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generally do much better work than boys but it is better to 

 have all girls or all boys for pickers than both. Now, as 

 you all know, there are different kinds of girls and not every 

 girl makes a good berry picker. The girl who thinks she 

 v.'ants to pick berries for the fun of it, fails to see the fimny 

 side after 10.30 the first morning if the mercury happens to 

 bo 100 or more in the sun. The girl who is picking because 

 her parents make her is liable to prove grouchy and stir up 

 trouble. The girl w4io talks too much while she works is 

 not wanted either. As you may know, some girls talk most 

 cf the time and some talk all the time, and it is these latter 

 who are objectionable as berry pickers. The girl who is too 

 timid has no place in our berry field. 



\Ve had some this last summer who complained that the 

 air came right into their tent and one night they were found 

 drawing in the edges of the tent and placing stic^^s of wood 

 on it so the frogs couldn't come up from the pond and get 

 them while they slept, — if they should sleep. These girls 

 would get so scared nights that they couldn't work days so 

 they went home before a week was over. We find that the 

 best pickers are those who are working for the money and 

 who also enjoy living out of doors. 



Each one is asked to bring her own ])eddiijg but we 

 furnish tents and cots and board them for a nominal price^^ 

 and pay them by the quart for picking. We ask that they 

 get up early and pick till 10 A. M., at least. They are not 

 expected to work during the hottest part of the day, unless 

 Ihere is some special reason but picking begins again about 

 -3.30 P. M. 



All girls are supposed to be in their bed by 8.30 P. M., 

 unless they have special permission to do otherwise. Swim- 

 ming and tennis are the most popular forms of recreation 

 and these with various other forms of entertainment tend 

 to make a happy family and a happy family does the best 

 work. 



In the fields each roAv is numbered and each picker is 

 assigned her row at the packing shed. Usually two pickers 



