Contents: Preliminary Considerations (Hired Labor in the California Agricultural Economy – Rigidities and Stratifications in the Labor Force – The San Joaquin Valley – Number of Farm Workers in the Valley – Types of Farm Workers – Farm-Labor Requirements – Place of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley Economy – Nature of the 1948 Season) --- Survey of 1948 Farm-Labor Force in San Joaquin Valley (Characteristics of the Workers – Place of Origin – Time in California – Age and Family Composition) --- Occupational Backgrounds (Prewar Occupations – Changes During the War – Postwar Occupations) --- Types of Work Done During the Previous Twelve Months (Nonfarm Activities – Relocation Migrants – Occupational Mobility – Specialization and Mobility by Major Types of Crops) --- Days Employed During Previous Twelve Months (Days in the Labor Market – Days Worked – Days Employed at Farm and Nonfarm Work – Days Worked by Wives and Dependents – Earnings) --- Days Lost from Work (No Work Available – Sickness or Injury – Weather – Travel Time – Time for Vacations, Visits, Trips) --- Methods of Obtaining Employment (Geographic Movement - Types of Mobile Workers – Extent of Movement – Migratory Paths – Northwest Migrants – California-Arizona Migrants – Central California Migrants – California-Oklahoma Migrants – Migratory Paths of Workers Registered at Extension Service Offices – Relation of Migrancy to Age and Family Status) --- Habitations and Homes of the Workers (Types of Habitations – Homes of the Workers) --- Summary --- Appendix (Methods Used in the Study)
