. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE - Our 34th Year of Publication - publisher I. STANLEY COBB B Issue of May 1972 / Volume 36 - No. 13 SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH AGRICULTURE A study of 79 agricultural workers (employees) was undertaken in 13 New York State counties in 1971 by researchers at Cornell University. Here's what they found: — Average age of 37 years with 72 percent of the workers under 45 years of age. — Average schooling of 10 years . . and 65 per- cent had less than 12 years of school attendance. — Average assets per
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE - Our 34th Year of Publication - publisher I. STANLEY COBB B Issue of May 1972 / Volume 36 - No. 13 SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH AGRICULTURE A study of 79 agricultural workers (employees) was undertaken in 13 New York State counties in 1971 by researchers at Cornell University. Here's what they found: — Average age of 37 years with 72 percent of the workers under 45 years of age. — Average schooling of 10 years . . and 65 per- cent had less than 12 years of school attendance. — Average assets per worker was nearly $8,000, and average net worth was nearly $5,600. — A whopping 63 percent hoped to be working on the same property in 1976 . . only 27 percent aspired to own their own. — The most-mentioned advantage of agriculture recognized by these employees was the opportunity to work outdoors, followed by variety of work. — Biggest gripes: not enough time off percent didn't have any gripes at all! but 42 — Among selected items of interest to career agri- cultural workers, vacation with pay ranked highest among these workers. Office: R-55 Summer Street, Kingston, Massachusetts 02364, Post Office Box J. Telephone (617) 585-3604 Ail correspondence and advertising should be sent to Box J, Kingston. advisors - correspondents Nova Scotia I. V. HALL Botanist, Research Station Kentville, Nova Scotia Massachusetts DR. CHESTER E. CROSS Director, Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station IRVING DeMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station New Jersey PHILIP E. MARUCCI Research Professor in Entomology Extension Specialist in Cranberries and Blueberries Official Cooperative Weather Bureau Observer Oregon DAVID KEIR County Extension Agent Coquille, Oregon Washington AZMI Y. SHAWA Assistant Horticulturist and Extension Agent in Horticulture Long Beach, Washington Wisconsin VERNON GOLDSWORTHY Eagle River, Wisconsin CRANBERRIES is published once a m
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