They toil for long hours on their hands and knees in the broiling sun. in temperatures as high as 1200. It matters little that they are exempted from this work for a few hours at school during the months when school is in session. After an afternoon and evening of this backbreaking toil. the youthful migrant worker returning exhausted to some crude. poorly lighted shack. is in no condition to pursue his studies. even if he were receiving any encouragement to do so. which is extremely unlikely. State childlabor laws in many cases are clearly inadequate to protect these children. Twenty States have no minimum age for agricultural employment. either during or outside of school hours. Fourteen States have no minimum age law for agricultural employment when school is not in session. This is a deplorable situation from any point of view. The children of migrant farm laborers have many heavy crosses to bear. Homeless. rootless. penniless. poorly fed. poorly clothed. with practically none of the normal advantages of American life. they appear doomed to repeating the cheerless existence of their parents. unless we do something about it. Surely it is the duty of society. or rather. a small part of that duty. to see to it that these children are provided adequate time for study and rest. so that they will have some reasonable opportunity to escape the dreary cycle of misery which has dominated their early years.