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THE HOP. 



ing nine bushels each, $4.50. We use no fertilizer, as to culti- 

 vate the ground well is all that is necessary here, the soil 

 being of a clayey nature, mixed with a very small amount of 

 sand. Hops at this date (Feb. 14, '98) are nearly all sprouted 

 or up, now and then one an inch long. My '97 crop was 

 16,187 lbs., or an average of 795 lbs. per acre, and cost a 

 fraction over 7c per lb., as follows: 



Cleanini; np and burningr vines $14.00 



Grubbing .S35, setting poles $27, twine $16.90 78.90 



Putting twine on poles i5!7, training and hoeing $158, plowing $58, 



harrowing S9 232.00 



Rolling $11, reversible disk harrowing $22 33.00 



Spraying 46.00 



Picking 1,258 boxes at 40c 503.20 



Yard man during picking 27.00 



Two men to measure hops 39.00 



Man and team to haul green hops to kiln 28.00 



Two men at kiln 11 days at $2 each 44.00 



440 yards of baling cloth. 37.40 



Baling 88 bales at 20c 17.60 



Twine to sew up bales 2.70 



Kiln cloth $5.10, 600 lbs. sulphur $10, fuel $10 25.10 



Oil for press and lights 2.00 



Two men and teams to draw hops to station 5.50 



Insurance and taxes 34.53 



Total cost 1,169.93 



Balance net profit 934.38 



Total crop sold at 13c per lb 2.104,31 



WASHINGTON, KING COUNTY, 1897 CROP (By Alexander Adair). 



Grubbing $50, setting poles $50. 



Tying up vines 



Plowing and cultivating. 



Spraying, three men and horse 10 days. 



Quassia chips, whale-oil soap 



Picking, $1 per box 



Six men eight days at $2 



Insurance on hoi)'s and kilns $2,000 



Freight on hops to Seattle 



Hop cloth and sulphur 



Total 



Harvested and sold, lbs 



Sold at 8c per lb 



Loss on crop 



Ten acres. 



$100.00 

 25.00 



100.00 

 50.00 

 36.00 



456.00 

 96.00 

 55.00 

 45.45 

 41.00 



$1,004.45 



11,700 



$936.00 



68.45 



One acre. 



$10.00 

 2.50 



10.00 

 5.00 

 3.60 



45.60 

 9.60 

 5.50 

 4.54 

 4.10 



$100.44 



1,170 



$93.60 



6.84 



RAISING THE CROP IN THE NORTHWEST. 



British Coli^miha (Major R. M. Hornby)— Before going 

 Into hop culture, the novice should realize that it is 

 one of the most uncertain of crops, that two good crops, 

 three medium and two failures can be reckoned on every 

 seven years, both as to yield and value. Only the best hops 

 are now wanted. Such require the best land, outfit and 

 methods. The cost of starting is large, and for an eight-acre 

 yard (yielding 1800 lbs. of cured hops per acre in a favorable 

 season) may thus be estimated. 



