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from 11,495,723 eimers (18 gallons) to 13,984,132 eimers. 

 Bohemia alone produces 5,650,085 eimers ; Lower Austria, 

 3,435,953 eimers; Moravia, 1,463,310; the provinces on the 

 Adriatic coast, 2692. In Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, 

 and Slavonia, there were, in lSb'9, 318 breweries, producing 

 989,532 eimers ; and in the frontier provinces, 31 breweries, 

 producing 51,154 eimers. The total production of beer 

 throughout the whole empire was 15,024,818 eimers, and 

 the number of breweries 2820. 



In Hungary wooden pegs or short stakes are driven into 

 the ground at such distances apart as it is intended to plant 

 the vines ; and at longer distances usually about 20 to 25 

 yards light poles are erected, with a height of from 12 to 

 15 feet above the surface, so that there are parallel lines all 

 over the ground of short stakes or pegs placed at certain 

 distances, and projecting about 8 to 12 inches in height, while 

 parallel rows of poles, from 12 to 13 feet high, cross these at 

 right angles, and at from 20 to 25 yards distance apart. A 

 stout wire is stretched horizontally from pole to pole all over 

 the ground, while vertical wires, or tight rope, made of any 

 suitable material, are attached to the pegs and carried up and 

 fastened to the horizontal wires, thus offering a steady sup- 

 port to the hop vines during the period of growth. At 

 harvest time the ropes are detached and carried to the pick- 

 ing stage with the vines, and the field cleared for the usual 

 tillage operations, without the trouble and expense of shifting, 

 stacking, and resetting the poles. 



This plan has been introduced into Wurtemberg, Baden, 

 Bavaria, and other hop-producing countries with satisfactory 

 results. 



