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Show Wages Set For Work on Sugar Beet Production The United States Department of Agriculture has announced the fair and reasonable wage rates to be paid for work on the 1949 crop of sugar beets by producers who apply for payments under the Sugar Act of 1948, Alma J. Christensen, Christ-ensen, chairman of the Millard county committee, reported today. The rates for Utah are the rates agreed upon by the producer and laborer which must not be less than the folowing: For work performed in all counties coun-ties of the state on a time basis: (1) Thinning, hoeing, or weeding, 60c an hour; 2() All harvesting work, 65c an hour. Reductions not to exceed one-third of these rates may be made for workers between 14 and 16 years of age. For work performed on a piece-rate piece-rate basis in Millard oounty on a piece rate basis: (1) Hoe and finger thinning in fields planted' with segmented seed without machine ma-chine blocking, $12 per acre. Hoe and finger thinning with machine blocking, $9 an acre. The rate for blocking and thinning in fields planted with whole seed shall be 2 more than the rates specified above$; (2) First hoeing following hoe and finger thinning, $4.00 an acre; (3) Hoe thinning, no finger thinning, $7.00 an acre; (4) First hoeing folowing hoe thinning, $5 an acre; (5) Each subsequent hoeing hoe-ing or weeding, $3 an acre. The basic rates for pulling, topping top-ping and loading in Millard county coun-ty is 4 tons peracre $2.45: 5 tons per acre,, $2.35: 6 tons per acre, $2.25: 7 tone per acre, 2:15: 8 per acre, $2.05: 9 tons per acre, $1.95: 10 tons per acre, $1.85: 11 tons per acre, $1.20: 12 tons per acre, $1.75: 13 tons per acre, $1.70: 14 tons per acre, $1.67: 15 tons per acre, $1.65: 16 tons per acre, $1.63: 17 tons per acre, $1.61: 18 tons per acre, $1.59: 19 tons per acre, $1.57: 20 tons and over, $1.55 For any work in the production, cultivation, or harvesting of sugar beets for which a rate has not been specified herein, the producer must pay the laborer the rate a-greed a-greed upon. This would cover such as fertilizing, plowing, preparing seed bed, irrigating, etc., Mr. Christensen Christ-ensen explained. Further details on the fair and reasonable wage rate requirements may be obtained through the AAA office. |