The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-28
THE HOP CROP 49, FAvORA BE
PROSPECTS RO0 1880.


curing tho past ten or twelve yssrs
whom prospects Of the hop crop Of this
country have been 20 closely followed
MP a. at present. And We might safe.
~ aid that the usual early inisrepre-
-e..tntions by interested parties hsvs
teep persisted in. The cause 81 this
extraordinary interest in the growing
crop, needs little. il any. explanation.
Lat year the European product wss
.xtreinely short. while that Of the,
United States fell considerably below
an average. England wss obliged to
draw largely upon this country for
supplies. and this. together With an
unprecedented home consumption, has
reduced our present sufplus sock 70
eaas parativeiy small total Some thres
or fur weeks ago, farmers in nearly ell
hop growing regions Of this State sent
up their customary wall aboot discour.
aging prospects. and thus induced the
trade To suspsct that there ,wss reslly
some cauAs for it. A fertpiett later
the cry wss more subdued. however
while at the present time oil reports
from relisbls sources ayeste 10y the
least Of il. fav0ssbls v eeod cop. -
far ss early Appearances would iudi.
sats. The Agricultural ssaitos of The
Tito. HraM has bssn making -psfsesel
observations Of hsp yards Of late, and
10 the Issue Of Xsy 9th gives the fol.
lowing summary r. az gr
"A ride through . portion Of ths hop
territory IN the soatbsgn psttsof Dnei-
ds county. yesterday. shows that work
in the yArds Is progressing rapidly.
Grabbing ID nearly II not quite oom.
plstsd. and poles ass being NJ q fat
ss possible. The weather 10 s1tsesnely
favorable. and fssmess sre taking ad-
vantage Vt II to the utmost. Il Is too
early yet TO judge with seosracy how
the vine IL going to.stsrt. I've wssks
later the hills will show for themselves
what they ere going 70 do. At present
the wins 10 just beginning b sprout.
but many hills. which might now be
called mics hills. sre apt 10 come. on
with tsrdy growth end furnisb Two
or three vines. An going through the
yards we found that BY scraping Of q
littls soil of the hills that skewsd No
oatward signs II li1as sprouts would b
found underneath, not yet suffioisnsly
developed to ,appeaf above grousd. :
The general impsssien -sesns to b
that While mors roots have been win
ter-killed than. uepal, they gAye not
enough to affect the crop serionsly,
providing that NO further mishap hefail'
IL through the season. Az regards The
crop ia the southern ps,t Of AOtsego
county. o private letter sayG Thws.
wss considerable talk' and quite scare
here week or two since that the
yards 10 this section he'd wiutsr. killed
badly. but Il IL not 90. Our advioes
are now 10 the effect that the yards
generally have kept we'll, and. ere
starting in fine order, notwithstanding
the nnfsvorabls wiuter.'
Il would also appear from the infor.
nation gained by the Herald. thai there
10 an over-abondsnce of hop rosts
Offering for sale. which togethsr With
otherwise favorable, prospccts, afYords
every indication Of large acreage and
q fair average crop, unless -soins IN.
foresesn disaster befall. We quote: (
1t was supposed that there would
be . scar,ity VI roots for setting out
new yards. aud ssrly In the spr,nr
several hundred bushels were contract.
ed for at 81 rs to - per boshsl. Il
was thought that they would be worth
from - TO % at least. But the growth
has been 90 large. and roots have de.
vsloped in sscti0ns whore they have
never increased 20 before. that they cal,
now Be purchased for 81 to u Is. Il
u calculated that ths new yards which
will come into bearing this pear Coz ths
fast time would just about balance. ,Ahs
old onas that would naturally b plov-
ed ny. But the fact 10 that very {sw,
aurss will b piowed up thisyear. With
such high prices - are now suliexsa
slendsr crop trsm both ~ new cd
and the old ones will pay better than
anything else that can b pat ON the
land. This 10 going to incsesss the
screage.-M r Obmmsrcial BS1lssia.N
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