the fanner is required by law to report the total cash wages paid such workers to 



the District Director of Internal Revenue, together with the social security tax 



due on these wages. Farmers are required to report annually. The 1959 report 



was due January 31, 1960. 



All employees, but especially farm workers, should keep a record of their 

 own wages. At least oncc; every three years they should check their social se- 

 curity records to assure that all cash wagen have been correctly reported. They 

 can do this by contacting the local social security office and asking for the 

 postcard designed for this special purpose. Your local postmaster anywhere in 

 the State will be glad to furnish you with the location of the nearest Social 

 Security District Office. Or you may obtain the address by calling the office 

 of the County Agent of the State Extension Service. Delay may be costly, be- 

 cause after three years, it may not be possible legally for you to correct your 

 account. Act now, it is already too late to correct 1955 and 1956 records, un- 

 less the farm operator for whom you worked, failed entirely to file any Social 

 Security tax returns for those years. 



Lawrence D. Rhoades 



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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL INJURIES TO McINTOSH APPLES 



Bulletin 520 written by 0. C. Roberts titled, "Causes and Effects of 

 Mechanical Injuries to Mcintosh Apples" is now available to fruit growers 

 on request by writing the Mailing Room, Agricultural Experiment Station, Uni- 

 versity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. This publication contains 

 the compilation of Prof. 0. C. Roberts' study of the handling of Mcintosh apples 

 in orchards, storages, packing houses and retail stores in Massachusetts from 

 1954 to 1959. 



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ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 42 MAINE COMMERCIAL APPLE FARMS 



Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 589 titled, "Organization 

 and Management of 42 Maine Commercial Apple Farms", published in February, 

 1960 and written by Frederick A. Perkins contains considerable data of interest 

 to fruit growers. The following is Frederick Perkin's summary of the data 

 obtained from the study: 



"Maine ranks twenty-first in importance as an apple producing state and 

 accounts for approximately 1 per cent of the United States commercial 

 apple crop. Farm receipts from the sale of Maine apples during the 5- 

 year period 1954-58 averaged $2,540,000 and represent about 1.4 per cent 

 of the average annual cash value of receipts for Maine farm commodities. 



