Farm work force changed
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COLLEGE PARK - During the
past decade, from 1967-69 to 1977-
79, the hired farm workforce has
changed in many important ways,
Whereas the total number of hired
farmworkers decreased by about 6
percent and the number of “Blacks
and Other” by over 40 percent, the
number of White farmworkers
increased by 5.4 percent, ac
cording to a report from the
University of Maryland.
There was a significant and
substantial increase in the number
of younger adult hired farm
workers in the age groups 18-24 and
25-34. During the period 1967-69, 32
percent of the hired farmworkers
were between the ages of 18 to 34;
the 1977-79 average was 46 percent.
Hired farmworkers in all other age
groups declined.
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The number of farmworkers
declined in all regions except the
North Central. The South continues
to hire the most farmworkers, 41
percent, and the Northeast Region
hires the least at 7 percent.
The proportion of .hired farm
workers living on- farms has
decreased from 65 percent in 1949
to only 17 percent in 1979. However,
there has been a gradual shift
away from casual hired farm
workers (less than 25 days) to
regular farmworkers (150 days
and over). While the percentage of
casual hired farmworkers declined
from 44 to 36, that for regular
workers increased from 20 to 27.
The proportion of nonmigratory
workers gradually increased from
86 percent in the early 1960’s to 92
in last decade
. .Tcent in 1977-79; while that of
migrants fell from 14 to 8 percent
over the same period. During the
10-year period, the number of
migrant farmworkers declined-by
almost 25 percent.
Farm family employment
decreased during the seventies,
while farm employment stabilized.
As the number of farms decreases
and their size increases during the
eighties, it is expected that hired
labor will make up a greater
portion of farm labor.
Factors which will affect actual
levels of hired farm labor in the
1980’s include: technological
developments, farmworker
programs, immigration policy,
and the relative prices of major
farm inputs, especially energy.
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LANCASTER - Wind Chill
tactor is the combined effect of
wind and cold. A very strong wind
combined with a temperature
below treezmg can have the same
chilling effect as a temperature
nearly 50 degrees lower with no
wind.
For example, if the outside
temperature is 20°F. and the air is
calm, the wind chill is the same as
the temperature - 20°F.
But with the same temperature
and a 30 mph wind, the effect on
your body is the same as if the
temperature were -18°F.
A strong wind can make any
winter temperature "chilling.”
Anyone who is outdoors during low
temperature and strong winds will
be more easdy exhausted and
more subject to frostbite or even
death. You should also consider the
effect of the wind chill factor on
livestock.
Other terms that are frequently
used in winter weather bulletins:
Ice:
uvoo.7in,r rqm Ham that freezes
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-Ice storm or silver
thaw... Heavy glaze of ice.
-Sleet...lce pellets that bounce on
impact.
Snow:
-Heavy 5n0w...4 or more inches
during a 12-hour period or 6 or
more inches during a 24-hour
period.
-Blowing and drifting
snow... Falling or loose snow on
ground and strong winds.
-Drifting snow... Snow blowing
into sizeable dritts.
-Ground blizzard... Combination
of blowing and drifting snow after
a snowfall.
-Blizzard...Blowing or drifting
snow, temperatures of 25 to 30°F.
and wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph.
-Snow squalls... Brief, intense
snowfalls with guesty surface
winds.
Cold:
-Cold wave... Temperature drops
20°F. or more durmg a 24-hour
period.
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