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I ' HOURS OF PICKING LABOR PER ACRE 



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3 - — FREQUENCY OF PICKING (TIMES PER WEEK) 



Figure 3. Total output per acre resulting from various quantities of labor 



input, 1951 season. 



as to amount of labor to apply in the six weeks' harvest period depends on 

 a short-run analysis. That is, it depends only on the cost of harvest labor 

 and not at all on growing costs up to harvest time. In this case the expense 



100 



1 40 1 80 220 



HOURS OF PICKING LABOR PER ACRE 



260 



I 300 



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FREQUENCY OF PICKING (TIMES PER WEEK) 



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Figure 4. Average and marginal output per acre resulting from various 

 quantities of labor input, 1951 season. 



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