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BULLETIN 63, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table X .—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. 
Paid 
by- 
Clipper 
cuts. 
Long 
stems. 
Pulled. 
Picker 
No. 
Paid 
by- 
Clipper 
cuts. 
Long 
stems. 
Pulled. 
1 
Day... 
Box... 
Day... 
Box... 
...do... 
Day... 
. do.. 
Per cent. 



.5 
.6 
.6 
Per cent. 







Per cent. 


1.9 




1 
Box... 
...do... 
...do... 
...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 
4 
3.2 
3 
2.5 
4 
3.5 
5 
6 
6 .......... 
...do... 
...do... 
.4 
8.0 
7 
7 
Day... 
5.6 
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 (rig. 7). These figures reveal very little difference in 
CL/PP£/?C07S 
LOMG STSA7S 
[pW0&r T//£1DAY 
/9J/-/3/2 
(P14/D &y 77/2" <G4J 
p/HJ&sr r/Y£:&ox 
Fig. 7.— Diagram illustrating the percentage of imperfections in the 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 
under 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. 
Class of imperfections. 
1 
1910-11 1911-12 
Crews paid 
by day. 1 
Crews paid 
by box. 2 
Crews paid 
by day. 3 
Crews paid 
by box.* 
Clipper cuts 
Per cent. 
3.7 
9.9 
2.3 
Per cent. 
4.4 
13.8 
3.0 
Per cent. 
2.1 
15.2 
Per cent. 
3.7 
17.3 
Pulled 
3.3 
1 Average of IS inspections. 
2 Average of 46 inspections. 
s Avei 
« Avei 
•age of 8 insp 
•age of 27 ins 
ections. 
pections. 
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. 
cl/ppep curs 
loa/g sreMS 
{S GOOD CPEWS M/-<? 
S POOP CPEWS ■■ 
\o.z% 
■C 
eooo cpskvs I o.s % 
POOR CPEWS HBH 7 2% 
m/2% 
\32./% mmmm 6.7'. 
Fig. 8.— Diagram illustrating the average percentage of imperfections in the work of five picking crews 
doing good work as compared with five picking crews doing poor work, 1910-11 and 1911-12. 
