Farmers work 40 hr. week.
• get paid $ 2.77 per hoar
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Family farm workers
Pennsylvania’s farm labor totaled 87,000 compared to
force numbered 117,000 92,000 in 1975, a five per cent
during the survey week of decrease. Hired workers in
October 10-16, according to the Commonwealth totaled
the Pennsylvania Crop 30,000 during the survey
Reporting Service. The farm week, down 19 per cent from
labor force is,down nine per the same period in 1975.
cent from last year. The average weekly hours
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WASHING
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Phone 717-464-2044
worked by Pennsylvania
farm operators was 40 hours.
Other unpaid family
members ayeraged 30.7
hours while hired workers
averaged 38.9 hours of labor
per week
Pennsylvania wage rates
for farm labor converted to
an hourly rate of $2.77. This
is a 44 cent increase from the
$2.33 average during the
survey week in 1975. Field
and livestock workers
averaged the least at $2.52
per hour.
In the United States, farm
labor force was 4,300,500, a
decrease of almost 200,000
over the past year. Family
farm workers totaled
2,960,000 during the survey
week of October 10-16, a
decrease of 142,000 from
1975.
The average weekly hours
worked by farm operators
across the United States
during the survey week was
39.1 hours. Other unpaid
family members averaged
36.1 hours and hired workers
averaged 39.1 hours per
week.
United States wage rates
for all methods of pay for
farm labor converted to an
hourly rate average of $2.80
during the survey week. This
compared with $2.63 per
hour last year, a 17 cent per
hour increase. Field and
livestock workers averaged
$2.60 per hour for their work.
FEED STORAGE AND FLEX
AUGER DELIVERY SYSTEM
The Original Flex Auger Delivering Up To 2400 lbs. Per Hr. OR
The NEW "Hi-C” Flex Auger Delivering Up To 6000 lbs. Per Hr.
Agri Equip., Inc. offers complete
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AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR ON ALL CHORE- TIME EQUIPMENT
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(Farmersville) Bus. 717-354-4271
Prompt Delivery Parts Via U.P.S. or Parcel Post
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec. 18,1976
Milk production up
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Milk
production in Pennsylvania
during November totaled 588
million pounds, up six per
cent from a year earlier
according to the Crop
Reporting Service.
The number of milk cows
in the Commonwealth during
November was 708,000 head,
up one per cent (10,000 head)
from November 1975. Milk
production per cow averaged
830 pounds in November,
four per cent above a year
ago.
United States milk
production during November
totaled 9,232 million pounds,
up five per cent from a year
earlier. U.S. milk production
per cow averaged 836
pounds, five per cent above
last year, while milk cows on
farms totaled 11,037,000
head, one per cent below
November 1975.
TRY A
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