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Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-160
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Text: Percent Percent Percent Total - all farms 2/ 1,812 2 2 45 Under 700 bushels 67 7 28 3 700 - 2,090 bushels 179 6 6 6 2,100 - 6,999 bushels 554 1 — 25 7,000 bushels and over 1,012 2 3/ 66 1/ Percentages are not mutually exclusive because some workers received more than one type of perquisite. 2/ Excluding 5 workers for whom data by size of orchard were not available. 3/ Less than 0.5 percent. Table 101

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-161
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Text: paid at basket rates on farms with acreage of: Total - all farms 378 12.9 Basket 7.1 55 Under 60 acres 105 13.8 Basket 5.2 40 60 - 79 acres 63 11.6 Basket 8.0 62 80 - 179 acres 86 14.5 Basket 7.4 57 180 acres and over 124 12.0 Basket 8.2 64 Pickers paid at hourly rates 41 47.7 Hour — 1/ Five-eighths of a bushel. Table 103.-Maryland Tomato Harvesters: Average cash wages and time worked by type

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-162
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Text: Percent Total - all farms 433 26 6 57 Under 60 acres 119 35 — 50 60 - 79 acres' 78 19 9 64 80 - 179 acres 103 21 7 65 180 acres and over 133 24 9 52 1/ Percentages are not mutually exclusive because some workers received more than one type of perquisite. Table 105.-North Carolina Strawberry Harvesters: Distribution of farms surveyed, and types of workers, by size of enterprise, Wallace area, North

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-163
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Text: at an hourly rate 10 26.4 Hour Paid at a daily rate 14 200.0 Day — — Packing 53 27.2 Crate 1*6 11 20 29.0 Hour — — Toting 27 35.0 Hour — 1/ Area includes parts of Duplin, Pender and Sampson Counties. 2/ Information on wage rates and performance by sex, and race, was not available for 418 workers. Table- 107.-North Carolina Strawberry Harvesters: Percentage of workers receiving major perquisite items by size

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-164
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Text: .9 42 Not receiving house or lodging 748 .28 2.00 6.30 7.0 3.2 .22 Harvesters on farms with acreage of: Under 20 acres 133 .26 1.60 4.80 6.4 2.9 18 20 - 99 acres 363 .27 2.00 6.90 7.2 3.5 25 100 acres and over 382 .26 2.00 7.20 7.8 3.5 27 Picking - total 759 .25 1.80 6.00 7.3 3.3 24 Paid at a piece rate 735 .25 1.80 5.80 7.2 3.3 23 Paid at a time rate 24 .26 2.10 11.80 8.1 5.7 46 Toting 38 .33 2.70 11.10

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-169
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Text: -.;work--:work- : white ber .; cent ber ;. cent : par : ers : ers : ers :ers. ; work- :farm. ;ers______ No. pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Petal — all -farms 19 100 1,775 100 93 100 100 100 100 100 Under 10,000 trees 8 42 283 16 35 18 14 12 15 41 10,000-14-, 999 trees 6 32 355 20 59 23 17 20 21 1? 15,000 trees and over 5 26 ]-,137 64 227 59 69 68 64 42 Table 117.-North Carolina Peach Harvesters; Average-wage rates

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-170
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Text: : survey 1/: _da£__ week : week :, Number Dollars Elotlars Dollars Number Number Number Total - all farms 1,775 .43 3.70 20.30 8.5 5.5 47 Under 10*000 trees 233 .42 3.10 14.70 7.4 4.7 35 10,000 - 14,999 trees 355 .39 3.30 17.00 8.5 5.2 44 15,000 trees and over 1,137 .44 3.90 22.70 8.7 5.9 51 Receiving house or lodging 150 • 46 4.10 19.10 9.0 4.6 42 Not receiving house or lodging 1,518 .43 3.70 21.00 8

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-165
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Text: - 91 - Table 109.-North Carolina Potato Harvesters? Distribution of potato workers housed in WA Labor Camps, by sex and age, Elizabeth City area, North Carolina, week ended June 9, 1945 1/ Total • Male : Female Age workers 5 workers : workers 'Number ? Percent ? Percent ? Percent Total - all ages 149 100 100 100 Under 18 years 12 8 7 11 18-44 years 115 77 77 78 45 years and over 22 15 16 11

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-166
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Text: : week : week Number Dollars Dollars Dollars Number' Number Number Total - all workers 149 .75 6.30 29.20 8.3 4.7 39 Males 103 .80 6.70 30.70 8.4 4.6 38 Females 46 .66 5.40 26.00 8.2 4.8 39 Picking Total 107 .76 6.10 27.40 8.0 4.5 36 Male s 69 .82 6.60 29.10 8.0 4.4 36 18-44 years 49 .90 7.20 32.00 8.0 4.5 36 Other ages 20 .62 5.10 22.00 8.1 4.4 35 Female s 38 .65 5.20 24.40 8.0 4.7 38 Other

