4 BULLETIN 1285, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
most common number of workers hired per farm was 3; three- 
fourths as many farmers hired 2 workers, and practically as many 
hired 4 workers ; the average per farm rose to 10.4. The total num- 
ber of laborers employed was 3.4 times as great during harvest as 
for other seasons of the year (Table 1). All types of farms shared 
nearly equally in the increase of working forces except dairy farms, 
which necessarily maintain a more constant labor force to care for 
livestock throughout the year. Practically all the farm employees 
were hired as laborers. 
Table 1. — Number of farms hiring carious numbers of employees by season and 
type of farm 
Season and number of employees 
Type of farm 
General 
Truck 
Dairy 
Potato 
Fruit 
All farms 
AT OTHER THAN HARVEST TIME 

11 
53 
43 
15 
3 
2 
3 


1 
2 


22 
58 
42 
14 
10 
8 
8 
2 
1 





2 
5 
2 
1 

1 
1 
1 




1 
8 
6 
8 


1 






6 
6 
7 
4 
3 
2 


\ 
40 
1 
127 
2__ - - 
103 
3 
43 
4 
17 
5 
15 
6 to 10 
15 
Htol5 . 
3 
16 to 20 
2 
21to30 
2 
31to50 
2 
51 to 100 
1 
101 to 200 
1 
122 
329 
2.7 
1 
143 
365 
2.5 
1 
13 
57 
4.4 
2 
23 
50 
2.2 
30 
325 
10.8 
331 
1,126 
Average number of employees per farm 
3.4 
Most common number of employees per 
1 or 2 
AT HARVEST TIME 
1 
12 
20 
23 
16 
11 
34 
8 
2 
1 
1 

2 

1 
17 
16 
27 
18 
11 
37 
15 
9 
5 
1 
4 
1 


1 
2 
1 

2 
3 
2 

1 






1 
3 
4 
5 
9 
1 
1 






1 
2 

1 

7 
4 
3 
4 
5 
5 
1 
1 
1 
31 
2 . 
41 
3 
54 
4 
39 
5 
29 
6tol0 ..- - 
90 
11 to 15 
30 
16 to 20 -.- 
15 
21to25 
11 
26to30 
7 
31 to 50 .. 
9 
51tol00 
4 
101 to 200 - .- 
1 
201 to 300..- 
2 
131 
1,123 
8.6 
2 or 3 
161 
1,278 
8.0 
3 
12 
86 
7.2 
24 
153 
6.4 
35 
1,133 
32.4 
363 
3,773 
Average number of employees per farm 
10.4 
Most common number of employees per 
3 
Men naturally form the largest proportion of farm employees, 
but some women and minors are hired by Xew Jersey fanners for 
much of the year. (Table 2.) 2 Some minors, capable of perform- 
ing the work of adults, were doubtless classed as adults by their 
employers: who often did not know their ages. 
2 The totals of Tables 1 aaid 2 are nearly the same, but do not coincide, because of 
partial returns given, especially in those schedules collected by mail. 
