This section is from the book "Commercial Gardening Vol3", by John Weathers (the Editor). Also available from Amazon: Commercial Gardening, A Practical & Scientific Treatise For Market Gardeners.
For the Week ending....................................... 191......
Lb. Picked. | These Particulars to be filled in at Office. | ||||||||
Prices obtained. | Fuel used during the week, 8 cwt. @ 20/ per ton = ... | £0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
Monday | 100 | @ 3d. = | £1 | 5 | 0 | Wages... | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Tuesday ...... | 120 | @ 2 1/2d. | 1 | 5 | 0 | £1 | 13 | 0 | |
Wednesday ... | 130 | @ 2d. = | 1 | 1 | 8 | Sundries ......... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Thursday | 110 | @ 3d. = | 1 | 7 | 6 | Total Expenses ... | £2 | 3 | 0 |
Friday......... | 90 | @ 3d. = | 1 | 2 | 6 | £7 | 0 | 10 | |
Saturday | 115 | @2d. = | 0 | 19 | 2 | Expenses ........ | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Total ... | 665 | £7 | 0 | 10 | Balance | £4 | 17 | 10 | |
Gardener's Signature,............ | Clerk's Signature, ............................................. |
Space for any special remarks.
Keeping a record something like the above would be no great strain on the workman or the clerk. The former would pick his crop and enter the total on the card each day, and after the Saturday picking, if any, he would sign his card and hand it in at the office to be made up by the clerk. Each week a new card would be issued, the old one being placed away in its box under its proper heading. It could afterwards be referred to at any time.
 
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