354 



Hop " Canker " or " Growing -off." 



[July, 



by the complete discontinuance of these old practices, which are 

 now followed only in the breeding of ordinary pigs on the farms. 

 The following is the official scale of points : — 



Colour. — White. 



Face and Neck. — Medium length and wide between the eyes and ears 5 

 Ears. — Medium length and not too much over face ... ... ... 10 



Jowl. — Heavy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 



Chest. — Wide and deep ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 3 



Shoulders. — Wide ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 



Bach. — Long and level ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Sides. — Deep, and ribs well sprung ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Loin. — Broad ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Quarters. — Long, wide and not drooping ... ... ... ... 5 



Hams. — Large and well filled to hocks ... ... ... ... 15 



Tail. — Thick and set high 3 



Legs. — Short and straight 5 



Belli/ and Flank. — Thick and well filled 3 



Coat. — Fair quantity of curly or wavy hair 8 



100 



Objections. — Narrow forehead, thin ears. 



Disqualifications. — Pricked ears, dished or long nose, coarse, straight or bristly 

 coat, any other colour of hair than white. 



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HOP "CANKER" OR "GROWING-OFF." 



E. S. Salmon and H. Wormald, 



Mycological Department, S.E. Agricultural College, Wye, Kent. 



Hop " canker " has been known for the past thirty or forty 

 years, if not longer. It is known generally in Kent, Sussex, 

 Surrey, Hampshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire as " can- 

 ker,"* but in many districts of the Weald of Kent and of Sussex, 

 farmers as well as foremen in the hop garden give the disease 

 the descriptive name of " growing-ofT." 



A short account of the disease was published in 1902 by 

 Professor John Percival,t who wrote : "I have noticed examples 

 as early as the end of June, but it is most frequently noticed later 

 in the season, and in many cases the bine may remain connected 

 as it were by a mere thread almost up to the time of hop-picking 

 and then suddenly droop and die with its load of hops in an hour 



° The present disease must not be confused with that occasionally caused 

 by the grub, or caterpillar, of the Ghost Moth (Hepialus kumuli), which lives 

 underground and bores its way into the rootstoek of the hop. 



f Jour. S. E. Agric. College, XI, 87-81) (1902). 



