surveys of Mages and Mage Rates in AgrMcultvre, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. �
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; week N^ber Dollars- Dollarg Dollars Number'Number Number Potato pickers not employed in crews 145 .60 5.00 20.10 8.4 4.0 34 Under 18 years 84 .51 4.30 16.70 8.3 3.9 32 Males 47 .50 4.10 16.70 8.1 4.1 34 Females 37 .53 4.60 16,70 8.6 3.6 31 18-44 years 47 . 70 6.00 25.60 8.6 4.2 36 Males' 22 .68 6.10 27.40 8.9 4.5 40 Females 25 .72 6.00 24.00 8.3 4.0 33 Potato pickers em ployed in
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: per : per : in : • : in : hour : day :survey : 2 __________ : survey :__________ :_______ Number Cents Number Number Number Strawberries Pickingtotal 2/ 189 5.6 Quart 189 16.2 73.4 >7hite 22 5.5 Quart 22 21.3 84.3 Negro 167 5-7 Quart 167 15.6 71.8 Males age 18-44 years 70 5-6 Quart 70 16.3 75.0 Other males. 18 5.6 Quart 18 19.7 82.4 Females 101 5.7 Quart 101 15.6 70.6 deceiving house or lodging
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Number Number Number Pickers - total 1/ 1,030 .62 5.60 23.80 9.0 4.3 39 Under 75 man-days 94 .63 5.50 22.00 8.7 4.0 35 75 - 249 man-days 132 .55 4,60 17.70 8.3 3.8 32 250. - 499 man-days 312 .57 5.20 22.60 9.1 4«4 40 500 - 999 man-days 227 .63 5.60 24.40 9.0 4.3 39 1,000 man-days and over 252 .67 6.40 28.60 9.5 42 1/ Including 13 pickers for whom detailed information on man-days of hired labor
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Dollars[ Dollars Dollars Number Number Numbs Potato harvesters - total 1/ 1,267 .71 6.50 28.60 9.2 4.4 40 Picking - all workers 2/ 1,030 .62 5.60 23.80 9.0 4.3 39 Picking at barrel rates 3/ 1,012 .62 5.60 23.90 9.0 4.3 39 Tfales 583 .64 5.80 25.20 9.0 4.3 39 Females 418 .57 5.20 . 22.00 9.1 4.2 38 Operating tractor or digger 61 1.06 10.00 49.70 9-5 5.0 47 Loading 57 1.07 10.50 49.70 9.8 4.7 46 Hauling
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rate - total 586 1.16 7.10 35.00 6.1 5.0 30 Halos - all ages. 4/ 535 1.19 7.30 37.00 6.1 5.1 31 18 - 44 years 116 .97 5.70 28.60 5.9 5.0 29 Cther males 89 1.11 6.80 35.00 6.1 5.1 32 Females 51 .86 5.10 25.60 5.9 5.0 30 Paid at time rates - toual 5/ 32 .66 4.90 25.10 7.4 5.1 38 Paid at an hourly rate 19 .72 5.20 28.60 7.3 5.5 40 Paid at a daily rate 6 .74 4.90 14.70 6.6 3.0 20 Ricking 24 .73 4.50 16.70
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56 164 48 81 81 45 years and over 190 42 176 51 16 17 Males - all ages 373 84 280 81 93 94 Under 18 years 7 2 5 1 2 2 18 - 44 years 199 45 122 36 77 77 45 yearsxand over 167 37 153 44 14 15 Females - all ages 71 16 65 19 6 6 Under 18 years 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 18'- 44 yenrs 46 11 42 12 4 4 45 years and over 25 5 23 7 2 2 1/ Includes 60 Jamaicans and Bahamians. 2/ Excluding 505 crew workers
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] iunbc?r Number Number Total - all workers 2/ 189 .91 4.10 9.40 4.5 2.3 10 Illite pickers 22 1.17 4.60 11.40 4.0 2.5 10 Negro pickerS 167 .88 4.10 9.20 4.6 2.3 10 14 - 17 years 29 1.05 4.30 9.60 4.1 2.2 9 18-44 years 159 .89 4.10 9.40 4.6 2-3 10 Males All ages 3/ 88 .94 4.20 9.90 4.5 2.3 10 14 - 17 years 17 1.07 4.40 9.50 4.1 2.2 9 18 - 44 years 70 •91 4.20 9.80 4.6 2.4 11 Females All ages 101 .89 4.00
