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HOPS. 



Bohemia (Saaz district) a^ space 171 square yard is left 

 for each stock, or 6,944 per hectare (about 2,770 per acre). 

 When set on the square system the sides of the square 

 measure 48 inches ; or, if planted in rectangles the rows are 

 60 inches wide and the plants about 38 inches apart in the 

 rows. More than 6,944 stocks per hectare are seldom met 

 with in the red-hop districts of Bohemia, and in the green- 

 hop districts the number is sometimes as low as 4,220 per 

 hectare (1,690 per acre), each plant then occupying an area 

 of 2'82 square yards of ground. 



The following table compiled by Strebel and supplemented 

 by the author gives a better view of the conditions prevailing 

 with regard to the number of plants . per acre in various 

 districts. 



