168 THE HOP. 



11. Tag sacks with picker's number before weighing 

 hops. 



12. Report to office all charges for baskets and sacks not 

 returned. 



13. Report cause of quitting of such pickers who stop 

 work or are discharged. 



14. Weighers must see that all hops picked in the fore- 

 noon are "weighed in" by noon. Likewise, all afternoon 

 pickings must be taken to scales when work is stopped. No 

 hops to remain in baskets or sacks during the lunch hour 

 or over night. 



15. Arrange "carbon duplicates" according to picker's 

 number, and file each morning's and afternoon's tickets m 

 distinct bunches for reference. 



The above rules at first reading may seem severe, 

 but a thorough system of direction in the field and an 

 occasional fine reported from the kilns when the hops 

 are dumped against the "number" of a carelessly 

 picked sack are a salutary lesson to an entire section 



FIG. 87. "SET" FOR FOUR PICKERS. 



and therefore few fines are necessary. Rule 3 may 

 seem arduous, but as employment lists are closed when 

 the company has a proper complement of pickers, it 

 must insist that those who engage remain until the en- 

 tire crop is harvested. Few wish to quit and the rule is 

 of course not enforced where there is a good cause 

 for quitting, in which event, the picker is paid in full. 

 So, too, Rule 6 is dependent upon the circumstances 

 of discharge. 



The price for picking agreed upon by the growers 

 is generally based upon the prospective value of the 

 crop. But these agreements do not always hold good, 

 as there is apt to be a strife to get pickers after harvest 

 commences, as but few growers get all the pickers they 

 have engaged and there is always some one short of 



