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TE3 CRSGOi SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 85, 1904. y ; f I5 it 1 4. . - j .' I 1 1CK1NO money from Tinea Is what a mall, mar of Oregon men, omn and children have bMU dolag during- th past two MU V WhlU the money that was gathered tn br th "nlckere" did not boar th eagles of Undo Samuel on th rmn and tha medallion af Columbia on tha obverae aid, It waa soon transformed Into thla aort of cash. Tha monar ptoksd from vtho vine was nothing mora nor laa .' than hops just plain Oregon bops, which ara now almost . worth their welaht In Oliver. Too history of tha hop growing; lndus try In this stats la ana of ups and downs. Like menr othar great things. ' tt had a iniU beginning; Tlmaa there vara whan tha prloea paid for thla S "fruit" waa ao email that tha powwi fait dtaeouraged ntar fields were ' ' plowed up. But now thara la a great demand for bo pa, and tha grower aoa amall mlnta floating their war. At firat, tha farm an st out the Tinea almost any ptaoa on. their farma This waa found to ba an unwise mors, for i " hope will not thrive n every aort of f - noil. Now, Oregon's rloh bottom land - la betng cleared. Its unelsrhtly appear ance, as covered with small ash. nr. and mapla timber, matted between with a -v heavy undergrowth of basal. Tine mapis , and willow, is giving way to tha pio- tureeque bop yard. Not la little two, three and four-acre fields, do we see tha change; but la lares plantations uf 10 acres, or mora, planted by tha sin gle hop Brewer of today. Is tha , Indus try fore; las; ahead,' Those large hop yards ean not help bat Impress one with their beauty. They leave upon the mind of the eastern emigrant an Idea of Ore gon's possibilities in the hop Industry which is yet In Its Infancy, . Who ean atand above ana of these loe-aore fields of hops. In tha month of September, look- ins; far away In tha distance, and not be Impressed with tha magnitude of the Industry. Who oaa look at a yard In lis colden beauty, when ripened, and ready for picking its tralles wires IS feet boots the earth Its foliage draped la beauty from the wires above to tha ground below Its Tinea oorarad with tha porfeot yellow of their many ripened hops tha rows as straight as tha com pass ean nuke there and tha ground below pulverised until perfectly smooth, and not ba Impressed with the soaale grandeur before them. This Is tha hop yard of tha large grower of today. ' Tha hop Industry Is an longer an ex periment. It has become a business' of magnificent proportlona It takes a man of experience and oapltal to manage tha largs yards of today. Tha Industry, eon aidertng Its magnitude, has probably made mora small fortunes, and finan cially wreaked more man of moderate means, than any known Industry. ' ft has made these fortunes and lost them, not In I or It "years of steady accu mulation or constant losses Unit la a year or two practically at a single bound. On a 10v-or yard of today, a man oaa sasUy clear above all expenses .-If Aha pries and crop ara good, tha sum of from ttO.tso to SS0.000 In a stngl year; or ta tha am length of time a man ean sink la round numbers tio.eoe or more, on tha seme yard. Co wo sea tha possibilities of tremendous losses "Of fortune or bankruptcy. For picking alone a man pays 4" sots per pound, or about I&.00 on his lM-aer yard of hops If tha yield la at all good. Tha hop Industry has proves that ana kind of hop only la best adapted for the Oregon soil. . There has been tried hero a number of different kinds, among which wa mention some seat out by the department of agriculture, also tha Red Vine and early Puegel. all of which ara not as good as the English Cluster- The Kngllsb Cluster produoas tha largest crop, tha aloest end firmest berry, la the most free from foliage, and has been generally planted by tha large growers exclusively just after tha dose of tha Clrfl war. tn the year IMf, the first hop roots were Imported Into Oregon, and that, too. In Polk oounty. These hops were Intro duced here from California. Tha pio neer la Oregon was Mr. Wiener, who resided at Buena Vista, la Polk oounty. Oregon. Be planted flTe acres. Hs kept them soma two years, and plowed them up. He thought hops would be a sucoasa In Oregon, and formerly had grown