If once there was justification. which I doubt. for the complete lack of protection for children who work on farms after school and during the summers. such a justification no longer exists. for agriculture has undergone drastic changes since 1938 when our original child labor laws were enacted. The size of the economic farm unit has increased. Large highspeed machinery is used. The family farm is no longer the only significant employer of child labor. today there are many thousands of migrant children who accompany their families in the search of farmwork and are subjected. not to healthful outdoor activity but to drudgery. or. to be plain. oppressive labor. The bill. S. 1123. is designed to eliminate this harmful child labor. but not to interfere with the employment outside school hours of youngsters on family farms. or on farms near their homes.