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method. Where the platform is not used 

 back of the bar, a side delivery rake is often 

 employed. The rake will place the vines in a 

 swath. Following the side delivery rake, 

 hay loaders are used which place the vines 

 immediately upon the wagon. They are 

 then carried to the canner. Where a hay 

 loader is not used, the pea vines are thrown 

 in the wagon by hand, similarly to load- 

 ing hay. 



A load of onion crates ready to go out on the field. 



Commercial. The peas are separated 

 from the vine by hand and the pods collected 

 in hampers or baskets. The average price 

 for picking a bushel of peas varies according 

 to the labor supply and the heaviness of the 

 yield from 15 to 25 cents a bushel. It 

 would be a good practice for the harvesters 