them la the state of New fork. In the same year, or at most not over .one year later William Wells, who oper- Judge : IM the dty of San Francisoo Judge Coffey baa been acting aa probat judge for about I years, and ap parently so long a ba desires to hold th omc th people grill hasp him ther. His decisions have been printed 1n regular reports known as "Coffey' a Probate Decisions, and bs has adopted a number of rules. .a portion of them, which may be of Interest to ths bench and bar of thle elty. ara as follows: Id the lasertor Owt la and tt2J? Croat? of Sa FWBcUco, ktafee e CattfarnU. rpertBMat Klae-Preeato. J. V. OotUj, - judge. . Bead, Mark, tears asd lawsrsly BlgsaM V Nota Bans. Tha attention of ap praisers Is directed to the nece salty of making an Itemised account of their ehersee and disbursements. Day and mil. oibh h,tww - ' with a concise statement of the actual t-i work done on ssch day. Only days ao v tually and neossssrily employed allowed ( A (Rule Se, superior court.) Where the , .service t gratuitous be careful to sots V, .'- that fact tn the return. Kxperlene has Z " taught th court the necessity of en v forcing vigorously and rigorously this , rule, which, although In existence for veers, has been occasionally disregarded. It Is enjoined, therefore, upon th p ratsers appointed by ths court to pre arrve data la detail of their charges and disbursement and annex the nam to their report. Aa appraisers ara sworn officers of th court. It must ba under stood that they are primarily, lnterma disttly and ultimately responsible to the court. ' Motto for Appraisers. Economy, ef ficiency, expedition Se pages O. Ml. . 1 Coffey's Probata Decisions.) Tha spirit of th statute should bs observed, rather than the letter, for "the letter ktlleth. but th spirit aivsth life." I Cor., Ill, , In ths matter of th appointment f appraisers, attorneys amy nominate ta tha oourt tor appointment n person, and no mors, subject to th wrort a ap proval, la all esse where tha circum stances merit gratuitous service, tha oourt will appoint oampetont persona to act without charge. la ail proper cases th discretloa at fTir vli ' " PICKERS .ON JHERO AP TO MOP YARD j jSHn ated a farm, opposite Buena Vista, an tha Marlon oounty side, planted about twa dosen hllla of hops, Tha next year after that which was ta Stdft, ta tha beat knowlsdge'of tha old pioneers, hs plant ad on thla place of his between seven and sight acres of hops. His yard has continued ta bear from that day ta this. and la now managed by his son, Th Is Is tha oldest yard In tha atate of Ore gon. A yard was planted la Butte villa year later than the oaa planted by Wells near Buena Vista, Washington antedated Oregon In tha hop Industry just twa years. , t j J. R Meeker, the father of X. V. Meeker who a few years ago waa grow ing bops in Oregon, waa the first to in troduce hops into that state. He planted a small yard In tha Puyallnp Teller In 1M4. Mr. Meeker was la the legislature at Olympla, Washington, and while there, Mr. Wood, a brewer at Otynrpla. persuaded him to go Into the hop busl- m. Mr. Wood furnished him his ftret Tines. And J. V. Meeker went to fltella- eoom and carried them on his back from that place to Puyailup. they having been sent to tellaeoom by Mn Wood, These roots Mr. Wood had growing m his town lot at Olympla. Meefcecdtled bis first hops ta the loft of bla dwelling. It taking from IS to 11 days. Ha re ceived la Itfg ft cents par pound for his hops; la 111! 7ft osnta per potsnd. and la 1MT so cents par pound for them. The oldest bearing yard In Polk oounty ta that planted by Oeorga Wells at Buena Vista In 1I7S which has raised hops every year from that date to thla. Sam Beckett and J. W. Hodson were the nrst to plant bops la the Sola dis trict, planting 1 acres la 1I7S a 174. Mr. Beckett retired 'from tha busrness In a few years, and I. W. Hodson cleared upon tha Id acres fa Id yearn tie.ooa and then retired from tha hop Industry. ttd. P. Dora followed la about l7a. planting a 1-acre yard. Ha added to this and took la a brother, and In 1IM Dora Brothers had about 40 acres of heps, and were generally, considered to be tha largest growers n the state of Oregon. In MS William WsUs im ported new hops from California and the comment made la tha West Bids at In