Census Shows Form Worker Numbers Up
doing farm work lor wages had
gone down more than 8 percent.
There were nearly 7 percent
fewer workers putting in 250 or
more days of farm work for
wages; 5 percent fewer in the 75-
to 249-day bracket; and nearly 11
percent fewer workers putting in
less than 75 days.
Total man-days of farm
wagework declined by nearly 8
percent.
For the second year in a row,
the number of paid farm workers
has gone up—reaching 2.8 million
in 1972.
The reason? Overall high
production last year, plus
stepped-up farm exports and
higher farm prices. This, reports
the USDA’s Economic Research
Service (ERS), created the need
for more labor in ’72 and en
couraged farmers to stabilize
their work force for ’73.
From the annual Census
survey of the hired farm working
force - those 14 years of age or
older who did some farm work for
wages during the year - ERS
found:
Most workers were young, with
a median age of 23. . .most were
white - 85 percent. . .3 out of 4
were male.. .and nearly 3 out of 4
were nonfarm residents.
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They averaged 88 days of farm
wagework a year at $13.20 a day,
totaling $1,160 for the year.
Fewer than a fourth of the
hired farm working force was
engaged chiefly in farm work for
a living. Of those who were,
367,000, were year-round workers
and were the most fully employed
and the highest paid, averaging
306 days of farm wagework for
which they earned $4,358.
More than half were not in the
labor force most of the year.
These were primarily
housewives and students.
Some 184,000 persons - about 7
percent of the total hired farm
working force - were domestic
migratory workers. The increase
over 1971’s 172,000 persons
marked the first rise in nearly 10
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Regionally, 41 percent of the
hired farm working force lived in
the South, 8 percent in the Nor
theast, 26 percent in the North
Central States, and 25 percent in
the West.
Of the 2.8 million paid farm
workers, nearly 1.6 million did
farm wagework only, about
32,000 more than in 1971.
ERS compared averages for
1967-69 and 1970-72 and found:
The total number of oersons
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Freeze Policy Problems
Special provisions for quicKiy
bringing agricultural problems
resulting from the price freeze to
the attention of the Cost of Living
Council Freeze Group were
announced last week last week by
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
The Department has
established an office under Dr.
Don Paarlberg to receive
inquiries from farmers, mer
chants, consumers and any
others who may have
agricultural questions. Dr.
Paarlberg is a member of the
newly formed Freeze Policy
Group of the Cost of Living
Council. The Group meets daily
to solve problems and answer
questions resulting from the
freeze.
letters of inquiry on
agricultural problems may be
addressed to Dr. Paarlberg,
Office of the Secretary, USDA,
Washington, D. C. 20250.
Telephone calls to this office may
be directed to (202) 447-7043.
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cerning the treeze may also be
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response.
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Department of Justice
stabilization staff to ensure quick
enforcement of provisions.
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