CUniNd, COOLING AND BALING. 



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from tlicin arc what dealers call boardy and which ihcy 

 claim are slack-dried. If hoi)s are tu he held by the 

 ♦grower fur some months, there is considerable testi- 

 mony t(j show that they can be kept with less injury 

 in bulk than in bales. Meeker incjuired particularly into 

 this point, and still believes it is fully demonstrated. 

 Of course the warehouse must be kept cool and very 

 dry, so the hops in bulk will neither heat nor absorb 

 moisture. 



Meeker covers another important point as follows: 

 "One objection to the practice of balinc^ immediately 



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after curin^j^ is that the grower's crop will not run as 

 even in quality as if carefully stored, in order that they 

 may mix the whole thoroughly. The earlier pick- 

 ing will be lighter; that is, not so rich as the later, be- 

 sides no field of hops will be of exactly the same quality 

 and color, even if picked on the same day. To most 

 effectually mix, so as to have the whole crop uniform, 

 the warehouse should be filled in layers, first covering 



