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HOPS. 



however, the farmer must be more of an economist, under- 

 standing cultivation and learning therefrom that, for 

 reasons of economy, team vpork must be employed in cases 

 v^here it approximates to, though it may not quite equal, 

 manual labour. Under existing circumstances the reduc- 

 tion of the cost of production must be the first considera- 

 tion of every farmer and hop-grower ; and though this was 

 hardly feasible a few years back on account of the lack 

 of implements suitable for hop cultivation, that time has 



Pig. 29. Fig. 30. Pig. 31. 



Saaz hop mattook. Lower Bavarian broad mattock. Bayreuth hop mattock. 



now gone by, and there are at present a large number of 

 excellent implements specially adapted for the work and 

 capable of fulfilling the requirements of the most exacting 

 grower. In the nature of things it is impossible to entirely 

 dispense with hand labour in the hop garden ; nevertheless, 

 being expensive, it should be reduced to a minimum. 