dependence is as follows: "Win. Wells, our pioneer hop grower who planted the first hop yard north of tha Sacramento valler. has Just received a fine lot of hop roofs of the Bngllah Jonas variety from Phil. Mica Co, (probably PhlL Neiaa Co.) of California, These hops ripen two weeks earlier than tha com mon varieties, yield better, contain a much greater per osnt of lvpullna and ara very au potior for' brewing pur- la tha year lt-ftt thara aa growing la Oregon Washington and California 10, 09 aoree of hops of whlok Oregon grew t,U aorea, considerably leas than Is growing In Polk oounty alone today. In tha latter part of tha '70s Mr. Undsey planted the first yard near Monmouth, and the first yard at Indepsndsaos was planted la 1MI by J. R. Cooper, oonslst- CoffeyV Unique 3S th oourt may ba Invoked ta appoint competent appraisers , to aet without oompensatloa. Any appraiser appointed by virtu of section 1444 of the civil oode of pro oedure, who shall accept any fee, re ward or compensation, other than that provided for by law, from any executor, administrator, trustee, legate, next of kin or heir of any decedent, or from any othar person, la guilty of a misdemea nor. Th three appraisers should act la all cases. No Mummies' allowed. If one la unable to act, for any oause arising subsequent to the appointment, tha rea son for non-action should ho assigned in a statement of th acting appraisers, subscribed by them and annexed to and forming a part of ths appraisement. (1 Coffey's Probata Declsloos, 110.) . As to effiolal character of appraisers and thslr compensation, pa pag 111, Coffey's Probata Decisions. , In all oasss under 11,10 ths maximum fee will not ba allowed, exoept hi spe cial circumstances mbjeot to discretion of court. In th Matter of Compensation of At torneys. From and after thla date the following maximum standard of OOm peneatlon to established In estates In which the public administrator Is ap pointed and qualified to aet a admin istrator. Thta 1 to be taken as a guide In all ease where th oondltlons ar analogous: ... Asmi WestamwlABMflirt Vailswai of Batata - AttJ. yee.lnt E(atr Attr. Pre. Sl,0r , S!' .000 f 1IW S.OTM) 4fli S.AO0 r .m. ............ V lonoo.,....;.. ton 4.0ns SIM mono,,,., SRft B.ono 7...... tti no noo....i.., w S.oon jki ion, one at T,0M leSH.OOO.OOO S.1M In alt- estates af a valuation Inter mediate and above the figures ths same rati shall obtain, II. Pule In Probata Application for allowanos of counsel fee must bs mad in court and will not ba heard In cham bers. Attorneys ar required to pre sent with their a ppl teat Ions a sum marised snd verified statement ta writ ing of services rendered. This should be filed snd preserved as ft record la th proceeding. ., . , HOISTING 4HOPS-TCLTHE.PKYER tng of Itt acres. These hops hava pro duced a crop every year from that date, and are atlH being, picked and cultivated. Wells ussd tha Winner hophouse at Buena Vista for a number of years. Cooper used tha Dora house and the Undsey bouse. These dryhousee were all amall affairs In comparison to those of today. Cooper was compelled to watt nntU Dots had finished picking in order to secure his crew to pick his hops In early days. The Indiana did the pick ing; and It was not an occupation that the general communities followed at that time, and the pleading and intimi dating neceaasry to get the Indians to work to help save a man's hops at times would make an interesting book. The market has fluctuated over a great range in the prloea received for hope. Ths lowest price quoted was about t- eenta. the highest II. Id per pound. Although bops hava sold for as small a figure an to be called nothing, one small quantity going at one time for 11 a bale. A bale usually weighs IT to IPO pounds. The highest price reached was In ISM. Ths first hard times known td tha hopmen of Oregon was In about ISIS, at the thus of the great American panic Hops then sold for toss than T cents per pound. Just prior to this time a party waa offered 11 for hla hops, and later on sold them for S eenta per pound. Thla party waa a resident near Silvertoa, In shout 10 years from that data tha second fall tn price waa recorded, and tn 4SSI pickers were paid lass than tha usual pries of 10 cents for picking. In tha latter part of the '80s tha