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BULLETIN 63, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 
III. — Imperfections in the work of different picking crews paid by the day and by 
the box, showing variation in injury, 1910-11. 
Crew No. 
Paid 
by- 
Clipper 
cuts. 
Long 
stems. 
Pulled. 
1 
Box 
Day 
Box 
Day..... 
Box 
Dav 
Box 
Day 
Per cent. 
1.0 
1.2 
4.5 
4.2 
.3 
2.6 
11.3 
9.5 
Per cent. 
0.6 
2.3 
12.1 
11.4 
20.2 
30.6 
23.0 
14.6 
Per cent. 
0.2 
2 

3 
2.1 
4 
4.3 
5 
.3 
6 
2.9 
1.0 
8 
3.0 
The percentages shown in Table IV and its accompanying diagram (fig. 5), which 
were obtained from two representative crews working in different parts of the State, 
give the average imperfections in the work of different individuals and show how wide 
a variation exists in the character of work performed. 
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'*.3% 
Fig. 5.— Diagram illustrating the percentage of imperfections in the work of two averaga picking crews, 
one paid by the day and one by the box, showing the variation between pickers, 1910-11. 
Table IV. — Imperfections in the work of tvjo average picking crews, one paid by the day 
and one by the box, showing variation between pickers, 1910-11. 
Crew No. 1- 
-paid by the day. 
Crew No. 2- 
-paid by the box. 
Picker No. 
C Upper 
cuts. 
Long 
stems. 
Picker No. 
I Clipper 
J cuts. 
Long 
stems. 
li 
Per cent. 
1.1 
Per cent. 
33.4 
5.3 
20.0 
1.1 
15.6 
18.1 
\ 3... 
Per cent. 
0.5 
.6 
Per cent. 
20.1 
2... 

23.6 
3 
2.1 
5.7 
6.3 
2.0 
8.2 
4 
4 
2.9 
3.8 
4.4 
6.1 
6.2 
10.2 
5 
5 
2.9 
6 
11.7 
6... 
26.2 
Average 
7 
.5 
8 -- 
17.9 
9... 
10.. 
11.. 
Average 
6.2 
7.8 
8.8 
20.1 
14.6 
11.2 
4.5 
15.7 
4.5 
14.3 
1 Picker No. 1 was foreman of this crew. 
