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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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