hop price came up again and stayed up untlt tha fore part of the '0a In IStT tha price was low. In list the market opened at 41 osnta, when most of the growers sold, and later tha price went to 11.1. In 1S hops came up to Ipri so that tha grower made a .fair price, and have oontlnued fairly good continually from that day to thta. In the first yards, of Oregon two polos were planted In ths ground at each hill. The bops grew on these poles to the height of IS feet or mora. At picking time the poles were pulled from the ground or broken and the top of the stake carried ar fallen Into a forked stick on tha ground.' This method did not give ths hops as much sun aa they needed. Tha next improvement waa the Introduction of the abort stake, on at a MU, th stake being 10 feet In the clear. The vines were trained to the top of tha stake, and then on to twine reach- Ins from stake to stake In every direc tion and over the whole of the field. In picking, th vines were pulled down an Rules This statement should hs condensed narrative of substantial ssrvtos rendered, and not a mere skeletonised aemblanos. and It ahouid bs verified by th attor ney himself, and not By his elerk or assistant, . Notice should also be given to all parties la Interest. Th time for pass Ing upon such applications Is on the oo easlon of settlement of accounts f ad ministrator or executor or guardian. The amount of the fas allowed should ba inserted In the account of tha admlnls tratoiv executor er guardian. from th LouIstUIs Herald. " ' "One of th thousand suburbs of Boston Is called Jamaica Plain,- said Anthony Buck, a Bostonsr. Toa know Boston la noted for Its suburbs. It's got them to burn, . Four burned this summer already. - "Well, ens of your Kentucky gentle men one of those By gad, sah, gen tlemen visited friends la thl little suburb. The first day. a waa thsrs he went into Boston. i "When ha had tasted of the various beverages of ths Boston town and waa ready to go back to his friend's home, he found himself In th embarrassing position of having forgotten ths name of ths suburb. Hs scratched his head, he looked at th stars, be kicked hi feet together, but nowhere could ho Snd th name of. that eon founded little sub urb. "finally, In sheer disgust, went Into a hotel and Inquired of the elerk there If hs could 'tell him where he lived.' Th olerh toughed at- that hard one. but amused at the way the Btraage looklng gentleman put tha question, he asked If ha couldn't give some Inkling, soma Idea, or soms facts which might suggest th nam of th. place to him the clerk. "Weil, as, he said, t can't exactly recall th nam of that infernal place, but, ssh. It strikes me that- It Was something; en th order of Whisky Sour - ''''' " Oh.' said ths clerk. roa sureir mean tfamatea Plain," , , , th stake' wntn ther soaldM reached by tha picker, th atrtngs being broken or cut. Th third Improvement waa mads when tha late trellis method was-introduced. Is this heavy wire la at retched from one end of the field to the other, and stakes 14, It and 1 feet In th clear and two fset In tha ground are firmly planted, notched at' tha top, where the wire fa placed. Prom the hill tothe wire twin la ussd, being fastened by uegs at th ground and tied to the wire. The hop are then trained to the wire, one Tin oa edeb oord or string. In this msthod at picking tints they Hft th wire from th notches ta ths staks and lower It by degrees so that It ta lust right for picking. It la afsted that tha trellla yard glvs th hops th moat sua of any method. Tha hop eultur Is divided Into six seasons or divisions by th hop growers, as follows: The planting season, tha cultivating season, the spraying season, tha picking season, th drying a as eon, the bating season. - Hops are planted In th spring' and In th fall of tha year, usually In ths months of March and October; Per planting th hop root Is ussd. It to taken from tha shoots extended off from the hop root The root is to Joints and has eyas, oa th same principle aa the eye of a potato, and one of thee eyee to enough for any hill In planting. Tha slip ussd for planting la usually about four to sight Inches In length. These are planted la hills from seven t eight feet apart at points marked out by a surrey and cross-survey designated by small pegs