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shoes, that no nails may tear llic carpet. The sacks 

 of hops are carried into the kihi and pLaced on the floor 

 near where they are to he emptied, without (h'ai^ging 

 them across the carpet, and aie emptied as lii^htly as 

 possil)le, without shaking tlie Tcjor, so as not to break 

 the h()i)s nor settle those already emptied. As fast as 

 emptied, 'the hops should be loosened and leveled with 

 a wooden barley fork. The floor can 1)e laid to a 

 depth of three to four feet, but at that de])th it will re- 

 quire a long time to dry, and the bottom hops would be 



FIG. IOC. ELEVATION OF HOP HOUSE, NEW YORK— See PapJG 181. 



scorched while tlie top ones would hardly be dried. It is 

 best not to lay them deeper than can be dried and 

 moved in twenty-four hours, and the pickinj^ should 

 be stopped when cnou,q;h have been secured for this 

 purpose. Therefore, it is bad policy to have too many 

 pickers, as they become dissatisfied if compelled to lay 

 idle any portion of the day. 



Hops that have been heated in the sack while wait- 

 ing to go on the kiln, will l)ecome smudged and discol- 

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