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THE HOP. 



Upon these wires, hooks are fastened or 'cHpped' at 

 regular intervals, so that cocoanut fiber string can be 

 threaded onto them horizontally from the lower to the 

 next wire, and in a vertical direction from this wire to 

 the top lateral wire of the next row. The string as 

 threaded on the hooks is continuous, no knots are nec- 

 essary, and it is put on the hooks of the top wires with 

 a 'stringer.' The first cost of this is about $200 per 

 acre." 



Another method is that shown in Fig. 35, and 

 practiced extensively in England and Germany. By 



Ka'»«."J>.b^?~% Vop Plxnt.^Ss^^ Uop riant 



FIG. 35. KEXTISH WIRE TRELLIS. 



this method, wires are fastened only to the tops of the 

 posts, and twine is run down to pegs in the ground, 

 these being more simple and less expensive than the 

 system just described. The stay pole, or what the 

 English call "the dead man," must be very firmly set 

 and the end pole braced to it by wire. In New York 

 this method is further simplified by setting poles 18 to 

 20 inches deep ever}^ sixth hill, running a single wire 

 along them from nine to 15 feet above ground, and two 

 strings only running into a small, wooden or wire plug 

 driven firmly near the hop plant. The latter idea 



