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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGBUnffitURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1285 
Washington, D. C. 
April, 1925 
TRUCK-FARM LABOR IN NEW JERSEY, 1922 
By 
JOSIAH C. FOLSOM, Assistant Agricultural Economist 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Objects and Methods of the Study 1 
Agricultural Seasons and Employment 2 
Nonagricultural Employment Available 7 
Bringing Together Farm Job and Employee 8 
Some Characteristics of Farm Employees 13 
Farm Working Conditions 28 
Suggestions for Improvement of the Farm Labor Situation 36 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1925 