placed In-the ground at the point for the root. A yard planted In March will In the following September produce a smalt crop of hops. Thass bops ar sailed baby hops, and often do not run more than 10 pounds to tha acre, but a few years ago a yard of IS acres was planted near here which yield ed the first fall a crop of 10 pounds of baby hops to ths acre. This yard yield ed two years later 1.17 pounds to the acre. These are exceptionally good oasss, but even higher returns hare been known In Polk oounty. Ths cost of roots, planting and ths expense of culti vating for the first season will not ex ceed II par sere. The second fall a full crop Is matured, for the 4-acr yard of Krebe Bros., planted this spring. It required 172. SOO pegs to mark ths hills, S44.00 hop roots (two to ths hill), 1,- se trellis poles, SS0.M0 pounds (or seven carloads) of wire, end this la but th beginning of th Industry. Sarly tn th spring and iust as soon as ths ground ha dried out enough to permit cultivating, tha hopyard Is be gun, and It la oontlnued until tha first part of July. Ths ground Is plowed one way across the yard, and aa aoon -aa plowed thsy eommeae hoeing tha hlljs. This work la usually done In March, and the Tin commences to sprout about that time. Before the plowing asross th yard ths second time la done stake ar pieced at th hills In staks yards and ths twin Is placed at the hills and at tached to tha trellis and ths pegs in ths trellis yard a. Th yard la usually plowed both length wlss and across th yard, ones each way. Ag aoon aa th hops commence to grow, then they commence to train th vine up th pole. This Is done with th sun. If ths Tins Is trained In ths opposite direction from th course of the sun It will unwind Itself. Aa soon as they have enough Tinas "started up th pole or twin, they oommenc prun ing, and they trim off all ths other Tinea which start to com up la th hill, not allowing more than from two to four vines for each hllL Th training and pruning process oonUauss untlt about the Urn for spraying. Prom th stake tn the stake yards the -Tine ara run on to twines which are made a network over th whole yard by cross tng- from the top of th pole to other poles all over th whole yard, on Tin bslng usually run On to on twine, thus giv ing th Ttn the benefit of aa much air and sun aa possible. la tha trellis yard tha Tinea are run up from tha ground so that they form a funnel shape at ths top. Th hop matures In August, Tha hop blooms In the latter part of July, and by September 1 mature th ripened berry- Children and woman ar used almost exclusively to train th hops, and receive from SI to l.t per day for the work. It to claimed they do bettor work and are mor rapid than tha mea at thla line or work. When vines reach the top of the pole er are from seven to sight feet from th ground sleds ar ussd to train from, and they drive along ths rows, standing on th sleds, and train from thla higher elevation, Otherwlee It would be a very difficult undertaklag to do th work rapidly and properly. Th host growers spray their hops each year. There la a diversity of opinion aa to th time when spraying should begin. Scientific Investigations havs seemed to prove that the earlier th spraying Is doe th better, or that June la the proper month. In place of July, aa Is dons by most Of ths growers at ths present time. Tha agricultural expert held to this Tlew. aa It stated that they would then hill tha hop louse, as a grst gad aid appearaoo oa the , gSBSBBBSsssssssaswwasamiii mm I mH I m,mesBSBaeasssswasaq BWLlNG-H0USE,AT.COOreR iBROS' YASD hop Ttn In th spring. Spraying kills the red spider, the hop louse, and any othsr Insec which might do damage, although at tha present time no Insects except thess two seem to do any dam age to the hops. Ths composition used for spraying Is whale oil sosp, quassia chips and water, which kills all tha small Insects as soon as It reaches them. The old growers used th hand sprayer, which consisted of a barrel filled with th mixture, which ' was plated on a sled a pump placed fa the oarrai and two boss with long, hollow pipe, having oa the end a miniature re production of a sprinkler spout, filled with little holes -ths poison was foroed through this la the form of a fine spray; and two men. one on each