580 
Manar/ement of Hops. 
weight they are sold by, is the gross cwt., wlialever it may be 
when weighed to the merchant, after deducting 2 lb. for each 
draught, the usual allowance to the trade. 
First cost of planting an acre of hops on old meadow or pasture, 1200 
hills to an acre. 
£. s. (1. 
PlouKliing 2 furrows deep and subsoiling . . . . . 3 0 0 
Harrowing and rolling . . . . . . . . 0 0 
Setting out hills 0 2 0 
fiOOO cut sets at Cf/. per 100 1 10 0 
Planting ditto 0 '1 G 
Manuring with lime 200 liushels, carriage and spreading . . . 10 0 
Twisting up the young hine, repairing and dressing hills in auliunn, in- 
cluding bedded sets required to mend with, on an average . . 0 15 0 
Expenses of first year .... £10 2 6 
Supposing the crop of roots grown to pay rent, tithe, taxes, and 
summer cultivation, over and above the expense of seed, planting, 
extra manure required for them, &c. 
Second year. 
£ . s. d. 
Expense of first year as above . . . . . . . 10 2 (i 
One year's interest on ditto at 5 jier cent. . . . . . 0 10 1^ 
Digging the ground . . . . . . . . .100 
Dressing being done the last autumn, there will be only levelling down 
the hills 030 
3600 small poles at 4s. per 100 7 4 0 
Carriage of ditto from other ground, and sharpening 8(/. ]ier 100 . 14 0 
Poling the small poles already sharpened. 10(/. jjer 100 hills . . 0 10 0 
Tying 0 10 0 
Digging around hills at 6rf. per 100 ... ..0 6 0 
Nidgeting during the summer . . . . . . . 14 0 
Occasionally hoeing around hills and weeds in alleys , . . 0 5 0 
Putting up blown down poles during the summer . . . , 0 2 0 
Rent 2/., ordinary tithe and taxes 16«., half extraordinary tithe 10s. . 3 C 0 
£2C 6 7^ 
N.T?. The second year is calculated without manure, supposing the 
lime laid on in the autumn in the first year to be sufficient for fresh 
broken-up land, but manure might or not be u.«ed as was thought fit, in- 
creasing the expense 5/. per acre, which would depend on the price of 
hops whether it paid for doing. 
l>educt from second year's profit of crop above the exjiense of ])irl;ing, 
drying, duty, &c., which is very uncertain, there might be lOcwt. 
pjer acre, or if blighted none ; say 5 cwt., at 4/. pe r cv.'t. £20 0 0 
Deduct picking, drying, and duty, 2/. per cwt. . , 10 0 0 
10 0 0 
Value of 3G0O old poles above the expense of moving, Is. 6d. 
yev 100 2 14 0 
12 14 0 
Leaving a balance against the acre of ho])-ground the second year . 13 12 7^ 
To furnish new poles for the next year, sup))Osing them to be poles of mixed 
wood, half 14 feets at 24s., half 12 feets at ICs., 1800 each . . 30 0 0 
Average carriage of eacii 3s. per lOO [. , . . . . 5 8 0 
£55 0 7^ 
