Hop Shelters or " Lews' 



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about 18 or 20 feet long, and about as big round as small scaffold 

 poles. It is put up in the summer, and taken down in the winter, 

 the poles being let into the ground, and supported by a wire from 

 the top to the ground. 



Sometimes we see a "lew" made by putting poles in the ground 

 as close together as possible on the windward side of the garden, 

 with a cross piece near the top just to keep the tops the right 

 distance apart ; this is bound on by cocoanut string or wire. This 

 does not make a very good "lew" by itself, but is useful for 

 stopping up gaps in a live "lew." 



These poles would be the ordinary hop poles from 14 to 16 feet 

 long, and about 9 or 10 inches round above the ground. They 

 would be put in about 18 inches. 



Sometimes the cocoanut lowing is fastened to these hop poles ; 

 for hops very often it is not put within five feet of the ground. 



