396 Hop Cultivation in Bavaria. 



A bulletin has been issued by the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of Utah giving the results 

 "of Fowls^ of an experiment which was carried out 

 with the view of testing the comparative 

 number of eggs yielded by towls of different ages with and 

 without exercise. The fowls selected for the experiment 

 were all brown Leghorns from the same poultry yard, and 

 consisted of hens from three to four years old, early-hatched 

 pullets abcut seven months old, and late-hatched pullets 

 about five and a half months old. Eight fowls of each kind 

 were employed, four of which were placed in small pens, 

 while the other four were allowed exercise. The result of 

 the experiments showed that in all cases the number of eggs 

 laid in the course of a year was higher when the fowls were 

 allowed exercise ; and the pullets were, in each case, much 

 more productive than the hens. The early-hatched pullets 

 without exercise laid 158 eggs each, and with exercise 182 

 eggs each ; the late-hatched pullets laid 1 37 eggs without 

 exercise, against 1 5 1 eggs with exercise ; whilst the penned 

 hens laid 64 eggs, against 107 from the hens allowed to run 

 free. 



The Bavarian Agricultural Council, in view of the per- 

 sistently low prices o hops, and the con- 

 on 



in Bavaria. 



Hop Cultivation sequent depression among growers, lately 



urged the Bavarian Ministry of the In- 

 terior to appoint a committee, to inquire into the best means 

 of coping with the critical condition of this crop, in order, 

 by appropriate treatment of hops during the period of growth, 

 as also of the product put on the market, to secure a better 

 output and prices to correspond. The Ministry of the 

 Interior acceded to this request, and the committee, which 

 included hop producers, hop merchants, and brewing experts, 

 made various proposals, among which the erection of suitable 

 hop-drying apparatus was urged as one of the most 

 important.* 



*" Jahres-Bc7'2cht des Bavcrischcn Laiidivirtschafts-Rathes, 1S97. 



