[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR780.127]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 780_EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURE, PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL 

COMMODITIES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT--Table 

of Contents

 

                 Subpart B_General Scope of Agriculture

 

Sec.  780.127  Hatchery operations.



    Hatchery operations incident to the breeding of poultry, whether 

performed in a rural or urban location, are the ``raising of poultry'' 

(Miller Hatcheries v. Boyer, 131 F. 2d 283). The application of section 

3(f) to employees of hatcheries is further discussed in Sec. Sec.  

780.210 through 780.214.



  Practices Exempt Under ``Secondary'' Meaning of Agriculture Generally