row, sprinkled th Tinea so that th spray would go on the under side of all the leaves, the louse alwaya staying oa th under aids of th leaf, away from th sun. Hs doss hot Uttle damage la hot weather, but If a rain cornea on ha goes Into th bur of th hop; when hs dies tn there we hava ths mouldy hop. Ths mould Is not necessarily from th rain at all, but from th louss that enters th hop. Th latest method of spraying ta with ths roller spray, which Is adjustable and throws the spray from stationary arms extending from th sprayer, Thess ar satisfactory, although some of th growers still cling to ths old msthod, . While speaking of spraying; I wish to speak af ths hop louse. His history to peculiar and the changes through which hs passe are lesion. After hop-picking ha passes through a ehang and pro duces a fly. That fly deposits an egg tn th plum 'or prune tree. Thle egg hatches en ths plum tres. A number of generations follow. Finally fly is hatched which gee to th hop Tin and deposits an sgg, which produce the hop louss. - Ths Or toaves th plum tree la May. Tb first movement hi mad toward tha opening of th season for picking. when you see tha grower scouring the country to get tha migration of plckera started. Next you ee him preparing his camp ground, fixing up his stock pasture and getting his measuring bas kets and. boxes, his picking outfits, hla sacks and hophouses ready, selecting his box tenders, his dryers, his ticket bosses. his Tins men, his fireman and ether hand a At about this Urns se the Im migration of ths pickers as they arrive. Whites ther ar from th mountains, from Portlands the valley and Immi grants from othsr states. Here, too. you bss tha red men from the reserva tions, t1 Grand Roods, the Btleti and Rogue river Indians; the Monso n n not absent, and bar hi a U .1 , . th Chinese and the Japanese, an work ing to fill their boxes. h , These campers of evsr color coma aa fully prepared to oamp aa tf they wars going out for an extended vacation In the mountains or st ths coast. They ooanblne business with pleasure, At ths camp one see the real Ufa of the earn ping hop-picker. Three hundred tents si axe up a Uttle community, and the tented villas is a curiosity to many. Hera you and an up-to-date grocery store, a wheel of fortune, a knife and can rack, a bunkhouse, a dance hall, flrst-clsss at that, M feet by I. covered with fir boughs and the blue canopy of heaven, and surrounded at night by a sea of face and crowded with eager dancers. It la th supreme attract ion of the day. Off ta on comer you Snd th Indian village, a community, by them serves, ex cepting a now and then a curious crowd gather around to see them at their games of c ha nee, or their squaws mak ing their willow basket Ones In a while. - by' diversion, they bar touched the fir water, and tha music they make brings around them the full delegation of the small boy at th hopyard. Off by themselves yon will find a com munity from soms town la th valley. As at on camp wa found a street layed off, and Bis tents represented tb rest dents of that section. Houses num bered I, t. S. 4, I and S war ach desig nated and th avenue was named Mon mouth street. In another corner was found a delegation who had named their street from tha tree that formed Its boundary, sailing It Mapls street, and at ths entrance of one of these vil lage waa placed th word Broadway. In one camp wa found a bevy of rosy-cheeked girts: la another a row of old bachelors, whose courage had long sines been token away, and thsy seemed doomed to the Life af th desolate. Around On Indian oamp was number of th curious, who were inspecting the latest bom American, an Indian child brought forth, ta this world la a hop oamp. In th Itose yard there are tU acres of hopa Th ptoksrs ar divided Into six division, three box tenders and ticket men to a division, th plexors to save tha hops, three dryers with three dry kllna to ths dryer, capable of hand ling 1,50 boxes of hops a day, ths equivalent of 11,000 pounds of hops, snd nine firemen to dry them. This is a par tial picture of a S0-acre undertaking In the hop Ufa To each picker th-tre Is an average of 1 baxa of bop. w p-r d- v tur eh ne.n, woman a d a v " . t t . U-K Mr. . t 1 A W4 - ,JH BUTTONS . a littl over ene-half of each dap. tt thsy