Table 3. Production of Cucumbers in Value per Acre by Grades 

 with Varying Frequencies of Picking, 1951 Season 



Grade 



Frequency of Picking (Times per Week) 



1.4 



1.4 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 



Total 



(dollars of value) 



87 134 141 176 



64 96 107 119 



68 67 69 63 



57 35 28 17 



276 



332 



345 



375 



100.0 



(percent of value) 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



.FREQUENCY 

 \ OF / 

 PICKING 



(TIMES 

 PER 



1.4 



I 



20 



15 10 



POUNDS (000) 



100 200 300 



DOLLARS OF VALUE 



400 



Figure 2. Comparison of cucumber production per acre in weight and value 

 by grades with varying frequencies of picking, 1951 season. 



the poundage in the higher priced grades* (Table 2), the value output 

 increases with greater frequency of picking (Table 3 and Figure 2). This 

 means that additional inputs of labor produce additional outputs of value. 

 The question which this bulletin explores is the relationship of these two 

 and the level of output at which it pays to stop adding labor. 



* The prices of cucumbers in 1951 were the same as in 1950: five cents per pound 

 for Grade 1, three cents for Grade 2, one and one-quarter cents for Grade 3, and 

 one-half cent for Grade 4. 



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