HAItVESTING THE (KOP. 



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pickers, and for tlic sake of !L;ctlin<^ their crop har- 

 vested cjuickly they will offer an advance abcjve their 

 neighbor. '1 he oilier Ln-owers will he coni])elled to 

 meet this advance or lose a part of their pickers. To 

 snch an extent has this been carried on that in Wash- 



FiG. 88. WEIGHING HOPS (Callforula). 



inp^ton dnrini^ 1896-7 many growers paid as much 

 and in many cafcs more for picking than the crop 

 brought them when sold. This trouble prevails more 

 or less everywhere. Many hop yards are managed by 

 renters, who harvest their crops upon money borrowed 



