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  i localities the local supply of help isnot sufficient to take care
  i` i . of the needs of the growers and workers must be brought in iq;
      from other places. gi
        lt is customary to pay the pickers on the basis of the amount of
    of berries which they pick instead of on a time basis. The rate ai
    5*;   used at most points during the 1922 season was ten cents a gal-
 ii   lon with a bonus of three cents a gallon for the workers who in
  V i were available thruout the season. The purpose of the bonus w
    is to encourage the pickers to stay so that a supply of help will C
    be available. Various systems of keeping records of the amounts if
 [Eg   picked are in use. Some growers have numbered cards which V P·
  l   are punched as the picker delivers berries; others give out tz
  - i   printed tickets indicating the amount. Payment customarily V",
    1 is made once or twice a week. Some difficulty is encountered in E
  i   the system of checking as pickers may discover ways of punching
    their cards themselves or the tickets of different growers may il
  I p ‘   ’ become mixt due to a shifting about of the pickers. From four il
      to ten pickers per acre are employed. The larger growers also A
  p i   employ field bosses, each one of whom supervises the work of 0
  _`"·`   a certain number of pickers or a certain part of the iield. ty
  1.   I The grading of theberries is done in the fields to some 0
    extent, but for the most part is taken care of at the packing H
  . 1   ( sheds. ln grading, the berries may be poured from one box
  _ 1 into another or are poured into grading pans designed especially H
    for that purpose. These pans permit the grader to see the S
    berries and he can sort out undesirable berries before pouring f
  ‘   them back into the box. The berries in some cases are "plate" I
  1   packed, that is, the berries in the top layer are arranged 011 l
    their sides, all pointed one way in order that the box-es may T
  _ 1 I   present a more attractive appearance. The facing of the boxes 1
 §  .·   in this manner, however, requires extra labor, which means 1
  1   increased cost, consequently the ordinary loose pack is usually l
  - 1 employed. Wlieii the boxes are faced it is important that the <
    ; V y berries in the top layer fairly represent the rest of the eoutenti l
    I I   and not be larger and more attractive. *
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