It is one thing to pick tree crops where it is always possible to duck behind another tree in an orchard. But when you are picking a field crop. generally a wide open space. there is more than just a little lack of privacy. But. even if we forgo the issue of dignity and decency. we still have the concern about health. A 1983 study in Indiana compared disease diagnoses for 2.570 migrant and seasonal farmworkers to 4.617 nonfarmworkers. There were 97 cases of eye problems among the farmworkers as compared to 25 for the nonfarmworkers. There were 107 cases of urinary tract infection among the farmworkers to 66 cases among the nonfarmworkers.