HARVESTING TI1E CROP. 



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pickers, and for the sake of getting their crop har- 

 vested quickly they will offer an advance above their 

 neighbor. The other growers will be compelled to 

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

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



FIG. 88. WEIGHING HOPS (California). 



ington during 1896-7 many growers paid as much 

 and in many cases 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 



