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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
WPA Farm Labor
Survey Is Made
The third in a series of research
reports dealing with Oregon farm
labor problems has just been is
sued by the agricultural experi
ment station at O. S. C. in cooper
ation with federal relief projects
The new report is entitled Pre
liminary Information Concerning
Employment of Berry Pickers in
the Gresham Berry District,” and
was prepared by C. S. Hoffman,
assistant state supervisor of re
search. under the direction of L R
Breithaupt, extension economist
and state supervisor of rural re
search under the federal relief set
up.
The Gresham area is recognized
as one of the farm labor problem
regions of the state, requiring a
large amount of seasonal labor to
handle strawberry and raspberry
crops. Professional berry pickers
ordinarily come only for the straw
berry season as a higher average
daily wage can be paid than for
raspberries.
The preliminary report just pub-
lisbed is a result of detailed study
of the records of the past two
seasons in the Gresham district.
It is estimated that approximately
7000 pickers are annually employ
ed during the strawberry and
raspberry seasons and that most
of these are residents of the met
ropolitan area surrounding Port
land.
In the seasons studied, more
than 90 per cent of the resident
labor was from within a 30-mile
radius ot the city of Portland and
well over half of the total labor
came from that area. For the
1935 raspberry season, out-of-state
pickers represented 32.4 per cent
of
the total
pickers employed
though more than one-fifth of
these out-of-state pickers came
from Washington.
On Oregon Farms
Extension of the export subsidy
on wheat flour from Pacific north
west states for one year has been
approved by Secretary Wallace,
giving promise of the removal of
more than two and one half million
bushels of wheat from Oregon.
Washington and Idaho by this de
vice. The subsidy applies only to
exports of flour to the Philippines.
This program was launched last
March, and by the time it expired
by limitation of time June 30,
there had been 190,206 barrels ex
ported by means of this aid
As
it takes about 4.6 bushels of wheat
for one barrel of tlour, this was
equivalent to approximately 875,-
000 bushels of wheat. The new
program is limited to 575.300 bar
rels, or a movement essentially in
proportion to that attained in the
past four months.
Funds for carrying on this type
of export assistance come from
custom receipts, 30 per cent of
which
were
made
available
through AAA amendments for use
in stimulating export or other use
of surplus commodities, and in en
couraging production of crops
needed for domestic consumption.
This same source is responsible for
the recently announced fiber flax
subsidy program and for the di
version of walnuts to unusual
channels of trade.
Although final returns have not
yet been compiled, number of work
sheets turned in by Oregon farm
ers will exceed 18,000, according
to preliminary estimates made by
county agents and other extension
workers. This is a far larger
number than participated in the
former AAA crop control pro
grams in Oregon, though it is ex
pected that some of those . who
turned in work sheets will not
qualify for later payments.
Now that work sheets have been
turned in, the next step for grow
ers is to be sure and keep proof of
compliance. All records or other
evidence bearing on compliance
had best be kept, say those in
charge of the program, particular
ly where a crop failure may have
occurred.
Among items that may prove
helpful are receipts for purchase
of seed or other materials, proof
of the kind and amount of seed
sown, date and method of seeding,
number and identification of acres,
and, at timeB, signed statements of
neighbors.
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