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-138
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Text: receiving major perquisite items by size of enterprise, Otsego County, Michigan, week ended October 13, 1°45 Number Percentage of workers furnished of specified item without charge 1/____ Acres of workers House, other potatoes in 1945 in lodging, or : Transportation survey _________meals____ Number Percent Percent Total - all fams 2/ 413 19 23 Under 10 acres 70 33 11 10 - 19 acres 183 23 13 20 acres

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-139
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Text: : day Number Dollars Number Number Pickers 1/ Paid by the bushel - total 269 .08 Bushel 4.5 35 Mhites other than Mexicans 250 . 08 Bushel 4.3 34 Mexicans 19 . 08 Bushel 6.6 33 Males 127 .08 Bushel 4.9 38 Females 142 .09 Bushel 4.2 32 Receiving a house or lodging . 23 .07 Bushel 7.0 58 Not receiving a house or lodging 238 .09 Bushel 4.2 32 Paid by the hour 14 •50 Hour — — Paid by the day 75 3.65 Day

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-92
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Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-93
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Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-96
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Text: Percent Percent Percent Percent Total — all iarms 23 100 218 100 9.5 100 100 100 100 • Under 10 acres 13 56 60 27 4.6 22 40 37 — 10 - 19 acres 5 22 32 15 6.4 11 21 20 — 20 acres and over 5 22 126 58 25.2 67 39 43 100 Table 6.-Washington Asparagus Harvesters: Average wage rates and performance by operation, mode of payment, and by size of enterprise, Yakima County, Washington, week ended May 12, 1945

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-97
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Text: : per :per survey : : day _ : week ;week Number Dollars Dollars Dollars Number Number Number Total - all workers 1/ 216 .80 5.40 31.40 6.8 5.8 39 Males 147 .80 5.70 34.40 7.2 6.0 43 Females 69 .80 4.60 24.90 5.8 5.4 31 Domestic whites 161 Males - all age^ 2/ 76 .81 4.20 24.40 5.1 5.9 30 Under 14 years 21 .60 2.40 14.70 4.1 6.1 25 14 - 17 years 32 .86 3.70 21.80 4.3 5.9 25 18-44 years 17 .82 6.00 32

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-100
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Text: 51.20 9.3 4.9 46 45 years and over 24 1.12 10.60 50.40 9.5 4.8 45 Receiving house or lodging 29 1.02 10.00 53.00 9.9 5.3 52 Not receiving house •or lodging 472 1.12 10.20 49.80 9.2 4.9 45 Pickers in orchards with: Total— all farms 470 1.13 10.30 49.80 9.1 4.8 44 Under 70 bearing trees 97 1.20 10.70 50.80 8.9 4.8 42 70-149 bearing trees 105 1.09 10.10 49.50 9.3 4.9 46 150 bearing tre and over 268 1.12

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-101
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Text: trees 7 25 48 2i 6.9 20 19 23 *— 17 1,000 trees and over 11 39 134 54 12.2 56 45 46 88 66 / Data by sex not available for 4 workers. �

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-98
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Text: Daily Earnings Total 1/ 191 100 Under $2.00 16 8 , 2.00 - .3.99 59 31 . 4.00 -.5-99 31 16 . 6.00 - .7.99 72 38 8.00 and over 13 7 Ho^rs worked per week Total 2/ .193 100 Under 30 hours 88 46 30 - 59 hours 48 25 60 hours and over 57 29 1/ Data not available for 27 workers. 2/ Data not available for 25 workers. Table 9♦Washington Asparagus Harvesters: Percentage of workers re ceiving major perquisite

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-99
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Text: :workers Number Percent Percent. Total - all farms 1/ 56 100 795 100 14 100 100 Under 70 trees 20 36 162 20 8 20 2 70 - 149 trees 21 37 211 27 10 25 51 150 trees and over 15 2? 422 53 28 55 47 1/ Data by number of bearing cherry trees, not available for 2 farms and 51 workers. Table 11.—/Washington Cherry Harvesters: Average wage rates .and performance of pickers by sex, and by size of orchard, Yakima

Title: WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-102
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Text: Number Number Picking Paid at hour rates 19 86.2 Hour — — Paid at piece rates 1/ 143 11.4 Box 10.0 86.9 Pickers in orchards with: Under 400 bearing trees 36 11.1 Box 7.2 60.2 400-999 bearing tree;s 32 12.2 Box 8.8 74.3 1,000 bearing trees and over 75 11.1 Box 11.5 102.0 Hauling 19 93.0 Hour - — Sorting 8 78.0 Hour — — 1/ Excluding 51 pickers paid pi ece rates for whom deta iled data on rates

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