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BULLETIN 63, XJ. S. DEPAETMENT OP AGRICULTUEE. 



Table Y. — Imperfections in the work of seven pickers doing the best work and seven 

 pickers doing the poorest -work, 1910-11. 



Seven pickers doing best work. 



Seven pickers doing poorest work. 



Picker 



No, 



raid 

 by- 



Clipper 

 cuts. 



Long 

 stems. 



Pulled. 



Picker 



No. 



Paid 

 by- 



Clipper 

 cuts. 



Long 

 stems. 



Pulled. 



1 



Day... 

 Box... 

 Day... 

 Box... 

 ..do .. 



Per cent. 















.5 

 .6 

 .6 

 . 7 



Per cent. 

 

 

 





 

 

 



Per cent. 

 





 1.9 





 

 

 



1 



Box... 

 . do... 



Per cent. 

 41.4 

 25.4 

 24.0 

 18.6 

 10.8 



4.3 







Per cent. 

 79.5 

 62.7 

 21.5 

 30.8 

 38.5 

 56.5 

 50.8 



Per cent. 

 



2 



2 



3.2 



3 



3 



...do... 



2.5 



4 



4 



. .do. 



3.5 



5 





...do... 



,4 



6 



Day... 

 . do.. 



G . . 



. do 



8.0 





7 



Day... 



6.6 







Average. 





Average . 



.4 







.2 



16.1 



45.4 



3.3 











The importance of thoroughly inspecting the crews and of training the foremen to 

 insist upon careful work is further emphasized by the percentages shown in Table VI 

 and its accompanying diagram (fig. 7). These figures reveal very little difference in 



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^oyvs sr£>^s 





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Fig. 7.- 



-Diagram illustrating the percentage of imperfections in tlie work of crews paid by the day 

 and by the box; average of all inspections, 1910-11 and 1911-12. 



the averages of crews paid by the day and those paid by the box, proving that by means 

 of careful supervision a conscientious foreman can get as good work from pickers 

 imder the box-payment plan as a more lax foreman can obtain under the day-payment 

 plan. The efficient foreman is therefore the best solution of this problem. 



Table VI. — Imperfections in the work of crews paid by the day and by the box; average 

 of all inspections, 1910-11 and 1911-12. 



CIjiss of imperfections. 



Clipper cuts 

 Long stems. 

 Pulled 



1911-12 



Crews paid 

 by day.i 



Crews paid 

 by box.2 



Per cent. 

 3.7 

 9.9 

 2.3 



Per cent. 

 4.4 

 13.8 

 3.0 



Crews paid 

 by day.^ 



Per cent. 

 2.1 

 15.2 



Crews paid 

 by box.< 



Per cent. 

 3.7 

 17.3 

 3.3 



1 Average of 18 inspections. 



2 Average of 46 mspections. 



3 Average of 8 inspections. 

 * Average of 27 inspections. 



Table VII and figure 8 show the averages of imperfections in the work of five of 

 the best and five of the poorest picking crews inspected during 1910-11 and 1911-12. 



CLIPPER curs 



LOA/S STSTMS 



S eooo c/^evi/s W/.4- V« 



S POOR CffEiVS ■■■■ 



S GOOD CREt^S ^O.S °A 

 S POOP CPEiVS ^^^^H 



\o.zv. 



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Fig. 8.— Diagram illustrating the average percentage of imperfection.s in the work of five picking crews 

 doing good work a.s compared with five picking crews doing poor work, 1910-11 and 1911-12. 



