The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01
=, ! Million Dollars Cleared
by the Growers.
! PRODUCT 5000 BALES.
.hington Supreme as the Hop
growing Country of the World.
.sed Acreage but Decreased Crop,
~s..ts TO Lice-High Prices Make
n..~ers Rich-welcome I'm London
~..sst--A Good Outlook.

- srcwing Is one OF the great industries of
.sh,reten. and the Puget sound country Is
@shIs destined to become the great hop
-. eourtry OF the world. IL has the ad-
k..ss of A mild and even climate, soil OF such
- snd richness that vines continue to bear
.s~asnt crops after having been planted
...<., a century, and has hitherto enjoyed
.,,.r immunity from the diseases to which
s,oss are subject In other districts. The
q. 80 been raised with remarkable success in
Z. nrxsnlish, White river, Puyallup, Snoqual-
eksoit and Chehalis valleys. There are
a .s.tfsred ranches around Renton and Gil
:. 4 lynden and Jarman prairie In whatcom
- and AT Chimacum in Jefferson county.
-, ranches have been established in the
<.ssna valley, in Eastern Washington.
~ n-odnct of the year 1890, for the state of
...hinston. has been about 5000 bales or
- n mounds. The production of the year
- - about 1900 bales or 100000 pounds,
8 that Of 1885 was ss4a2 bales or 6,55t,Sa3
sr,ds King county leads with about 1900
-. the rich White River valley, the great
ssrcnslmic ranch, and number of smaller dis
~, being within its boundaries. The snoqual-
81 rsnch. which is the largest in the world.
~ produced about 5000 ba es.
~ year 1890 shows a decreased production,
aboueb the acreage had increased about 10
1 $ ctut to 5000 acres. This fact is due to the
rures Of the hop louise. During the twenty-six
IN that hop growing has been carried on In
lnhingfon not crop has failed through
ksusht, blight disease or lice. Lice have been
1 he country west of the Cascade mountains
wyesn. but they have not attacked the hop
/ rses until last summer, having confined their
svsres to other foliage. Last summer, Just
IL -
sstsd the vines simultaneously throughout
v~hinrton, Oregon and British Columbia. and
nusd the Yield to fall below the average. The
M averages about 1900 pounds to the acre,
keusb II runs all the way up to 1900 pounds,
IT for the past year the average will not run
~ 100 pounds. On the Snoqualmie rannh,
viich has averaged ton to the acre, the total
tu not over 81 900 pounds for go acres
i spite Of the decreas in the total product
rear has been more profitable one to the
epzss than the year 1889. In 1889, in sonse-
nence Of the crop being unusually good in all
| A hop-erowing districts of the world, prices
nkd % low as 10 leave little or no profit to the
Wrpser the highest rate received being cents a
Xyand, while many sales were made as low as
Xnh In iso0 the market opened at about Is
umk but ran up rapidly, owing to expectation
Il shortage the world over. The highest point
mched was 20 cents, and for the greater part OF
/ Re season the price was above 80 ,ents. The
horage was less than expected and the price
lm dropped again. Nevertheless the crop In
England. New York and Germany was below
Uas average and the acreage is so great, New
fork and England combined having 10 900, that
Utuy small decrease in the yield per acre makes
iepndderahle difference in the total produc-
Don Very little was sold at either extreme of
be range Of prices. The average price obtained
Washington has been nearly IS cents. and the
#ra Of production being not over . cents, the
tmes have realized an, immense profit. On
BE basis the price obtained for the whole crop
m H,7o,oo0, OF which over 100000 was
lpat
YEARLY the whole Of this wears crop has al