Of men and machines: Technological change and people in agriculture Part II: Changes in hired farm labor and in rural communities

Authors

Ann Foley Scheuring
Orville E. Thompson

Authors Affiliations

Ann Foley Scheuring is a Research Associate in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, U.C., Davis; Orville E. Thompson is a Professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, U.C., Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 34(2):7-9. DOI:10.3733/ca.v034n02p7. February 1980.

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Abstract

Not only have changes occurred in the way farms and farm families are run (see January 1980 issue of California Agriculture), but there have been dramatic changes within a single generation in the handling of hired labor (there is less need for it) and in the composition of rural communities (more Spanish-speaking residents are settling down, particularly in the Central Valley). This is the last of two articles on the subject.