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Law Involving Employment Of Minors Engaged For Spring Harvesting Outlined In order to inform farmers on the precisions of the Wage and Hour Law in respect to the em ployment of minors engaged in spring harvesting, the following information has been provided by the county agent's office in ques tion and answer form: 1. Do the child-labor require ments of the Fair Labor Standards Act apply to agriculture? Yes. They generally to farmers whose crops or products go either directly or indirectly into inter state or foreign commerce, as in the case of a farmer who sends his product outside the State or delivers his product to a canner. processor, or dealer who he knows or has reason to believe will send it outside the Stale, either in Its original form or as an ingredient of another product For example, tomato growers who send their tomatoes to a cannery within the same State are covered if the canned tomato product made from their tomatces goes out of the State. Z. What are these require ments? Farmers may not employ chil dren under 16 years of ago in agri culture during schbol hours. Farmers must also keep certain records required by regulation* under the act regarding the minors they employ. These requirements apply to the employment of migratory children as well as local resident children,i but not to the employment of a farmer's own children by the farm er on his farm. 3. What Is meant by "during school hours"? During school hours means the hours when the school for the school district where the child Is living while employed is in ses sion. 4. How old must a child be to work on a farm outside school hours? This act set no minimum age for employment in agriculture before or after school hours on anv school day, or at any time on school holi days, and during school vacations. 5. How can a farmer be sure that the young person he intends to hire during school hours is at least 16 years of age? A certificate of age. while not required, will protect the farmer if it shows the young person to be at least 16 years of age, and if ft has been Issued by the U. S. Department of Labor or an ac cepted State system. 6. Where ran such a certificate be obtained? In most States the farmer should ' have the young person apply fur a certificate to the official who is sues employment and age certifi cates under the State child labor laws. This is usually a loc.il school official, but in some States it is a represent alive of the State labor, welfare, or education depait ment. ,In Idalio, Mississippi, South Caro lina, and Texas where there is no accepted State system in force, application should he made for a Federal certificate of age to the Wage and Hour and Public Con tracts Divisions, U. S. Department of Labor. 7. May a farmer's own children help him do agricultural work dur ing school hoursh insofar as this law is concerned? Yes, if they are not in fact em ployed by someone else. However, the school attendance laws in most State require children under 16 to attend school. 8. What records must be kept , by farmers for minors working on ( their farms? Every farmer employing minors In agriculture (other than a par- J ent or a person standing in the place of a parent employing his own child or a child in his cus- * tody! must keep records contain ing the following Items for every s such minor under 18 years of age s who works on any day when school ^ is in session for the school district f where the minor is living while so employed: (a! Name in full. v (b) Place where minor lives _ while employed. If minor's per- p manent home address is different, give both addresses. (c) Date of birth. It is not necessary that records be maintained in any particular * order or form. They must be kept " in a safe and accessible place and be open at any time to inspection and transcription by authorized f representatives of the Secretary of f Labor. These records must be pre- a served for at least three years. f 8. Is a farmer in violation of $ the Federal law if the under-age n children working on his farm were h not hired by him personally? 1 A farmer is responsible for every <? under-age child working on his o farm. This includes children hired t SLAYER OF 3 KILLED IN BARRICADE : L. A..... fB S. . vz: ? jfwj DEPUTY SOT. KENNETH ANTHONY crouches on a shed roof with rifle aimed and Sheriff Harry Grosslaus holds a submachine gun as they close In on William O. Henry, 71, Inside. The aged man had killed hla wife, his son. Elmer, 39, and his daughter, Mrs. Ethel Lowry. during a religious argument in Henry's home in Canton, Ohio. Tear gas failed to rout him, so Grosslaus opened fire, killing Henry, (international^ i ' Cut Your Food Costs By Buying In Quantity By RUTH CURRENT State Home Demonstration Agent Buy foods in quantity, if pos ible. For example, when buying ipples for baking. plan to use hem -in' other meals in different orms. like apple salads, fried ap ile rings, and apple betty. Buy government inspected meat vith a purple inspection stamp. ither individually or as a part of i famliy group by labor contrac ors, processors, or others. 10. What are the penalties for iolation of the rhild-lahor require - nents of the Fair l.ahor Standards icts? The act provides, in case of will ul violation, a fine up to $10,000. 'or a second offense, committed fter conviction for a similar of ense, a fine of not more than 10.000 or imprisonment of not aore than 6 months, or both, may ie imposed. The Secretary of ,abor may ask a Federal district ourt to restrain future violations f the child-labor requirements of he act by injunction. This stamp is required on all meat shippd across state lines. Meat grades include Prime, Choice, Good. Commercial and Utility. In general, the less expensive cuts and lower grades will be the best buy if properly cooked?but choose carefully. Cheaper cuts may prove more costly in the long run if they contain too much fat or bone. When buying ungraded beef, check to see that the lean meat is light red, velvety-appearing and liberal ly veined with fat. Buy breads, flour and cereals only if "enriched** or "restored" or "whole grain" is printed on the labels. They cost no more and add extra B vitamins and minerals to the diet. Buy "cash-and-carry" to save the extra cost of credit or delivery charges. Buy foods by weight rather than bulk measure or count whenever possible Check scale to be sure the Indicator is on zero before food is weighed; A COMMENDATION ? The individual and group interest manifested by the citizens of Haywood County in the pro posed new HAYWOOD COUNTY HEALTH CENTER is indeed an indication of the awareness of the value of such a facility and service to our County. The individual citizens, the civic and profes sional groups, and the County Commissioners are to be commended for their far-sighted think ing and action .in behalf of the health of the j people of Haywood County. The Champion Paper and Fibre Company CAROLINA DIVISION Canton, North Carolina ? ? . .-?? ? ' ?? .? ... ? i \ . ?. ? ? ... ? ? ? . ? ?? We Want To Say A S incerel THANK YOU >*" * To The Haywood County Boar( of Comm issioners for I Setting Up Funds For A ? . ?. "" ' I . ? ? ? ? ' " ?' . . ? ' - - " ' Health Center " There Is No Substitute for " ? This Is Sponsored By The Haywood Medical Society and The NAany Other Civic and Patriotic Organizatioi In Haywood Who Have Endorsed The Health Center . r
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