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try from London. In Germany, the small yards and 

 large families make pickers less of a problem. All 

 ages and both sexes are everywhere employed, so that 

 besides providing accommodations for them to be com- 

 fortable, due regard for the moralities of life should 

 also be provided for. The absence of all restrictions, 

 the indiscriminate huddling together of the sexes, the 

 character of the work and the freedom that follows 

 the day's tasks, all combine to tempt toward drink and 

 cohabitation. Scandalous abuses have thus occurred 

 in America, which make it increasingly difficult to get 

 good help, and bring into the country at every harvest 

 a body of people who care more for corrupt license 



FIG. 84. PICKING BIN, NEW YORK. 



than for the recreation or money afforded by hop pick- 

 ing. Sanitary and police authorities watch these mat- 

 ters closely in England. In New York, church mis- 

 sions work among the pickers commonly. If hop 

 planters would co-operate with the best men and 

 women among the pickers, an esprit dc corps could be 

 created that would insure against most of the possible 

 evils referred to and aid in expediting the harvest. 



RULES FOR PICKING AND PICKERS 



In order that the harvest may be promptly and 

 properly completed, it is necessary in handling large 

 numbers of mixed help to have certain well-defined 

 rules. These vary somewhat in different sections, but 

 the most thorough and businesslike are those used by 



