Summary Report on Labor Conditions in Strawberry Harvesting in Western Kentucky with Brief Notes on the Migratory Labor Situation in Western Tennessee and North Central Arkansas

Contents: Introduction --- Part One - Western Kentucky: The Background (Location of Area - Agricultural Productions in the Area - The Strawberry Region Western Kentucky - Marketing - Employment) -- The Strawberry Harvest (The Labor Demand and Labor Supply - Recruiting and Placement Operations - Field Operations, Pattern of Employment and Labor Productivity - Growers' Attitudes Toward Migratory Labor) -- Type of Migrants in West Kentucky Strawberries (Local - Migrant) -- Origin and Routes of the Migrants (Arkansas migrants - Missouri migrants - Tennessee migrants - Louisiana migrants - Mississippi migrants - Alabama migrants - Florida migrants) -- Composition of the Migrants -- Housing and Other Living Conditions –- Transportation -- Character and Attitude of the Migrants -- Biographical Sketches of Migratory Strawberry Pickers Interviewed in Western Kentucky, May-June, 1940 --- Part Two - Western Tennessee and North Central Arkansas: Notes on the Migratory Labor Situation in Strawberry Harvesting in Western Tennessee -- Notes on the Migratory Labor Situation in Strawberry Harvesting in North Central Arkansas.