266 HOPS. 



189s. per cwt., according to quality, the better sorts being 

 quoted at rates four and a half times as great as those of the 

 inferior varieties. 



When it is remembered that, in addition to the influences 

 already recorded, prices are also affected by prejudice in 

 favour of or against the produce of certain districts, it vyill 

 be admitted that the task of formulating an average rate, 

 suitable for the basis of profit calculations, is one of great 

 difficulty. 



With regard to the subsidiary utihsation of hop gardens, 

 the profits vary considerably according to the^kind of plants 

 grown in intermediate cultivation, and are often difficult 

 to reckon for addition to the total profit. Where the bine is 

 cut at gathering time and dried it vrill yield about 13 to 18 

 cwt., worth about 2s. per cwt. 



