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than twenty-five. Checks are pieces of cardboard about 

 one inch by two inches, with the name of the grower 

 printed on one side, together with the number of quarts 

 it represents ; thus : 



J. M. Smith 



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Green Bay, Wis. 



Checks should be printed in denominations most con- 

 venient for the pickers, as one quart, two quarts, four 

 quarts, sixteen quarts, twenty-four quarts and one hun- 

 dred quarts. Sometimes aluminum checks, called " straw- 

 berry money," are used. If a four quart carrier is used, 

 in printing 1000 checks 600 might be four quart, 200 one 

 quart and 200 two quarts. There should be, also, some 

 50 quart and 100 quart checks, to be exchanged for 

 smaller numbers. The several denominations should be 

 of different colors, to prevent mistakes. The checks are 

 redeemable in cash at the discretion of the grower. 



The chief objection to check accounting is that the 

 pickers may lose some of them. In this case he loses 

 his pay, as the grower has no record of the persons to 

 whom they are issued. Neither does the grower know 

 how many checks he has issued, except by counting the 

 number of baskets picked. A dishonest picker may 

 steal the checks of another picker, or print more like them. 

 A method used by M. A. Thayer of Wisconsin meets 

 these objections. He says, "These checks are 1| X 

 2| inches, 5 to the page, perforated and bound in books of 

 500 each, making a convenient pocket check book. They 

 are numbered consecutively, and a check is used but 



