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cent or one-half cent a quart until the end of the season. 

 A contract to this effect may be printed on the back of 

 the tally card. 



The cost of picking ranges from one to three cents a 

 quart, according to the abundance of the fruit, and how 

 much the pickers can make in a day. It is best to estab- 

 lish a uniform price for the season, and require all pickers 



Fig. 16. — The Wallace Berry Picking Record, weekly ticket. 



to remain ; a change in price in the middle of the season 

 makes the pickers dissatisfied. The standard price in 

 most sections is two cents a quart. Few growers could 

 persuade their pickers to agree to the plan adopted by 

 some Missouri growers in 1897. They paid one and one- 

 fourth cents a box to pickers who remained the entire 

 season, provided the berries netted $1.75 for a twenty- 

 four quart crate; if more than this, one and one-half 

 cents a box; if less, or if the pickers got tired or were 

 discharged, one cent a box. 



