The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12
IN THE HOP YARDS.
Yakima Growers Adopting the
Trellis System.
THE INCREASE ~ ACREAGE.
Humidity Conducive to Propagation Of
the Hop Louse-A New and Improved
Dibble for Setting Poles.
THE INCREASE IN ACREAGE.

PUYALLuP, Feb. 11.-FSpecial.] IA. G.
Campbell shipped seventy-fve' bales of
hops on February 70 Noakes, Son 4 Col
lard, of London. Mr.. Campball has orders
for both London and New York, and is
offering anywhere from IA to 10 cents, ac-
cording to the grade.
DR.. E. T. Curtiss, whose family resides
in Puyailup, but who owns farm twenty
five miles from North Yakima paid Puy-
allup visit this week, and in an inter-
view stated that at q rough estimate there
was probably one-third of the hop crop
still remaining in the growers hands in
Eastern Washington and that very few
growers had sold outright, but most Of
those who had let their hops 60 had con-
signed them to london firms and had
been offered % cents net, but had not sold
at that figure. The acreage in hops will
be largely increased this year, Mr.. Curtiss
said. George Eaton, of Tacoma, has the
contract to put out q forty-acre trellised
yard for Horst Bros, who are hop buyers
in the East. in Sunnyside. the trellis to be
constructed with . post every fifty feet
and wire running from post to post over
the row of hops. There will be six hills
between each post and each hill will have
. wire running straight up for three feet.
where a Y is secured to the wire over
head. Some practical growers think this
method will be unsatisfactory. IS at pick
ing time the wire overhead is cut. DR..
Curtis says he will put out twenty acres on
his farm at Sunnyside. two miles below
Zilla. adjoining the yard of 100 acres which
is being put out by Fleming Co., OF Ia
coma, and is now all plowed and graded
ready for planting. Fleming Il Co. had
new yard of forty acres last year and
raised l, 200 pounds per acre a. first crop.
Peter Oleson, formerly Of Tacoma but now
of Sunnyside, will put out ten acres. and
Mr.. Haines seven acres. A. E. Barrett. of
Puysllup. sold his farm over in the Yaki-
ma country to San Francisco parties, who
will put forty acres in hops, sending to
England for the roots, thinking they will
get better variety because they are some
thing new; but samples of this same va
rieiy have been shown here, and practical
hop men thought they did not want them.
Fred Thompson, Of Sumner. will put on:
twenty acres of hops this year. making
forty acres on his farm in Sunnyside. Mr..
Mccarthy. recently of Sumner. has yard
of twenty-five or thirty acres.
DR.. Curtiss adheres to the statement
that although the hop louise appeared in
the Yakima country it did no damage.
In the Moxie yard the water was on in
the irrigating bitches when the vermin
appeared. As an experiment the water
was turned of and the lice disappeared.
The vermin remained such . short time
that no damage was done. This yard
averaged $50 pounds to its forty acres.
If this proves to be the case it would tend
to show that dampness or excessive
moisture in the air 10 conducive to the
prolific production Of the louise. q fact
noted by Prof. Riley Of Washington City
some time ago. Last summer Judge
Robert Wingate became lmbued with the
idea that the humidity OF the atmosphere
had much effect on the vermiI. This
statement was published In the Pos1-Ix-
rKLLiGRScER on July0.
n. J. Meeker has applied for patent
for hop dibble winch he has invented
II consists of . hollow sheet steel cylinder
q inches long. AZ inches in diameter at
the top and 81 inches at the bottom, with