The Farm Labor Situation on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

Contents: Summary --- I.—The Dairy Farm Labor Force (Total labor supply maintained in 1942 – Farm labor force and military service - Activities of the Farm Placement Service in Jefferson County) --- II.--Wage Rates on Wisconsin Dairy Farms (Relation of farm wages to prices of farm products and farm income - Industrial wage rates compete for farm labor) --- III.--Effect of Labor Supply on Production (Price of dairy cows and sale of cows at stockyards – Auction sales – trends in production of milk – Milk prices - Prices of feed, seed, and fertilizer) --- IV.--Potential Sources of Labor Supply (Recruitment of dairy workers from cut-over areas of northern Wisconsin) --- Appendix (Tables).