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tree all the time. That would tire both of them, they like to 

 pick on the ground a little while and then climb on the ladder 

 part of the time. A good picker will start at the bottom of 

 the ladder and pick up as lie goes. In organizing your force 

 it is best if you can arrange for checking them up at night 

 so that each one knows how many bushels he had picked. You 

 can do that where tou don't want to scatter them all over 



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and let each boy have a rope to fasten to the half bushel 

 basket and snap the other end on the rod of the ladder. Each 

 man's name is on the ladder, you want that too and w^hen he 

 has his basket full he calls the overseer and he drops the 

 basket down and tlie overseer unsna^js it and snaps on an- 

 other and he takes one of these little punches and punches out 

 the ticket and then each boy knows how much he has picked. 

 We raised our average 10 bushels a day the first day we 

 adopted that plan. All the overseer has to do is to see that 

 the apples are not bruised and the trees are picked clean. He 

 don't have to spur them up; he has to hold them down and 

 see that they don't bruise the apples. 



I would recommend having a cushion in every basket. It 

 protects the apples and encourages the boys to be careful, 

 and causes them to realize it is meant for them to be careful 

 if they have everything protected. 



A Member: Do you pick in sacks that way? 



Mr. Marshall : I believe we picked a little in sacks. The 

 picking jackets we never tried. The hanging baskets that 

 have a hook on that he hooks to the limbs are the best, and 

 the overseer must see that the boy does not toss the apples. 

 I dont like the jacket, for one reason you can't swing off to 

 one side. I believe the picking jackets have some merit, 

 other people use them and I would like to hear what they have 

 to say. 



A Member : How do you cushion the baskets? 



Mr. Marsliall : About all we have done so far is to have a 

 regular picking basket. We experimented a little with cush- 

 ioning, but what I am going to do next year is to take some 



