(a) The term ``Harvesting'' as used in section 3(f) includes all
operations customarily performed in connection with the removal of the
crops by the farmer from their growing position (Holtville Alfalfa Mills
v. Wyatt, 230 F. 2d 398; NLRB v. Olaa Sugar Co., 242 F. 2d 714).
Examples include the cutting of grain, the picking of fruit, the
stripping of bluegrass seed, and the digging up of shrubs and trees
grown in a nursery. Employees engaged on a plantation in gathering
sugarcane as soon as it has been cut, loading it, and transporting the
cane to a concentration point on the farm are engaged in ``Harvesting''
(Vives v. Serralles, 145 F. 2d 552).
(b) The combining of grain is exempt either as harvesting or as a
practice performed on a farm in conjunction with or as an incident to
farming operations. (See in this connection Holtville Alfalfa Mills v.
Wyatt, 230 F. 2d 398.) ``Harvesting'' does not extend to operations
subsequent to and unconnected with the actual process whereby
agricultural or horticultural commodities are severed from their
attachment to the soil or otherwise reduced to possession. For example,
the processing of sugarcane into raw sugar (Bowie v. Gonzalez, 117 F. 2d
11, and see Maneja v. Waialua, 349 U.S. 254), or the vining of peas are
not included. For a further discussion on vining employees, see
Sec. 780.139. While transportation to a concentration point on the farm
may be included, ``harvesting'' never extends to transportation or other
operations off the farm. Off-the-farm transportation can only be
``agriculture'' when performed by the farmer as an incident to his
farming operations (Chapman v. Durkin, 214 F. 2d 360 cert. denied 348
U.S. 897; Fort Mason Fruit Co. v. Durkin, 214 F. 2d 363 cert. denied 348
U.S. 897). For further discussion of this point, see Secs. 780.144
through 780.147; Secs. 780.152 through 780.157.
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