C3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14,1981
Bradford meets reps
with state
legislators at a banquet in Harrisburg as part of the fourth
annual State Capital Day included, from left, Jeff Hale.
Wysox; Roger Madigan, State Representative 110th District;
Frank O'Connell, Senator 20th Senatorial District; and Gary
Green, President of the Bradford County Extecutive Com
mittee
learn by doing in 4'H
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HARRISBURG Penn- Pennsylvania farm operators hourly rate, averaged $3.73 in
sylvania’s farm labor force was during the survey period was 44.6 Pennsylvania, up from $3.45 at the
estimated at 87,000 workers during hours Other unpaid family same time last year The national
the week of January 11 to 17. This workers averaged 40.6 hours and average, $4.12, was up 43 cents
is 18 percent below last January’s hired workers averaged 39 8 hours from 1980 Commonwealth field
106,000 farm workers, according to National averages are 31 3 hours workers averaged $3 64, compared
the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting for farm operators and other with $3.62 last year at this tune
Service family members, and 35.8 hours Livestock workers took home an
Farm operators-,, and unpaid
family members throughout the
commonwealth numbered 69,000,
while hired workers totaled 18,000
during January This represents a
22 percent decrease in hired
workers from mst January and a
13 percent decrease in the family
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