HARVESTING THE CROP. 165 



the Plcasanton Hop Company in handling Us 3OO-acre 

 yard in California, as follows: 



NOTICE TO HOP PICKERS 



YOU ARE ENGAGED UNDER THE CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW 



1. We pay per 100 Ibs. to pickers who work 

 throughout the -harvest, from the time they begin to work. 



2. All pickers must weigh in twice a day. The morning 

 picking will be credited to the pickers' accounts, subject to 

 these rules, the accounts to be adjusted at the end of har- 

 vest. Each afternoon's picking will be paid for with a nego- 

 tiable check. 



3. Pickers quitting before the end of harvest will lose 

 all their credits for mornings' pickings. 



4. When hops are improperly picked, the picker will 

 receive only one-half rate for the weighing in which such 

 picking is found, and will be notified as promptly as pos- 

 sible. 



5. When hops are found heated or discolored from long 

 or heavy packing, the full amount due for picking such lots 

 will be deducted from the picker's account. [This because 

 the hops are thrown away.] 



6. Pickers who are discharged for failing to do the work 

 as required, will be paid only oi.e-half of their credits. 



7. Hops must be picked clean from vines and free from 

 leaves and stems, and sacks must not contain any foreign 

 matter. 



8. Pickers must, with use of pole knives, themselves get 

 down all portions of vines left clinging to the wires, and 

 pick same before going to next vine. [The wire trellis sys- 

 tem is used.] 



9. Vines must not be pulled at the roots and must not oa 

 cut at the bottom. 



10. Hops must not be packed tight in baskets or sacks. 

 Pickers must not get on the hops in baskets or sacks or sit 

 on same. 



11. Hops must not be dragged on the ground on the 

 vines or in sacks. 



12. No picking to be done before daylight or after dusk. 

 Picking hours to be the same for all and limited by the 

 Pleasanton Hop Company as the curing process necessitates. 

 No one allowed in the hop field outside of picking hours. 



13. Pickers must bring their hops to scales in sacks 

 weighing not over 80 Ibs., get their weights and load them 

 on wagons. 



14. Each picker will be given a number which must 

 always be shown, in plain view, for convenience of man- 

 aging work in field. Numbers must be exhibited at scales, 



