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WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-146
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WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-146
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-155
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-156
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-149
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-150
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-140
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-141
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-153
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-154
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-143
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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
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-144
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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. �
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-151
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100.0 810 100.0 5.7 Under 90 acres 53 37.6 216 26.7 4.1 90 - 159 acres 58 41.1 207 36.7 5.1 160 - 229 acres 20 14.2 151 18.6 7.6 230 acres and over 10 7.1 146 18.0 14.6 �
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-152
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• ♦ • • Hours: Days : Hours farms : in : Hourly: Daily : Ueekly: per : per : per :survey : : • • day : week : week Number Dollars Dollars Dollars ;Number Number Number Total - all farms 810 •52 4.50 22.40 8.7 4.9 43 Under 90 acres 216 .54 4.40 18.60 8.3 4.2 35 90-159 acres 297 .50 4.40 19.70 8.8 4.5 39 .160 - 229 acres 151 •52 4.40 25.80 8.5 5.8 50 .230 acres and over 146 •53 4.90 29.80 9.1 6.1 56 �
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-79
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WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-85
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the product ready for shipping on the same day. In none of the harvests was the average work-day as long as 10 hours. The "daylight to. dark" work-day is no longer a general practice among harvesters of fruits and vegetables on commercial farms* Only in the case of cherry pickers in Washington did daily wages of any group of harvesters surveyed in the 13 States average as much as $10 a day
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-86
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-12 _ With the exception of those covered by a few surveys, the workers in the various harvests in sizable proportions were provided transportation to and from work without charge by the farm operator. Of the harvests for which information on transportation was obtained, in 14 cases 50 percent or more of the workers were given transportation, in 13 cases between 20 and 50 percent, and in 7 cases
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-87
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Hop 32-37 North Carolina Strawberry 105-108 Colorado Potato 38-41 Potato (WFA camps) 109-111 Sugar beet 42-47 Potato 112-115 Wisconsin Cranberry 48-51 Peach 116-119 Potato 52-56 Louisiana Michigan Sugarcane 120-125 Peach 57-60 Texas Onion 61-66 Vegetable and fruit 126-128 Potato 67-71 Arizona Sugar beet 72-77 ■Cotton 129-132 Maine Potato 78-82 �
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-88
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- 14 - Table l.-Sex and race or nationality of workers harvesting special crops, selected areas of 13 States CO CO CO co CD CO 4^ 0) 4O •H 0 0) •H 0) CO •ri CO CD co co 0 co 2 co CD X* Sn 0) CO CD CD to CD CD h co O CD o CD CO O O Ct JO O 0 (D P k X> 43 Ct 43 4*> k £ 43 JO x: Ct Ct c Ct O o Ct Ct Ct ct ct ct C o p hC Ct 4-3 Ct •ri 4D txo •p cu k £ ct Ct O 2 o a? 0 p 0 co 40 0 Jh 0 Ph CO o
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-77
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- 3 - Wenatchee Valley in Chelan County was also included in the cherry and apple surveys. The hop harvest was covered in two counties in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in September 1945* An earlier survey of the wages of strawberry pickers in Western Oregon made in June, included growers in parts of four counties in the same general area* Moving eastward, the sequence next includes surveys
WagesInAgriculture1946-47.pdf-78
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3 tn DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEG. 46185 BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS �

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