582 
Management of Hops. 
£. s. d. 
liinuglit over . . 9 5 0 
One man to measure at 35 , a laJ or young man to tally and keep ac- 
counts at 3s. . . . . . . . . . .000 
Bo\', van, and one horse from morning to niglit, to carry the pokes to the 
groiuiJ, carry green hops home, &c. . . . . . .000 
Fuel for drying 1/. bs.. carriage of ditto 5.s. . . . . .110 0 
Brimstone f of a cwt. to a ton, at 12s. per cwt. , , . .090 
65 yards ol' pocketing for 13 pockets, at 7(f. i)cr yard . . . 1 17 1) 
Making and marking 13 pockets, and ink, at 2(/. each . . .022 
Treading and puting in 13 pockels at 10(/. . . . . . 0 10 10 
Two dryers, one at 6s. per day, under one 5s. per day . . . 0 110 
5 gallons of lieer per day for (Iryers, treaders, &c., at Is. . . .050 
Annual supply of new ])okes and binclolhs, wear and tear of old ones . 0 6 0 
Ditto wear and tear of oast hairs and hoj) bins, and other articles . 0 5 0 
Sundries, sucli as men to help weigh hops, move and load ditto, and 
various other jobs . • . . . . . . .06 0 
Loss of time from wet on labour paid by day, to average 3 days through 
bop ])icking, 1 day "s work 2/. 10s. 6^/., 3 days 7/. lis. Grf., about . 0 10 0 
Wood for fuel, and straw for foreign pickers, equal to . . .0100 
Gift to each jiicker and binman of Is. each, with beer on finishing . 0 8 0 
Carriage of 13 pockets to London, at 2s. each . . . . .10 0 
Factorage or factor's commission, 4s. each . . . . .2120 
Duty , 17 12 9J 
Total cost per ton £38 18 8^ 
In blight years, as more per bushel is given for picking, and as 
there will not be so many hops, it will cost more per ton to pull the 
poles ; that taking it in round numbers, if we were to average the 
cost of picking and subsequent expenses one year with another at 
40/. per ton, 405. per cwt., we should not be yory wide of the 
mark. 
TNO Ot' VOT . i\. 
London : Printed liy W'u.i.iam Cr.owrs nnd Sons, Slannfnrd .Strppt. 
