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I quote from page 110: Many of the working mothers had young children. Some had two children less than 3 years of age. and one mother had three. Of the 679 children under 6 years of age included in the study. 423 were in contract laborers families. where mothers had little opportunity. because of their work in the fields. to give much attention to their babies. The mothers of 9 out of 10 of the laborers children and of 6 out of 10 of the farm owners children under 6 years of age were beetfield workers. On page 111 this report continues: Many of the laborers lived at some distance from their work. and unless some one could be left with the children they had to be taken to the field by their parents and kept there throughout the working hours.