Farmers Work Less Since 1950
Washington AP report shows that farm labor hours dropped to a record low of 6.2 billion in 1972 while total production reached a new high. Mechanization and efficiency drove gains in livestock, poultry, dairy, and crops, with labor declines across most production groups except sugar, cotton, tobacco and oilseed crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Teport
The
Economic Research Service
U.S
Farmers Earn 33.10 A Week In Kansas Study
Kansas State University economists report farmers in the Farm Management Association earned about 3.10 an hour for labor and management over 1968 to 1972. The five year study shows average farm investment 254,136 and gross income 55,348, with wage after investment costs 33.10 for a 58 hour week.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State University
Kansas State
Farm Management Association
Don D. Pretzer
Pretzer
Adopted Deer Mascot Flaunts New Twins
Susie the deer mascot of Butler Indiana gave birth to twin fawns and led them through town splashing corn to celebrate the first public appearance. Townspeople had known she was pregnant since mid May when she began ejecting twins, and the town had adopted Susie two years earlier after her mother died in an accident. The Mississippi River carries more than 500 million tons of sediment into the Gulf of Mexico annually.
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Butler
Ind
Susie
Indiana
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
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Garden City Telegram
New Twins
P.O. Box
Michael A. Petii
Werke Ee
Eteeratet
MIRRO
Regula Sale
Blenders
OSTER
West Laurel
Garden City Ford
Ford
Burtis Motor Company, Inc
Garden City, Kansas
3 Ltd
Garden City
American Legion
Eagles Lodge
Memphis Express
Continentals
the Elks
Blue Crystal
Blue Notes
Corral Club
West Highway 50
the Executive Club
Warren Hotel
Nasty Benjamin
Crowd Company
East Fulton
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