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charge during the whole time of hop-picking and even sleeps on 

 the spot so that he may be at hand in case of need. 



A good hop-drier is a person of distinction in the village com- 

 munity, and rightly so, since he can by his efforts materially in- 

 fluence the value of that product. 



Foreign and Colonial Legislation relating to Hops. - - The 



Journ. of the Board of Agric. March 1910, London, vol. XVI, 

 N 19, p. 1033. 



" The Report of the Select Committee on the Hop Industry con- 

 tains certain recommendations whereby Hop growers in England 

 might be supplied with information regarding the industry abroad. 

 It was stated in the House of Commons on the lyth December 1908, 

 that the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries recognised the impor- 

 tance of the subject and that proposals were under consideration 

 with a view to give effect to those recommendations as far as 

 possible. " 



" One direction in which action has been taken has been to 

 obtain information as to the legislation relating to the cultivation 

 and marketing of Hops, and a brief statement of the positions in 

 various countries is given below. " 



" Austria. - - The marking of hops is regulated by a law of 

 which a resume was recently published in the Journal of the Board 

 of Agriculture (vol. XVI, p. 54). There is no special legislation re- 

 garding the actual cultivation of the crop. " 



" Belgium. The only law dealing with the cultivation and 

 sale of hops is a Decree of 3rd May 1887, which forbids planting 

 or the existence of male hop plants in hop gardens. Male hops 

 are not permitted w r ithin a radius of 100 metres, and their eradi- 

 cation by the landowner is compulsory. Local enactments exist 

 in the two principal Belgian hop districts, viz., the communes of 

 Alost and Poperinghe. These regulations refer to the examination 

 of the hops by experts who issue certificates as to origin, quality, etc., 

 and each bale is duly sealed by means of a distinctive label. " 



" Germany. There are no Imperial laws or regulations of any 

 kind relating to the cultivation or marketing of the hop crop, but 

 legislation exists in Bavaria, which is the principal district in Ger- 

 many where hops are produced. Under the terms of a Royal Decree 

 which came into force on the ist July 1862, any person who sells 

 sulphurised hops, either pure or mixed with unsulphurised hops,, 

 must expressly declare this nature of the goods to the purchaser,.. 



