The discussion in Secs. 780.106 through 780.127 relates to the
direct farming operations which come within the ``primary'' meaning of
the definition of ``agriculture.'' As defined in section 3(f)
``agriculture'' includes not only the farming activities described in
the ``primary'' meaning but also includes, in its ``secondary'' meaning,
``any practices (including any forestry or lumbering operations)
performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction
with such farming operations, including preparation for market delivery
to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market.''
The legislative history makes it plain that this language was
particularly included to make certain that independent contractors such
as threshers of wheat, who travel around from farm to farm to assist
farmers in what is recognized as a purely agricultural task and also to
assist a farmer in getting his agricultural goods to market in their raw
or natural state, should be included within the definition of
agricultural employees (see Bowie v. Gonzalez, 117 F. 2d 11; 81 Cong.
Rec. 7876, 7888).
