Accounts with Pickers. 



grape basket. As he comes to the shed, he slips his 

 number into the basket on a bit of card or splint, 

 and he sees the basket weighed and the credit given; 

 or, if the picker has no suspicions, the foreman may 

 gather the baskets from the field. Growers generally 

 pay 2 cents a qnart for raspberries, or 1.6 cents a 



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Fig. 8. 



Fig. H9. Picker's tag. 



pound (since a quart weighs 1% pounds), but the 

 price can be dropped to 1 cent a pound in some 

 varieties and in good picking. 



In the picking of fruits, it is always essential that 

 each picker finish the particular job to which he is 

 assigned. This is especially important in the small- 

 fruits, for the picker must follow a certain row, and 



