Abstract

Though on the surface some other indirect relations of agriculture with labor may seem remote, these influences are nonetheless real and perhaps are even more phenomenal. Today's mechanized farmers are heavy purchasers of iron and steel products, chemicals, building materials, fuels, and many services. In addition to machines and equipment needed in agricultural production, farm families are heavy purchasers of food, clothing, and household goods made by union workers. Likewise, labor management relations involving packers, canners, and non-cooperative dairy product manufacturers have an important bearing upon the economic welfare of American farmers.

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