Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-14
Caaifornia's Hop Crop.

| Will become one OF the leading industries
in the near future So far, it is confined to
the central and northern sections of the
State, in the vicinity of Sacramento and in
| the counties of Yolo, Lake Sonoma, Napa
and Mendocino. The hops grown in this
State are of good quality, although 1t IS
claimed that the best article is raised in
what is called the Russian River section.
| The only hops raised III southern California
are grown in Los Angeles county, where
there are two small yards. aggregating about
80 acres, and which produced the past
season about 300 bales
George w. Hubbard, agent for large
| firm in Philadelphia, which deals eXclu-
sivelv in hops, is at present in the city. In
conversation with reporter yesterday, he
said he had located at Tustin City, in Los
Angeles county, where he proposed 10 re-
side in the future He has just completed
a tour of the hop section of the State, has
the name of every producer, the acreage
| cultivated, and the amount raised last sea-
son by each In Sonoma valley, near Santa
Rosa, 376 acres produced $3.50 bales; near
Healdsburg, the crop is estimated at about
900 bales Lakeport, Lake county. 600
bales; Upper Lake, 400 bales; Ukiah, 4,500
bales Covello, 1900 bales; Calpella, 700
|
! four named places are in Mendocino coun
| tv. The crop in that county was of excel
| lent quality, but it costs $50 ton TO con-
vey it to the railroad. In Napa valley,
900 bales Los Angeles county, 800 bales;
/! in the neigborhood OF Sacramento, 23,OOO
| bales. Other sections not enumerated
about Z ,740 bales Total amount of the
crop of 1884, 10000 bales.
From this statement, which has been
compiled by Mr.. Hubbard with great care,
| it will be seen that in the immediate vicin-
| ity of Sacramento city is raised one-half oil
| the hop crop of the State. He says that not
one bale in twenty of last seasons crop has
gone into the hands of the consumer.
Almost the entire crop is still in the hands
| of the producers and dealers and for the
| most part it is held in warehouses
| for growers many Of whom have
received advances on their storage re-
ceipts. Several thousand bales are stored
| in this city. The crop of 1885 will be ready
| to market in August next, five moHthS
hence Unless England takes her usual
amount of 10000 bales soon, there is no
hope Of better prices, or of even maintain
| ing the present rates, which are less than
the cost of production. The outlook is
gloomy indeed, but the growers are hope
| full. There is no market nor demand for
| being shipped East at from fifteen to
eighteen cents per pound. Poor hops have
! no market at all. The cost of raising hops
| is about II! cents per pound. Hop men
| throughout the State, except those who
| contracted their crops last spring, have lost
| money the past season.
The dizziness of the market is said not TO
! be owing so much to the light demand
| from foreign countries, as to the falling OFT
in home consumption. The brewers
| throughout the east and west, when hops
were worth 81 pound few years ago,
began to look around for substitute, and
/ in consequence a number Of drugs the
principal one aloes were found to answer
the purpose. Finding that beverages made
in this way could be palmed off on the pub
lie for those made with hops, they have
continued their use. Medical men, and
chemists, declare the beverages made with
the substitutes to be injurious to the health.
In order to protect the hop-grower as well
as those who drink malt liquors, bill has
been introduced in the New York Legisla-
ture, which, it is thought, will compel the
brewers t. make their beer of hops. A
similar bill will be introduced in the Cal
ifornia Legislature.
The New York bill is called an Act to
provide for the labelling of any barrel, keg
mented liquors, and to prevent the adultera-
ton of the same Its first section provides
that every brewer of beer lager beer, weiss
beer porter, or other fermented liquors shall
I be required to label each barrel, keg, bottle
or other vessel containing any fernented
liquors. on the side and on the spigot end
of the barrels, kegs and vessels, other than
bottles, with label printed with type not
sn aller than plea, and to renew the same
whenever it is illegible, on which label
shall be printed statement showing the
true name of each ingredient or component
part (Other than water of which or from
which said beer Or fermented liquors shall
have been made or manufactured. The
name and quantity of every substitute for
hops or malt shall be truthfully stated, and
the brewers name shall appear at the bot
tom of said label.
Section provides that for every violation
of this Act by neglecting to label each
barrel, keg, or bottle, as hereinbefOre pro-
vided or by so labelling the same as to con-
vey the idea that the contents thereof are
different as TO the materials used, from what
they really are or for retailing, selling or
offering for sale any fermented liquors
whatsoever within the State of New York,
from vessels, barrels, kegs, casks or bottles
containing beer. ale or other fermentad
liquors, brewed or manufactured by brew
ers in this State or any other State in the
United States, which casks vessels, barrels,
kegs, or bottles are not labeled as herein
provided, the person or persons so selling or
offering for sale shall be subject to fine of
$500 and Imprisonment for not more than
one year for such offense or both such fine
and Imprisonment. If the bill becomes a
law it will take effect on the first day of
January, 1886
An order from England for about six
hundred bales of Sacramento hops was
flied last week within the range Of 11M12
cents per pound, by +. A. Hatch & Co.
The shipment is an unusually large one
and if followed by others will soon reduce
our surplus to wieldy proportions. They
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