could pick ths whole day they would average la plae of H boxes aa asay four boxes per day. Ws see them stsndlng under the Tinas 7. SO fingara ar busy to that Ill-acre yard, and th hopa go Into th baskets so rapidly that when the day baa been eompleted 11,1 bushels of hops bare been picked. Wheat the box is filled you hear their wee roles as thsy sing out th "box fuH," which will entitle them to th Ucket; and when they hare picked a Tin so that they cannot reach tb bops yon will hear their clarion vole ringing out. "hop pols" or "wire down," and soon a man will com along1 and . lower their vines for them. Then, too, as yon walk -through th yard you will hear th bus sing voice, the asking; of ths slght ssara to help pick; tb grumbling of th ticket boss when the hop are a littl heavy, or hava too many stems In them; th complaint of on picker if the box is not emptied right away; the calling by tha mother of the little children who would rather play than work, and tha snatches of song that you oatah by those who ar musically Inclined. This Is tha plctur that present Itself to the sightseer. Th floor f th hop kiln Is covered with hops at a depth ranging from I to II inches, according to tha ripened condition of the .hops tha riper ther are the mora that can ba dried, at en time. Th hophous la made with a drying apparatus below, consisting of a furnace, or Iron hop store, from which extends a largo pip 'carrying tha hot air around the room Juat below the floor of tha hop kiln. The floor of th hop kiln Is oovarsd with a slatted floor, plaeed about one-half to tkrae-quartora Inch apart, and th slats about on Inch wide, this then being covered with a kiln cloth that will admit the heat from below. Ths beat passes through this floor and Into and through tha hops and drtea them. When tha fir to bunt ths burning or tn euipnur ta tn firing room to also eommenoed. although soms growers do not comma noe to burn sulphur until ths hsat baa passed through th hops and Is perceptible In the bin above. In drying at tha pres ent Urns they us from three quarter to on pound of sulphur to a box of hops. Formerly they need groat sight to '1 pounds for 1 boxes. A grower here soms years ago heard that th hopa would bleach better by using asor sulphur, and contrary to tha advtoa of th growers generally, who stated that he would spoil hla hop If he did o, he need th quantity now ussd by th rrowere, with the result that year his bops sold la open competition to tb English market at ths very highest prtos, their coloring bslng perfect. Th sul phur Is used t bleach tha hopa and gtr them their rich golden color. A box of bops weighing I , pounds will weigh, from II to 14 pounds when dried. A hop kiln Stxtf la espabl of drying; 1SS boxes of hops. After they are dried thoroughly they ar take and placed In a big bin forming? a cooling room, where they stay for soma II to II day snd pas through a sweating process t snd ar ready to be baled for ta market, Baling doth pieced ta th bating: press, the hops are shoveled from the bin above into the top of the baler until the press I filled, then a tore I usd which presses the hops Into oblsng bale averaging In weight from 171 to 1 pound to th bale. After being pressed they are sowed up ta th baling elota, wbea they axe ready for th marksc. They are then taken t th warobows, sampled by the growers and sold. Thus ends the hop season for ths year tn so far aa tha public generally to oonosrned. The grower must go back to his yard, take up sU the stakes and pile them, out off the top of the vine, burning t trass, leaving nothing but tha roe on tha field. Th bottom yards a- thus cleared off. High water cow upon them and covers them, give tt soil sn seretlon from ths overflow er renews and strvngthen It: thus XV yard never becomes unproductive fr constant us, snd ths crop is a stee every year crop. He who has snot money t stand th strain of a per of hard times, and will ma bis r continuously whether htsrb or tow v prevail, will make big money In tt dustry, but he who enters for r year er two and without enousli e to bask htm up hi case of a fil price, take ths ehanee of hat er fortune as the m t may -- year. Tata IS the r of mduetry rrom rts fl isifrw' Polk county trt IM to the when kr Bros. pi 4 tr yard In t a the 1 a - P"