Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-11-24
A9rifmltnral department.
AM ERICAN HOPS.

The New York Commercial AdUertisey
discusses the hop market as follows:
The export of American hops this year
will be relatively as remarkable as the
export of wheat. In former times it was
asserted by Englishmen that Americans
''could not make good beer because they
had not the ops but this year. owing
to the failure of the hop crop in Kent
and elsewhere, the English brewers are
coming to this country for their sup
plies. 1t is said that our hop dealers
have entered into contracts for the supply
Of 100000 bales, of an average of It's
pounds each but hop dealers in this city
say that the country is not ready yet to
supply such demand. The largest hop
growing region is in the State of New
York, and the supply here will not be
over 10000 bales. California will pro-
duce perhaps 10000 bales, and Wis
consin about 0,O00 and the largest crop
yet produced in this country has not
exceeded 100000 bales. Of this about
$4,000 bales is required for domestic
use; but as the brewers are stocked up,
having taken advantage of the low
prices in former years, it is not unlikely
that the whole of the present years
crop will be available for expectation.
In 1877 the price fell to 10 cents per
| pound on the avaraoA- and H"-''c ~.-~-
sold as low as 5 cents per pound, but
this year good hops readily realize from
40 to 43 cents per pound. owing to the
large export demand. Up to the present
time there have been exported over 3d.
900 bales, or 5,25O.00O pounds of hops,
but this is only bagatelle compared
with the demand from the other side.
The American hop differs from the Eng
lish in strength and flavor, but the
English brewers have learned to regu-
late their brewings in accordance with
the strength, and are ready to use it &C
cordingly. This fact has brought il
into great foreign demand, and the Eng
fish, who formerly despised it, are nov
among the buyers. This year English
hop culture has proved to be complete
failure, and on the market in Londol
the article is quoted from Ell l5s. t.
Els per ll2 pounds. This would Civ
for the poorer qualities a rate of from
$50 to $50 per l. II pounds, or from ST.
to $50 per bale. This would be a
about the same rate as the prices quote,
in this city to-day. The 10000 bale
which have gone abroad were EXPORTS
at the moderate rates; but when tn
advance came, the German hops, Q
which accounts show surplus, wer
,, soon brought into competition. TIL
: prices are said by hop dealers to be to
high to secure an effective shipment
Notwithstanding the scarcity of the Gro
1 in England. Last years crop was i
excess of the demand, and sold cheaply
y consequently many growers turned thei
= attention to other products. and the sur
: ply is not equal to the demand from tn
: new crop. A large quantity of the oil
l crop of last year remains on hand, an
+ will realize the advantage of the increas
= in price. The California and New Yor
u State crop is good, and the yield fine i
!. quantity and quality.
L The export of hops from the Unite
= States has increased from 1857 bale
J with an average of IT'S pounds each, i
1873, to 81, 6l3 bales of the same averag
+. weight in 1877. Last year the export
n were only 63,790 bales, but many fol
e eign brewers had been stocked up g
e the cheap rates of the preceding year.