88 CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION 



Besides Bavaria and Bohemia, the chief European coun- 

 tries producing hops, it will be seen, are Upper Austria, 

 Pomerania, Prussian Poland, Altmark and Brunswick, Baden, 

 Wurtemberg, France, and Belgium. 



BADEN. In the Duchy of Baden the produce of hops is 

 increasing. In 1867, 30,000 cwt. were sold in Mannheim 

 for 1,500,000 florins, against 20' 3 000 cwt. in 1866. Fears 

 are, however, entertained of an unfavourable nature sooner 

 or later, owing to the immense increase in the cultivation 

 of hops in all countries. 



There are now 4235 morgen of land under culture with 

 hops. The morgen is equal to '8896 acre. 



The hop trade of Baden is of great extent and importance, 

 the average crop in good years being about 23,000 cwt. It 

 is carried on in Mannheim by about 25 persons. About half 

 the produce goes to Bavaria, Bohemia, France, England, 

 Spain, and Portugal, and the other half is consumed in the 

 country and in the other states of the Zollverein. The three 

 first-named countries take the best-quality hops, and England 

 the most ordinary sorts. The large hop trade with Bavaria 

 and Bohemia is the result of the improvement in the cultiva- 

 tion of hops in Baden, which has taken place of late years. 



AUSTRIA. In 1870 there were 17,770 acres under hop 

 culture in Austria, which produced 7,710,444 Ibs. In 1871 

 the yield in Upper Austria was 9,403,856 Ibs. 



A pamphlet recently published by Herr Noback, of Prague, 

 stated that the total number of breweries in the Cisleithan 

 provinces, Austria, which in 1860 were 2794, in 1869 were 

 reduced to 2471 ; in spite of this falling off in the number 

 of breweries, the annual production of beer had increased 



