Mr. and Mrs H.L. Worley, from Longview, Washington, are picking hops at the Mitoma Hop Yard near Independence. He is a Texan; she is a Minnesotan. He was a Marine private during the war and saw service at Bremerton, Washington. Presently, he is a second rigger in the woods and is picking hops while the woods are closed as a fire precation. $8.13 one day--August 21
Frank Ernst, second left, and wife, fourth left, with their family working on the Horst Hop Ranch near Independence. He is a carpenter; she is a nurse; they are vacationing. Kids are Johnny, 11 left; Alice Marie, 16, light shirt; Mary Ann, 13, fifth from left; twins Lue and Sue, 15: and Paul, 9, foreground right.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rick, Baker, picking at the Mitoma hopyard near Independence. They are old timers and have been picking each season for 30 years. He is 77; she, 72; $12 per day.
Dickie Nash, 14, left, from Cromwell, Oklahoma, picking beans on the John Grenz place near Jefferson in Linn county. John Grenz Jr. is with him. Dickie batches an lives in a tent on the place. Picked 204 lbs in one day.
Photo shows a typical cranberry grading table in Coos County, Oregon. The trained eyes and nimble fingers of the graders enable them to pick out defective berries as the harvest flows past on the moving canvas belt.