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are provided for each picker, a daily and a weekly ticket. 

 The daily ticket is tied to the picker's left arm above the 

 elbow, where it is out of the way. When she delivers 

 boxes of fruit in satisfactory condition the inspector 

 registers the number of quarts with a conductor's punch. 

 At the close of each day's picking the number of boxes 



Fig. 14. — The Heller tally card. 



picked that day, as shown on the daily ticket, is trans- 

 ferred to the weekly ticket. The daily ticket is then 

 taken up by the grower and filed away for record. The 

 weekly ticket is kept by the picker until she is paid in 

 full, when it is taken up by the grower as a receipt. By 

 preserving the weekly tickets he has a complete record 

 of the picking for the season. The daily ticket should 

 represent about 150 boxes, in convenient denominations. 

 The weekly ticket should have space for the name and 



