84 THE HOP. 



twine and train out on the second twine. This causes 

 the vines to arch over the twine and prevents them from 

 pulhng down on the twine next the stake, thereby pre- 

 venting the twine from either breaking or stretching, 

 which would cause the hill to slide to the ground when 

 heavy w^ith the weight of full-grown hops. 



There are several modifications of the short pole 

 and twine method. A popular one consists of driving 

 a nail (slanting dow^nward) into the pole only about 

 four feet from the ground, tying the string to the top of 

 the next pole, and so on. Drive the nail first into the 

 first pole in the first row, then go to the second hill 

 in the opposite row% then back to the third hill in the 

 first row, and so on across the yard, doing two rows 



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FIG. 33. OTSEGO (N. Y.) GRUB HOE. 



at once. Begin by tying the twine to the first nail, run 

 the top of the twine up the next pole with a "twiner," as 

 far as convenient, carrying it around the pole and try- 

 ing to catch the twine over a knot to hold it; draw up 

 the twine close, then drop from the top of the pole down 

 to the nail in the next pole. Step up to it and give the 

 twine a half hitch or loop around the nail, then run the 

 twine up to the top of the next pole, down to the next, 

 and so on across the yard, until all are finished in the 

 same way. Then turn and go across in the same man- 

 ner, getting the effect shown in Fig. 3. By this sys- 

 tem, Clark claims that more hops can be grown, they 

 will mature earlier, be richer and brighter, will arm out 

 lower dowm, and the arms will be longer and not apt to 

 snarl up. They will fill up in the middle with soft, 

 white, undeveloped hops and will make better pick- 

 ing, and are not as leafy. 