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4.6 24 Paid by'crate 9 .49 2.10 12.00 4.4 5.7 25 Paid by hour 22 .54 3.20 13.30 6.0 4.1 25 Bunching Total'5/ 7 .53 3.20 13.60 5.9 4.3 25 Paid by hour 6 .57 3.10 14.00 5.5 4.5 25 Canning Cutting Total 5/ 305 .87 5.80 25.20 6.8 4.3 29 Paid by pound 264 .92 6.10 25.80 6.6 4.2 28 Paid by hour 34 .55 4.20 20.50 7.7 4.9 38 1/ Asparagus farms were surveyed in Cumberland and Gloucester Counties
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;Teekly: per : per : per :survev : • :_________; day : week : week Number Dollars Dollars Dollars Number Number Number Total - all workers 1/ 390 .42 3.30 11.20 7.9 3.4 27 Whites other than Mexico ns 364 .41 3.20 10.60 8.0 3-3 26 Mexicans 26 .51 3.80 19.00 7.4 5.0 37 Males 207 • 44 3.50 12.00 8.1 ^.4 28 Females 183 • 39 3.00 10.20 7.7 3.4 26 Receiving ho^se or lodging 2/ 75 3.90 14-70 8.5 3.8 32
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- 67 - Table 72.-Michigan Sugar Beet Harvesters: Distribution pf farms surveyed and workers,by size'of enterprise, major producing area, Michigan, week ended October 27, 1945 1/ Total Acres of sugar Farms _ _ workers _: number beets in 1945 Number • : Percent- Number :_ Percent : per farm Total - all farms 82 100 530 100 6.5 Under 10 acres 21 26 126 24 6.0 10 - 19 acres 32 39 186 35 5.8 20
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• • day : week : week Number Dollars Dollars Dollars Number Number Number Tomatoes Total - all operations 1/ 372 .58 5.00 20.40 8.6 4.1 35 Picking 361 .59 5.00 20.30 8.5 4.1 34 Receiving house ' or lodging 121 .55 4.90 23.50 8.9 4.8 42 Not receiving house or lodging 240 .61 5.10 18.70 8.2 3.7 30 Other operations 2/ 11 .38 3.80 21.50 9.8 5.7 56 Peaches Total - all operations 51 .54 5.00 30.60 9.3 6.1
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Bushel 1.1 6.5 6.0 Males 18—44 years 116 1.08 Bushel .9 5.3 5.9 Other males 89 1.09 Bushel 1.0 6.2 6.1 Females 51 1.14 Bushel .8 4.4 5.9 Picking 24 1.22 Bushel .6 3.7 6.2 1/ Detailed information on wage rates and performance was not available for: 7 workers paid by time rates other than those mentioned; 121 workers by race; and 330 workers by age and sex. 2/ Some of the workers were paid by other size
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206 .51 3.80 5.00 7.5 1.3 10 Prisoners 185 .49 3.40 3.40 6.9 1.0 7 Local 21 .54 4.70 18.00 8.7 4.0 35 Receiving house or lodging 113 .53 3.90 14.80 7.3 3.8 28 Not receiving house or lodging 394 .54 4.10 9.90 7.6 2.4 18 Harvesting - all oper- ations 2/ 502 .54 4.00 10.80 7.4 2.7 20 Pulling and topping 484 .54 4.00 10.90 7.4 2.7 20 Custom workers 18 2.83 17.00 56.50 6.0 3.3 20 1/ Area includes Saginaw
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118 16.14 35.7 .028 .20 10 - 19 acres 170 17.22 31.2 .032 .24 20 - 29 acres 88 17.34 33.8 .030 .22 30 acres and over 108 18.51 31.4 .032 .23 1^ Area includes Saginaw, Bay, and Tuscola Counties. 2/ Excluding 41 workers who we-e trucking, or paid at a monthly rate, and 5 workers for whom detailed information was not available. �
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