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![Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the "renters". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the "renters."[)]. Location: West, Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc3VsYWstZmFtaWx5LWZydWdhbC1ib2hlbWlhbi1mYXJtZXJzLW93bi1hbi1laWdodHktYWNyZS1mYXJtLW5lYXItd2VzdC13aWxsLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near West. Will raise twenty bales of cotton this year. These are all members of family. The five year old picks cotton some. The seven year old picks one hundred pounds a day. The nine year old picks about a hundred pounds. The eleven year old two hundred pounds, thirteen year old two hundred and fifty pounds. The adults pick three or four hundred a day. Note the care they take of the children and of the home. (It was the end of a week and a sort of holiday, but the whole situation shows how much better standard the farm owners keep than do the \"renters\". See Hine report. Contrast with this photo some of those of the \"renters.\"[)]. Location: West, Texas.")
![Hard workers. Grady Carroll. Nine year old cotton picker. He picks two hundred pounds a day. Brother Ed ten years old picks three huundred pounds a day. Another brother thirteen years old picks four hundred pounds. Mother picks three hundred pounds. Adults pick about five hundred, getting about $1.00 a hundred. Now the father rents his farm. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvaGFyZC13b3JrZXJzLWdyYWR5LWNhcnJvbGwtbmluZS15ZWFyLW9sZC1jb3R0b24tcGlja2VyLWhlLXBpY2tzLXR3by1odW5kcmVkLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "Hard workers. Grady Carroll. Nine year old cotton picker. He picks two hundred pounds a day. Brother Ed ten years old picks three huundred pounds a day. Another brother thirteen years old picks four hundred pounds. Mother picks three hundred pounds. Adults pick about five hundred, getting about $1.00 a hundred. Now the father rents his farm. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.")
![Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister eighteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres near Houston. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZWRkaWUtbWFyZWstYS1zaXgteWVhci1vbGQtY290dG9uLXBpY2tlci13aG8tcGlja3MtZmlmdHktcG91bmRzLWEtZGF5LWhpcy1zaXN0ZXItMi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister eighteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres near Houston. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.")
Another Benkendorfer farm near West. Owned by father and well kept up. Mandy, six years old, picks twenty-five pounds a day. Sophie, nine years old picks ninety pounds a day. Seven in family. Frugal Bohemians. Contrast these owned farms with those of the renters. It is estimated that over half of the farms around here are rented. Location: West, Texas.
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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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01/01/1913
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Library of Congress
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