. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. PART-TIME FARMING 137 Since the seasonal part-time farmers did not have to depend so much upon their outside employment, and were employed largely during the winter months when their farming operations were completed, they were willing and often had to accept lower wages and work longer hours. Mainly for this reason, the weekly wages of operators in Taunton area were slightly lower than in Lowell area, in spite of the fact that the average number of working hours per week was higher. The majority of opera
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. PART-TIME FARMING 137 Since the seasonal part-time farmers did not have to depend so much upon their outside employment, and were employed largely during the winter months when their farming operations were completed, they were willing and often had to accept lower wages and work longer hours. Mainly for this reason, the weekly wages of operators in Taunton area were slightly lower than in Lowell area, in spite of the fact that the average number of working hours per week was higher. The majority of operators in both areas, as seen in Table 40, were paid between $20 and $29 per week. The average yearly wages for all operators were $1,216 in Lowell area and $1,0S0 in Taunton area; but for seasonal part-time farmers in the latter area, the average was only $765. Annual Income of Operators as Derived from Each Source In addition to the two main sources, outside employment and farming, tiie operators engaged in part-time farming in the areas covered by the investigation received some of their income from roomers and boarders and from the earnings of their wives. As shown in Chart 10, the average yearly income received by part-time farmers from all sources was $1,696 in Lowell area and $1,827 in Taunton area. The most important item in both areas was the outside earnings of operators, which made up per cent of the total annual income in the first area and . per cent in the second. Chart 10. Percentage of Annual Income in Part-Time Farming Obtained from Each Source in Lowell and Taunton Areas. ^^.696 $i,Sa7. LOW e: L L TAUNT ON The receipts from roomers and boarders came both from outsiders who lived in the house the whole year around or only during the summer months, and from grown-up children who had independent employment and contributed part of their income as payment for room and board. There were 47 such children in Lowell area and 59 in Taunton area. The receipts from
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