HARVESTING THE CHOP. 



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ing alone of one pound of dried hops represent 3^ 

 cents." 



In handling a large harvest, as at Pleasanton, the 

 help are divided off into gangs or sections of 200 pick- 

 ers each (in '97 eight such gangs were needed, "A" to 



FIG. 89. ELEVATING HOPS TO KILN. 



"H" inclusive), which are in charge of the "weigher" 

 and an assistant known as the "field boss." The 

 weigher, as his title implies, weighs the hops, which 

 are brought to the scales by pickers, and issues checks 



