AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PRODUCTION OF CANNING CROPS 51 

 TABLE 50 (continued] 



The proportion of the work done by these different classes of labor 

 is given in table 51. Nearly 75 per cent of all the work on tomatoes 

 on the farms in the Niagara area was done by family labor. The acreages 

 grown in the Niagara area were so small that extra help' was not needed. 

 In the other areas it was necessary to hire more help to grow and harvest 

 the crop. A large proportion of the hired help, particularly at harvest, 

 was women, who are included under " Other hired labor." The lower 

 wage rate paid for this class of labor in the Chautauqua area explains the 

 lower cost of total hired labor there. 



TABLE 51. PROPORTION OF WORK ON TOMATOES PERFORMED BY DIFFERENT 

 CLASSES OF LABOR, 133' FARMS, 1920 



Per cent of work done 



