FARM LABOR IX MASSACHUSETTS, 1921. 3 
tobacco is gathered largely by crews of frequently six or more work- 
ing as a unit. Because their work is more steady, dairy and livestock 
farms make the least seasonal variation in number of employees. 
Table 1, — Number of farms hiring various numbers of employees. 
Type of farm. 
Season and number of employees. 
Cran- 
berry 
bog. 
Straw- 
berry. 
Dairy 
and" 
live 
stock. 
Gen- 
eral. 
Market 
garden. 
Tobacco 
and 
onions. 
All 
farms. 
At other than harvest time: 

2 
11 
8 
9 
6 
2 
5 
1 
32 
....... 
11 
42 
15 
11 
6 
1 
7 
19 
95 
48 
32 
13 
7 
10 
2 
2 
2 
3 
16 
17 
11 
11 
4 
15 
7 
1 
5 
5 
J9 
28 
12 
9 
9 
7 
3 
4 
3 
1 
72 
1 
183 
2 
112 
3 
75 
4 
45 
5 
23 
6 to 10 
44 
11 to 15 
13 
16 to 20 
1 
8 
21 to 50 
2 
12 
51 to 200 
1 
Number of farms hiring 
i 44 
205 
1.66 
1 
2 
2 
83 
208 
2.51 
211 
568 
2.69 
87 
548 
6.30 
90 
647 
7.19 
516 
2,178 
Average number' of employees per farm 
4.22 
At harvest time: 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
4 
8 
4 
4 
4 
2 
2 
1 
22 
20 
21 
13 
7 
4 
6 
2 
7 
1 
1 
35 
37 
30 
25 
14 
20 
11 
21 
6 
18 
11 
5 
7 
1 
5 
7 
5 
7 
7 
8 
3 
7 
2 
5 
11 
6 
14 
4 
65 
2 
68 
3 
5 
10 
9 
7 
7 
13 
4 
8 
16 
6 
11 
5 
1 
63 
4 
59 
r > 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
3 
9 
7 
8 
4 
1 
47 
6 
45 
7 
32 
8 
49 
9 
15 
10 
36 
lltol5 
55 
16 to 20 
25 
41 
51 to 200 
14 
2 
45 
1,227 
27.27 
33 
200 
6.06 
104 
442 
4.25 
241 
1,493 
6.20 
91 
1,316 
14.46 
102 
2,241 
21.97 
616 
Number of emplovees hired 
6,919 
11.23 
Average number of emplovees per farm 
hiring 
Practically all these farm employees were hired as hands or laborers 
(Table 2) ; foremen at no time made up over 6 per cent; others, such 
as milk-route deliverymen, teamsters or chauffeurs or greenhouse 
firemen, were occasionally found. 
Table 2. — Classet 
i of employees by types of farms. 
Type of farm. 
Season and class of employees. 
Cran- 
berry 
bog". 
Straw- 
berry. 
Dairy 
and 
live 
stock. 
Gen- 
eral. 
Market 
garden. 
Tobacco 
and 
onions. 
All 
farms. 
At other than harvest time: 
Foremen 
21 
184 
2 
17 
180 
11 
42 
523 
3 
24 
513 
11 
26 
612 
9 
130 
Laborers 
2. on 
;4 
Others 
Total 
205 
2 
208 
568 
548 
647 
2,178 
At harvest time: 
Foremen 
35 
1,178 
14 
"""266" 
20 
410 
12 
4S 
1,431 
4 
25 33 
1 . 280 2, 199 
11 9 
161 
Laborers 
6,698 
50 
Others 
Total 
1 . 227 90n 
442 
1.483 
1,316 2 241 fi QOQ 
