[AT] Department of Labor and Teens on Farms/Ranches

[Mattias Kessén]

Here almost all work is forbidden when you're younger than 16 and almost
all when younger than 18. And the politician are suprised why the
unemployement amongst Young adults is so high.
Den 11 jan 2012 23:17 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:

> At age 9 I was running a tractor all day long on Saturday and a lot of
> afternoons after school.  For those not old enough to understand that, who
> might think I had abusive parents, I was lucky.  Many of
> my friends had to stay out of school during spring plowing.  A friend of
> mine had 2 brothers and they ran a tractor in 8 hour shifts around the
> clock
> until all the ground was plowed and ready to be seeded.  The 3 boys and the
> old man tended 100 acres or more including about 15 acres of tobacco with
> two Farmalls.  A Super A and a worn out A each pulling one 14" plow.  There
> was no such thing as no-til or con-til farming back then.  Every square
> foot
> of ground was disced twice with a  small  disc harrow (ours was 16 blade)
> and plowed with bottom plows.  We did have the luxury of being able to pull
> two 14" plows with our D-10 Allis.  Then the rows had to be bedded 1 row at
> a time.  A few folks did have 2 row tractors like a Massey 30 or 35 but
> they
> were considered BIG farmers.   If a guy a MF 35 and a Farmall Super A he
> had
> it made!   If I had back then the 2 AC D-14's and the D-10 I have now I
> could have tended half the neighborhood.
>
> A lot of our summer tobacco help was kids my sister and I went to school
> with.
>
> Sorry for rambling.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Wagner
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:10 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Department of Labor and Teens on Farms/Ranches
>
> You're right, Mike, I don't think it does apply to family-farms.  I
> understand the reasoning for protecting children, and I can name a few
> folks who need a good lecture on safe farming practices.  I just really
> don't see why a 15 year old today can't run run a tractor with all the
> modern safety devices raking hay when many of the folks on this list grew
> up younger than that helping around a steel wheeled tractor belted to a
> thresher.
>
> Ben Wagner
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Read the actual document before you get too excited about this - it
> > isn't quite what some of those complaining about it make it out to be.
> > For one thing, much of it doesn't apply to family members of
> > family-owned farms.
> >
> > <http://www.dol.gov/whd/childlabor.htm>
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 1/11/2012 2:08 PM, Ben Wagner wrote:
> > > Could you send us all the link to the Solis letter that for some reason
> > > disappeared from the Alert?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ben Wagner
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Dave Rotigel<rotigel at me.com>  wrote:
> > >
> > >> AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
> > >>
> > >> January 10, 2012
> > >>
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