In large establishments it will be well to keep books recording the name of each employee and the wages paid to each weekly; and if more elaborate details are wanted the work done may be specified on slips supplied to each - much in the same way as builders, plumbers, and others keep a record of the time occupied and material used by various members of their staff. The following may be taken as a specimen of a Time and Wages Book.

Time And Wages Book

In establishments where a few crops are grown in large quantities, either in the open or under glass, it is advisable to keep an account of the cost of working each particular piece of land, or each block of houses - or even of individual houses. Suppose, for example, a grower has twenty large houses devoted to Vines, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, etc, it would be an advantage to record not only the exact crop from each house, what it realized in the market, but to have a corresponding record of the actual cost of working each house during the year. Such information is easily secured by organization; and the adoption of the card system would greatly facilitate the keeping of the records. Each employee could be provided with a card on which would be shown the crops taken from the house each day and each week. The workman would fill in his particular share of the card, and the remainder could be filled in in the office. The following suggestions for a weekly card may be useful, it being understood that each house has a number: -