PROVIDES DATA TO ESTIMATE NUMBER OF
FARM WORKERS, HOURS WORKED AND WAGE RATES. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
NEEDS ESTIMATE OF WAGE RATES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF "H-2" AND
SETTING "ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE RATES". DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE USES
ESTIMATES IN COMPUTING PARITY INDEX AND OTHER MEASURES OF
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY. LABOR AND AGRICULTURE JOINTLY NEED
ESTIMATES OF SHORTAGE OF WORKERS IN SPECIAL
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