The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-17
THE USE oF suLPHuR.
II = CHEAPER Al THREE CENTS A POUND
THss WOoD AT 81 \ CORD.

I IT = CHEAPER AT THREE CENTS A POUND
THss WooD AT 81 : CORD.
Refore placing the hops on the kiln,
the fires should be started at least
tEeiye hours land better tweaty-fourp
to thoroughly clear the walls and sur
face Of the ground floor Of moisture
and warm up the building, whrh
would otherwise absorb part OF the
heat. and retard the process of curing
the first flooring BY taking this pre-
caution. all danger of having the first
batch discolofed and soggy in spots is
avoided. II the building Is new. a
slow hre should be kept for number
OF days, so a to be douhly sure all the
moisture is out of the walls before the
hops are put on. In any event it is
best 10 put = light flooring on at first.
Our Iater experience has led constant
Is toward heavier floor ..1ss. 20 that
now more tbaH double the Az cunt OF
i.s,r. are cure. -. =. time than was the
ca e ten wears ago. Thirty boxes 10,
a house twenty-iouT feet square used /
10 he called 4 good sized Hoosingi
while noS We think nothing, after the /
second or third day, il the hops ara
well maturel, OF putting slxtF-h1Sse~ ,
boxes upon the saWe Roor Again
We used 90 think il was ail important,
and In fact neees sary, 70 stir or tIrn
the hops during the process Of curing.
while nos we seldom touch the hops
from the time they are laid on the
floor until ready to &c remover, this
too. under a reduced temperature. az
which 10 degree Fahrenheit Il con-
sidered high and Is intended 70 be the
extreme limit.
These changes would be utterly TN
praCt cable without the free use OF
sulphur. There has been. and TO some
extent j. vet. weli-f0unded prei1-
dice against the use Of sulphur. caused
nv the free use OF this substance 10
cover M de.ects IN the appearance OF
immature and diseased hops. Bot
vi hen used for a Ju-tifiable purpose,
that Of : drier and preserTer, - use >
not only not Objectionable, but high
~ beneficial. Ii Is pos -ibie 70 make II
every way. a mach better qnaiitv uf
/ hnp by The free NC OF sulphBs than
Z can possibly lc done wittJut IL The
( rea- on for this are Seyi0us. One j..
+ that a given quantity of h0ps can be
cured with much le S heat where the
sulphur Is used than where it j. not.
Aeain, the same beps both because Of
the lower heat. and the farther ehemi-
cal acton OF the sulphur fumes, vii
retain their quaiity very much longer
than tho cured without this and 81
higher heat. And here il viii not c
out Of place t. remark. that this
81 keeping quality. j. that which o.
ten determines the market value a
between the htshe or lowest prices
raline. those kuOgn 10 be good keep
ers" being sought after. while those Of
the negative quality are avoided. eX-
rert for present use and st low price.
sulphur 20 be thu most effective
should De burned slowly, and
never or the hot stove. For
|. a 24-so0t house, two shallow vessels
Ike ordinary Finch frying pans
should he provided ani placed three
feet from the ground. SO n u avoid
the escape o the sulphur fumes from
unacF the foundation 81 the building.
We start the sulphur haTuiDe in the
pans as soon - the hops are on the
iloor. and kec9 r bifaisg dnrsstg he
Waate BFpecEs gf csTius This WILL re-
i. gasee about - pounds OF the crude
sulphur to the ton q DRY hops. OF
about one pound to the box oi hops
laii on the fi0er. one without having
, the experience can scarcely believe the
, efeot tn, will have upon the Fari1ity
with which hops VIII cure and the
evcnncss OF the sample made. Ii has
come a. hs an axiom sm0ng these Eho
nave used This most that sulphur IS
dTier j cheaper at , ceuts per
pound than wool st = a cord, ana il
i about 20. 1t world be folly 10 Try 20
cure these heavy hegTiaCs mentioned.
which sre from 81 81 SS inches depth
OF hops. without the free Use Of sui
phur a. described. but with that one
not fear getting a good even quality.
IL q man talks about hcW rapidly he
can dry hops, or Il q grover hrags a.
20 h0S quick he can or has cured q
flooring az a crop of hops. Il j. we1 10
hoax = in suspicion upon the former
as an expert and upon the quality O
the goods af the latter Thee are
facts that VII .'toaeh1 more than enc
w0uic-be expert and more than a
| sore OF growers. vet the fact remains
that they are Wholesome truths that
cannot &c too often told, nor too
strongly impressed upon the hop
growing puhlie.