Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-12
.ao,,r HoP-PIckIko.
~ -, Is ProftabIs and Anus


4 them hen are the rstu 'rom g w a,se.
ss. . ~ It costs but six cents to
le. n J. .,o,,nd OF hops. and 1t is a
pduce chen the price does not
pr yea The greatest care must
ch 'T1 hs the grower to the plant
20, ,he time the bulb IS placed ,',saa ~ h .ne
Pu w. ',atil the crop is matured' mar
~. 'u and dried, ,,.o,test enemy Of
1bs "V' About the best remedy 50
paw ,.red for getting rid OF the
!. d'i !. the extract of tobacco stems
- y :, ."v warm water and applied to
nfea r. by means OF pump and
plap@ .;s green has been tried with
70 90 tho insects seeming to
SUIT ,hs taste Of the poison. Iur-
10 ~. .aD VERY good protectors OF the
y "p n,auts, and nearly every hop
Pdns has large flock. Early in
0ae a.njna they may be seen going
.onph The yards stopping at each
r0 ', and critically examining the UNI
adv ';a aa # each leaf. where the worms
. s'd DO congregate. As the season
LONG the turkeys get fat, but 1t
aA' mi fatness that is not agreeable,
oh ,hey have to go through a diet
..,n before they are fit to eat.
u ssa the hops reach a height OF two
' .p.aa feet the time for pooling"
'D rived Cedar poles about
,.s feet in length are used for
sDs :urnose, being driven into the
y r three inches from the plant
y snrjgs are then trained around
y. noles, carefully turning them
81, ~ rigbt. 1t is a singular fact that
~ vill grow no other way than to-
~ The setting sun. Another singu-
=. Thing about the fields is the pres
- Of the male plant. Several OF
sss will be found in every yard. In
nnearance they are similar to the
males. except in the very important
a-,icnlar that they do not bear hops.
oveyer no field yields well without
,nota Of so-called "barren hills"
s,afullv tended and reared by the
-.,.watchfu farmer the vines grow
a height OF eighteen or twenty feet,
4 should Ceres prove propitious, as
H. has this past season. the harvest
ms comes and the dark green
ranches yield a plentiful supply OF
seet- scented buds.
The hops are picked into oblong
modem boxes containing four apart
rsnts each of which holds about
even bushels. Running between the
ompartments and over the box is a
isge.pole. The box is movable and
the hops are picked from around Ii
transferred to a new ''set" further
Into tie unpicked portion OF the yard,
h every two boxes there belongs 8
bolepuIler, whose business it is K
keen the pickers supplied with work
h. euts the stalk of the vine at the
bottom and then with the help of
,dogn draws the pole with his clingine
Hines from the ground. 1t is carried
h the box, the vines are stripped ant
paced upon table between two boxe
and within easy reach of the pickers
An average days picking is two boxes
Though some of the fast workers picl
double that number.
From the fields the hops are carries
10 sacks to the kiln, generally near by
hop kiln has three rooms, two o
the first floor and one above. The lai
Ter is the drying-room, and the tw
former are respectively the storerooi
where the hops are kept after curin
and The rooms where the fires are KEY
going. This is separated from the DIR,
ing.room above by Il thin partition
aths and cotton cloth. mi is a larg
stove and a series of pipes. The Il
nOsphere is kept at about 100 degree
Rnd it takes about twelve hours of tn
70 dry the hops spread out on the foo
oi the dryiug-room. When the dool
are opened in the morning and the b.
air allowed to escape the green buds
yesterday have colored into beautif
golden brown. There is a difference
the weight also-for the $500 poun'
that were put in fresh from the vim
but go are taken out. The rest c
capped through the cowl in the roc
HE work is now almost done and Il
grower has only to bale his hops al
send them to market when it suits b
Pleasure to do so. He watches t
quotations carefully, and when in /
Judgment the price has reached t
highest notch he sells and takes we
earned rest. Detroit Free Press.
49,
II have made it rule" said
olSy6ody at the Unbeatable the 9th
Jay to the man on his left, "never
med'lle with another mans bushes;
mats right-perfectly right" "B
see you have new confident
seFs' Yes, sir-yes,n Hes
aa'd looking case. I've seen h
uruhk dozen times, and | would
trust him out of my sight will
nickel. Took him out of charity
en- We'll, not altogether. y
AuOw' lie happens to be my old
SOM Then there was period of
ieace so painful that both wisf
somebody would yell "Fire!''-N.
NJ now old is Charley Hopki
Sa0'ly' asked Mr.. Bentley, as
passed his cup to Mrs. B. for sec,
lrPp'y OIL coffee. "Twenty-four, pa
WY do you ask?" replied Molly. -,