Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-06-14
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fopI graki6g sssl1s sosattracs much
leakion II tths stlStes j,ias nov ~ q we
'lsarn ifom our exchaiges. We hsse
agfl6rs 80 lie Chicsgo Pre- which con-
tainsta Very nlerss,ing and instructive.
artie3s onsihe subject, and from which
We shall make \ INV extracts ~ way 81
showing That ~. better business could be
carried IA here tRahthst of raising
Hops. The editor saya thalthe facts he
presents are derived from The Patent
office report, from his exchanges. and
from various nther sources. When w6s
reflect that brrwe les are increasing
ii this country. faster than distilleries
decrease 10 number. that beer. ale, and
porter are gstling more and more into.
use, and TINT hops aresexpor,ed q ftr-s
sigps s,untries IL large qean,i,ies--ths
increasing yearly i seems that
Ser. of lI1iinnesota might carry On
Z NJ prslI b6sineas IA t4iS line
without Il III 1n 81 their regular
The exs m V ona the Patent -Ofice
report ailodisl u q states that the Whole
amount of opassraised inI.fhe United
States in s4Sssas 3.4g7, O2o pounds !;
sof which New England raised 7O7, 7l3
pounds !: New York 2,5:sG, 200, and all
lother States only 2s2 ,gs7 pounds. We.
suppose that the quantity mentioned
above comes as near the mark as sta
tistics 81 iculture generally do; fr
instance the quantity Of maple sugar
made in the United States and Terrific
les was given in iIr Patent Office re-
{6rt-of 1853, and the product Of each
seperuieiy mentioned. III that state
,nent the amount produced by Minneso-
ia was set down ut 1900 pounds, where
as il was in Fact more than ten times
ahat weight perhaps twenty times.
May il nat be SO with hops--and that
instead Ola lit lie less than three millions,
more than five millions Of pousds wers
raised in l8l9 we shall take the lar
ger number as nearer the truth than
the smaller, and say 5000, 900 pounds
which at 80 cts. the average price,
would give 81 500, 900 quite large
sum for an article the culture Of which
Il is so little carried on. The editor ot
the Press says:
/" We fell into conversation. the other
day, with an intelligent gentleman from
Vermont, whn informed US that during
the last three or four years more al
tention than ever had been paid to Hop
growing in the northern portinn of that
State. greatly to- the advantage Of those
interested One man, a neighbour of our
informant, from small field which he
cultivated principals with his own hands.
obtained crop (ihe irst) which he
sold for, 200. and the crop of the
next year brought $1,000. Ii another
case gentleman purchased farm for
some $4,000 on which was a hop field Of
a few acres, then coming into bearing
for the first time, and ot4which little ac-
count was made by either party to the
bargain, but the crop was sp abundant
thar with it's proceeds the purchaser was
enabled to pny ia full for the farm. ~
Subsequently, he sold the farm for Il
much larger sum, and the purchasers
was thought to have got hard bargain,
hut he was equally fortunate with his
predecessor. nearly paying Tor il with
his frsfsycrep Of Hops. 4Seve.ty FIVE
toms nf Hops were raised II Hydepark
last year. from which SAC. 600 was real
lizrd, and the county u Lamoile has sold
roo 900 worth nf the same commodity.
Large numbers nf farmers in that re-
gion are turning their attention 10 The
cultivation c this article. and the.sam
IS trne e the northern portion Of New
Hnrpsssss w
| These facts are~nsefnl and Interests
| ing, Lei the people of Minnrso.a read
them and ponder his hnt very little
trpnbl y mise hops. and w hope 70
hear very ,.s,ss9hassur fellow citizens
have 'fst-ss q NJ n,a,.er ii earn
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