16 BULLETIN 1211, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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TABLE 9.—.\verage number of days worked and lost per man during harvest to date of 
interview. 
Per cent of time 
Jays in harvest arez : Aver: 
Days in harvest area By ea ees Average number of days 
per group per group per man in harvest area. 
Days from arrival in Men ee. * ee 
harvest area to date in | 
of interview group. From ar- 
Total. | Worked.'| Lost. | Worked.) Lost. Fabs sh Worked.) Lost. 
view 
Notover 30:2...” 2235... 872 10, 783 5, 542 5, 241 51.4 48.6 IPS VE 6. 36 6. 01 
31 to 45 dete 86 3, 266 1, 742 1, 524 53.3 46.7 37.98 20. 26 Lisiz 
46 to 60 31 1,625 736 | 889 45.3 54. 7 52. 42 23.74 28. 68 
61 to 75 9 614 312 302 50.8 49.2 68. 22 34. 67 33. 56 
Total.......... 99x | 16,288| 8,332 7,956| 51.2| 488] 16.32|° 8.35| 7.97 
WAGE RATES IN THE HARVEST. 
Table 10 contains data on the wages received by harvest hands in 
1921. The figures agree with those furnished by the farmers.’ The 
wage rates in excess of $6 are all threshing wages paid to especially 
skilled men, such as engine men and separator men. The prevalence 
of a $4 wage for harvesters in south-central Kansas and northern 
Oklahoma, of a $5 wage in central and western Kansas, and of rates 
running from $3 to $4 in Nebraska, thé Dakotas, and Minnesota is 
shown by the table. 
NET EARNINGS OF HARVEST HANDS. 
The series of Tables 11 to 14 and Tables [I and II of the Appendix 
comprise a study of the actual earnings of harvesters able to ae 
data on the subject. Most of these men had not completed their 
harvest work, and their final earnings—or losses—would vary from 
the figures given. Tables 13 and 14 give the final figures on earn- 
ings of a portion of these men in the 1919 and 1920 harvests. 
TABLE 10.—Daily wages received by wheat harvest hands on 1,050 jobs in 1921. 
: 2 eee South | North | ,,. Per 
Texas. A data SH aS a 3 Da- | Da- eae Iowa. | Total. | cent 
: <r 4 ‘| kota. | kota. | . of total. 
= | 3 a 
Rate of wages per | 
day: 
- 1s | es ee LEA Pee) ee 2 lint] Saeeaese hese es cee se tek eS oe es aes 3 .28 
REE ENOL SAEED | 4 ig a ES ota 1 2 1 | 5 48 
- AL Ee l 1 aa 3 1 7 2 8 26 2.48 
- 6 eS, ee oe ee 1 11 15 | ll 11 39 31 4 123 L371 
ahs" EE ele See ie 2 2 2 6 22 71 15 4 122 11.62 
+ ee a eee Re 3 dl 132 23 15 93 29) fc cscesss 346 32.95 
1S Re Bee | ee ho 6 9 3 3 20 2 2 45 4.29 
Bare iets teri! | I 39 192 | 4 5 21 1 8 271 25.81 
OS ee eee reer ee ee 1 eer eee | ees ee 2 ln oe 5 lee ee 5 -48 
A I a ee bel ge ea 4 28 1 | 7 1 Z 44 4.19 
es | eee ee oe Pee ee ee ee eh. 22d belideeeeeas iS Hes Beer ee Sees = 4 -38 
Se re rare 4 ? 1B) aap Ree (Spa 1 DP otacetaretans LS 1. 43 
SDs fn dae (ame & oe ate CA sree eae 1]25 228 3 28 
- | ee Ce ae ae) erg eee 3 Les Lee: beeen 1 2 | ae acee 20 1.90 
BOS See co. Slate fe sok.d ee btn a Oe a= (cars See | Lie eae 2 -19 
| | ee era eee 2 2 Ip (ie 1 Saleh Sere laces eee 11 1.05 
ieee ont See ae ee erie ec 1 pe ge ore (A oe Sae We ae eee eel re eee 2 -19 
BLAS ooo a. eats ate ook elle ewnn 22 [sen ced clo oeae el eee | Pe Ae | a 1 .10 
1b: Pa pane Sees ee lets een nite ne | eee 1 A soe elke oven 2 -19 
7 Wage figures for the 1921 wheat harvest are presented in detail in Department Bulletin 1211. 
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