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M'ork ou one row, one on each side. A chart of the rows is 

 jijade out and after each number are the names of the girls 

 supposed to be picking it. If the row is not finished, a note 

 is made of the fact and by simply looking at the chart we 

 can tell at any time just what part of the field is picked, and 

 what row or parts of rows to assign the girls when they fin- 

 is'h the ones they are at work on. In this way we can tell 

 jUst what kind of work each picker is doing by simply look- 

 ing at her row. This method of numbering the rows is also 

 a great help to the pickers. In fields of forty to sixty long 

 rows, where one brings a carrier of berries to the packing 

 bhed. it is almost impossible when she returns to the field to 

 tell where she was picking unless the row is numbered. 



Four cjuart carriers are used almost exclusively. These 

 hold six oblong pints and only six baskets are given to eacli 

 girl at a time. When these are full she has to take them to 

 the nearest packing station before she can get more. In 

 this Avay there is no loss from baskets left in the field. As 

 each girl brings in her baskets she presents a card which is 

 ];unehed to show the number of quarts for Avhich she is en- 

 titled to receive pay. 



Berries picked in the forenoon are, as far as possible, 

 disposed of the same day. Those picked in the afternoon 

 are placed on shelves and crated the next morning. We 

 give them plenty of air and keep them as dry as possible to 

 prevent them from moulding. The way in which they are 

 picked has a tremendous influence on the keeping ciualities 

 of raspberries. We try to encourage the use of three fingers 

 in picking so as not to break the skin of the berry. If the 

 skin is not broken, very little loss from mould will result. 

 <)ver ripe berries are thrown on the ground or in a separate 

 basket. After picking, the berries are handled as little as 

 possible. 



Now, having done the picking, one has the last and best 

 chance to make a failure. In fact, many who are otherwise 

 highly successful fail in the disposal of the crop. No rule is 

 cecessarv for failure here. We have done our best to find 



