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WEST SHORE.
Hop culture in a business, like many others, in which
much (1imiicm njMn tin individual. Sonic succeed tat
ter than others, and their success in iluo to their Mtcr
management, rather tint rt the fact of their having nny
advantage of location or circumstances their neighbors
do not KtirM. With tin exception of netting out the
are entertained, and each grower is prepared to demon
strate, to his own satisfaction at least, that his id
and methods are correct and produce the best result.
They differ as to the condition hops should be in then
picked, the quantity that should be spread in one floor
ing, the degree of heat, method of applying it, and the
length of time the hops should be in a kiln, the han
dling of hops after drying, the baling of them, the
lection of samples and the best methods of marketing
The use of sulphur is one of the points always at mut
Some use a large quantity, some medium and son
small, and a few areoppoatd
I "J" H
ft
to its use at all. It it not
maintained that sulphur
adds any virtue to the hops
except to tint them to the
regulation hue and render
them marketable. Were it
not for the use of this arti
cle, many really first claw
hops would not be saleable
because of being "off color."
The first hop yard was M
out in IHGfi.and those roots
would still be producing at
prolifically as ever were it
not for the fact that the?
were recently plowed up
and the land sold fur tnwn
lot, (i rowers express the opinion that hop field on
the alluvial Mtniii lands will never require renewing
tV.i an tlu
, - i 1 1 i.... iu r i vo jvuuuuiu w a mar
ft i V,,I"U" (, 1,1,1 int0 t,lp rih' bIlu'k alluviuin in 8,,ftrrh of
VjVf Sm InoiHtlire mill linutminiiiui Tl U.,.,1.1 ,.... il,.,t.
fkj .lJl' ,,,iK r,,Ki(' 'Te destined to supply the world with hop
"kJ ' r "m"-v vm ,inv' ro,,lH roun
"t. iT!y(i Altluiiiifti id.. fi;..i. io ....: i .... u.
un mini aim inwuhinuus in
relaxation when hi
es a few dollars in
betting upon the excit
ndulire in. The seem
' numerous camp fires glow
i picturesque and interestinir onn. The Indi-
ve for finery and gaudy colors is proverbial, and
tin- foundation of trade with him from the
AiWX "' :,",,'U,,,rlr,, WNians landed on the shoresof An.er-
"Vf : lea. ,.ary j . , , , . , , , 1
j " ID infill VJ IHII'I W
r ihi .,, ,,,. i 'a' r, nl,,'l ri,' harvests by exchanging gaudy trinket
iw.li, the i. hard!, . pUp, i . 1 J,,r y,u'l- fu ; but that time has pasw-d, and the
picking, curing am! murk-ting ,!. , ,n' ,,v" 1"1 to demand more for their gnods
nirthod. of th, gv,,r d M nMr , . ' ' , I'"1 10 "'"'""'"and the use and value of money. When
th, rr.u!L A. in ,l,,r ih,., f ,(llMMi.;; U W"1. " in her holiday apparel, the young Indi-
fiprrir and nU-rY,ti,m trr ,rlr Jl" " , "rnm B'Kt- Marvelous head-.lr..
i.imy,lhri, mM.rr,l,y .1 varum , i, '"' T hy ,he " Prin (,f thfi " in
other the ,gUre formingl, of the heading to this article,