What Do Farm Workers Earn 1968 Iowa study
A 1968 Iowa study shows full time farm workers on Larger than average farms earned a total pay of 5,780 dollars per year. Cash wages averaged 3,838 dollars and the cash portion was 1.49 dollars per hour based on about 57 hours weekly. Fringe benefits totaled 1,403 dollars. The extra cash 539 dollars covered incentive pay and the employee payroll tax share.
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Noise levels on tractors prompt ear protection advice
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says tractors emit 80 to 110 decibels depending on load, with 85 decibels as a danger level. Prolonged exposure can cause permanent hearing damage. solutions include soundproof cabs, better mufflers, and ear protection. The piece also notes the earth’s core reaches about 8,000 degrees with pressure above 46 million psi.
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Dairymen In State Sell Milk Worth Billions
About 23,000 dairymen in the state market milk and milk products valued at 1.3 billion dollars annually. Capital investment in dairy farms exceeds 2 billion. The value of cows in 1970 was estimated at 410 million, with farms averaging 85 thousand dollars in investment per herd.
Youngest Cascade Range Forms in Under a Million Years
The piece notes global mountain formation mostly in the last 60 million years with the Cascade Mountain chain in the Northwestern U.S. and Southwestern Canada as the youngest, at about one million years old.
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