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 TABLE 77 (continued} 



sweet corn. On the farms on which they were employed, a considerable 

 acreage of sweet corn was not picked because it appeared more profitable 

 to use the available help to harvest tomatoes and apples. 



The proportion of the work performed by the different classes of labor 

 is given in table 78. In the Orleans area a larger proportion of the growing 

 work was done by family labor than in the other areas, due to the smaller 

 farms and the fewer acres of crops grown per farm. A larger proportion 

 of the harvesting labor was hired in the Orleans area. Since this was for 

 the most part hand work and came at a very busy season, extra help 

 was necessary. The help included under " Other hired labor " was 



TABLE 78. PROPORTION OF WORK ON SWEET CORN PERFORMED BY DIFFERENT 



CLASSES OF LABOR, 1920 



Per cent of work done 



