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The thing which that article leaves unsaid is that this lifestyle existed in the context of seasonal migrant workers (hobos) who were still necessary to the not
by WillAdams 1y ago
The thing which that article leaves unsaid is that this lifestyle existed in the context of seasonal migrant workers (hobos) who were still necessary to the not-yet fully mechanized agriculture of the time.
One work which touches on this is Louis L'Amour's autobiography: _Education of a Wandering Man_ which is a great read.
- rtkwe 1y agoThere's still a lot of non mechanized agriculture in the US. Fruits especially are often hand picked. Strawberries in particular can be pretty grueling [0] because they're low to the ground. Even the semi mechanized version has the workers lying on their bellies rapidly picking as the tractor tows their platform along. [1] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1kqv2yd/pov_manual_labor_working_at_a_strawberry_field/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1kqv2yd/pov_manual... pardon the subreddit it was the best video I could find shortly. [1] https://youtu.be/jmib5b7AhXg?t=24 https://youtu.be/jmib5b7AhXg?t=24
- WillAdams 1y agoYes, but there aren't masses of people moving in a seasonal migration following the work as there were before the development of the hay rake, combine, &c.
- rtkwe 1y agoThere are fewer but there's still a lot of itinerant workers that follow the harvests. There's not work year round in one place for fruit pickers but there are several harvests each year they follow.