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CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION 



lection and at South Kensington in 1876, there were under 

 hops in Europe as follows : 



The following, however, appears to me to be the true 



* acreage under hops in various countries, as far as can be 



ascertained with any degree of precision, at the latest period : 



It is worthy of notice in connection with the extent of the 

 liquor traffic in this country, that the English consumption 

 of hops is by far the greatest of any country, for while 

 England shows a consumption of 600,000 cwt., Germany, 

 the next largest, gives only 321,000 cwt., and Austria 

 100,000 cwt., the remaining countries decreasing in quantity 

 much more rapidly. 



