—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September IS. 1973
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Except for the California
model, the development within
agriculture of alternative
management structures is too
spotty and infrequent to provide a
basis for recommendations,
according to the study.
However, the report suggested
some possibilities for developing
better labor management.
For one, though a “jack-of-all
trades” will continue to be
needed on the farm, more
specialization could be en
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Although no workers’ unions
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of workweek, arrangements for
vacation and sick leave, dollar
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benefits, and standardized health
insurance programs. Such efforts
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providing some much needed
structure in the dairy farm labor
market, and at a minimum cost
of the employers’ time and effort.
The study noted that more
scientific examination, more
study, and more discussion
between employers and em
ployees are needed to provide the
kind of guidelines dairy farm
operators and hired workers
might wish to have.
“What’s He Do?”
There wasn’t one" chore—hot
even milking—that was common
to all the 124 hired dairy workers
in the New York sampling by the
Rural Development Service.
Field work was reported by
more 'workers-90 percent—than
any other task.
Milking was next, with 87
percent reporting it was among
their tasks. The others all
specified they did not milk.
About 4 out of 5 workers
cleaned barns and fed cows,
about 2 out of 3 took care of young
dairy animals, and 3 out of 5
cleaned and maintained milking
equipment.
' Less commonly, hired farm
workers reported that they
prepared feed, took care of other
livestock, repaired machinery,
did general repairs and main
tenance, kept records, main
tained and built fences. Only 3
reported supervising others.
While food costs have in
creased’47 per cent since 1952,
the average worker Has' en
joyed pay raises of more than
140 per cent, according to the
United States Department of
Agriculture.
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