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ored, and it is absolutely impossible to make a choice 

 hop out of them, as nothing can be done to bring them 

 back to their original state after they have once become 

 heated and spoiled. There is no reason why hops 

 should heat in the sack if growers would observe a 

 little diligence. The heating of hops in the sacks is 

 caused by either packing them in too tightly or from 

 permitting the pickers to sit on them as if the sacks 

 were cushioned chairs. Also avoid allowing the sacks 



FIG. 107. GROUND PLAN OF HOP HOUSE SHOWN IN FIGURE 106. 



Showing the arrangement of stove and press room. S, stove; P, pipe; //, trap 

 door in room above to let down hops to press; /i, B, bottom of press; b, 6, ke\s 

 to hold the sideposts of pres^; o, o, railway lor moving press under the hole 

 H. In this figure the positions of the joists ;,;', and slats s, s, of the floor 

 above are also shown. 



to remain on the platform too long, and when there 

 see that the sacks are not piled on top of one another. 

 Do not pack too many hops in a sack. 



On a deep "floor" the hops may have to be turned, 

 or they may be scorched or imperfectly dried. Many 

 careful hop men oppose deep floors and turning of 

 hops, though practiced everywhere. The deep floor also 

 requires excessive heat. If the hops get "packed" they 



