To come within this secondary meaning, a practice must be performed
either by a farmer or on a farm. It must also be performed either in
connection with the farmer's own farming operations or in connection
with farming operations conducted on the farm where the practice is
performed. In addition, the practice must be performed ``as an incident
to or in conjunction with'' the farming operations. No matter how
closely related it may be to farming operations, a practice performed
neither by a farmer nor on a farm is not within the scope of the
``secondary'' meaning of ``agriculture.'' Thus, employees employed by
commission brokers in the typical activities conducted at their
establishments,
warehouse employees at the typical tobacco warehouses, shop employees of
an employer engaged in the business of servicing machinery and equipment
for farmers, plant employees of a company dealing in eggs or poultry
produced by others, employees of an irrigation company engaged in the
general distribution of water to farmers, and other employees similarly
situated do not generally come within the secondary meaning of
``agriculture.'' The inclusion of industrial operations is not within
the intent of the definition in section 3(f), nor are processes that are
more akin to manufacturing than to agriculture (see Bowie v. Gonzales,
117 F. 2d 11; Fleming v. Hawkeye Pearl Button Co., 113 F. 2d 52;
Holtville Alfalfa Mills v. Wyatt, 230 F. 2d 398; Maneja v. Waialua, 349
U.S. 254; Mitchell v. Budd, 350 U.S. 473).
Practices Performed ``By a Farmer''
