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Unemployment Aid: Any Boon
Circle the right answer: The
extension of unemployment
protection to farmworkers would
mean (higher costs, lower costs)
for farm employers.
That was a tnck question. You
should have circled both answers
to be absolutely correct, ac
cording to a study by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
The study showed that if
unemployment protection were
extended to farmworkers, the tax
may result m higher production
costs m the shortrun, which could
encourage employers to use their,
workers more efficiently and so
cut costs in the longrun.
At present the “covered”
employer pays a net Federal tax
of 0.5 percent ($2l) of the first
$4,200 of the wages paid to each
worker.
The study also claims that with
unemployment insurance
coverage the farmer might be
able to compete more effectively
with other employers for more
qualified employees.
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Strict rules cover those now
eligible for benefits. To receive
compensation a worker must be
unemployed through no fault of
his own; he must have worked
long enough in that year to be
considered a substantial part of
the labor force; and he must be
willing and able to work.
In many States the worker
must demonstrate his
availability by actively seeking
work. He is subject to
disqualification if he refuses a job
which the agency determines is
suitable for him.
The same rules would probably
hold true if the insurance is ex
tended to farmworkers.
Farmworkers brought under
any insurance program would
probably be required to register
with State or Federal agencies, a
step that would increase the
opportunity of matching workers
and jobs.
One example is the Annual
Worker Plan of the Department
of Labor. It attempts to provide
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employers with a dependable
seasonal labor force and to offer
migratory workers as much
employment as possible.
Another plan is “job banks,”
where the aim is to match jobs
with workers. Many local offices
of State employment security
agencies have such banks. A
computer listing of available jobs
is provided daily within the
geographic area covered by the
program. A number of States
have adopted this approach on a
Statewide basis.
Farm employers, by having
specific job vacancies placed on
this listing, would have a more
easily accessible supply of farm
workers who might qualify for
the specific job vacancy.
Continuing mechanization and
improved production techniques
in agriculture dictate the need for
an increasingly skilled farm
work force.
With the extension of unem
ployment insurance, farm
workers would have greater
accessibility to State and Federal
programs designed to upgrade
their skills. Farm employers, by
identifying their needed man
power skills, may have training
programs established.
Graduates of these programs
would not only meet the growing
need for a more highly skilled
farm labor force, but would also
assure that they are placed in
more stable employment.
Rolled Cookie Tips
To aid the process of rolling out
cookie dough for cutting, Mrs.
Ruth Buck, Extension foods and
nutrition specialist at The
Pennsylvania State University,
says that chilling the dough will
help. A pastry cloth, lightly
sprinkled with flour and a
stockinette rolling pin cover will
help prevent the dough from
sticking. Dip your cookie cutters
in flour before pressing them into
the dough. And when you reroll
the trimmings, lay them together
with the edges slightly
overlapping and press with a
rolling pin. Wadding them
together before rerolling will
toughen cookies.
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Potato Production
Decreased in State
Pennsylvania’s potato
production is down sharply this
year, reflecting heavily the
ravages of tropical storm Agnes,
the state Department of
Agriculture said.
Latest estimates place the crop
at 555,000,000 pounds, down 29 per
cent from one year ago when
potatoes here yielded 815.5
million pounds.
Total acres planted dropped
this year by 5,500 acres and the
yield per acre, at 18,500 pounds
was a reduction of 3,500 pounds
per acre from 1971.
Pennsylvania is ranked 12th in
the U.S. in potato production,
with the value of last year’s crop
placed at $22 million. Lehigh,
Erie and Cambria counties ac
count for 30 per cent of the state’s
total.
Lancaster County is seventh in
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potato production, but fiftl
value in the state. The hig
yields per acre usually harve
here with 27,500 pounds per i
in 1971.
The value of potatoes in ]
caster county last year
$1,454,000.
One farmer commented
while potato production in
state could eventually
reflected in higher prices at
store, the shortage of the pol
crop would be felt most in pol
chip production.
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