Hops in the United States. 



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The crop in the Pacific States for 1894 and 1895 was given 

 in an earlier circular of the Department of Agriculture, and 

 reproduced in this Journal (Vol. IV., p. 495.) Particulars for 

 later years for these States, and also for New York, are 

 given in the following table. 



States. 



New York- 

 California - 

 Oregon 

 Washington 



1898. 



Total 



Bales. 

 65,000 

 35,000 

 60,000 

 30,000 



190,000 



1S97. 



1896. 



Bales. 

 75,000 

 45,000 

 75,000 

 32,000 



Bales. 

 75,000 

 36,000 

 56,000 

 12,000 



179,000 



These estimates are taken either from newspapers, or from 

 information furnished from unofficial sources. No details can 

 be given for Wisconsin or other States, but their total is 

 comparatively insignificant. 



The total production of these four States is estimated to 

 have increased steadily from 201,500 bales in 1890 to a 

 maximum of 319,500 bales in 1894. At the same time New 

 York State increased its production to 140,000 bales in 1894, 

 at which "date the three Pacific States named produced 

 180,000 bales. 



The exportation of hops from the United States in the last 

 five fiscal years, as shown by the reports of the Bureau of 

 Statistics of the Treasury Department, was as follows : — 



Years ending 30th June. 



Bales of 180 lbs. 



V alue. 



Value per cwt. 



1898 



1897 - - - - 

 1896 - 



1895 - - - - 

 1894 - 



95,343 

 63,479 

 93, Ho 



97,35 2 

 97,072 



£ 



550,579 

 271,705 

 308,108 

 390,124 

 800,882 



£ s. 

 3 12 

 2 13 

 2 1 

 2 10 



5 3 



The importations in the same years were as follows : — 



Years ending 30th June. 



Bales. 



Value. 



Value per cwt. 



1898 - - 

 1897 • - - 

 1896 - 



1895 - - - - 



1896 ... . 



13,200 

 16,766 

 15,400 

 17,409 

 4,600 



£ 



135,032 

 131,247 

 125,087 

 124,947 

 100,920 



£ * 



6 7 



4 17 



5 1 

 4 9 



13 13 



