Migrant Raker

Some rakers harvest 80 boxes per day under good conditions - a box (22-23Ibs.) every six minutes. Most, but not all, of the top-producing rakers are migrants, mostly from Mexico. Migrants started to rake in Hope in the late 1990s, supplementing local rakers. Maximo Almaraz at Paul Payson's field on Alford Lake Road.

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