Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-09-11
About Hops.

ial to JOURNAL-Hops continue very
quiet. There is hardly enough trading
to fix values clearly. There were fair
sales this morning Of the 1892 crop to
brewers at steady prices.
Best Pacific's are quoted at 21c to 21A.
Exports last week were 1,O5s bales, the
major part through shipments from the
Pacific coast.
Puyallup Citizen: Picking has COM
menced in many yards where it was in
tended to let the hops hang until the
middle of the month. But in these
yards the lice have made sudden in
crease and in fear that they might en-
ter the burr it was considered proper
precautionary measure to head them
off by early and expeditions harvesting.
1t had been the intention of the Meek
ers to let their hops hang to the very
last but those conditions prompted the
company to commence picking in the
big string yard of the Puysllup Hop
company at Kent where picking has
been in progress since Wednesday
morning. The sprayer is still at work
ahead of the pickers and as the yard is
well advanced no harm can come to the
hops which will interfere with baling a
choice quality. The heavy rain today
may drive some lice into the bur and
will have tendency to expedite pick
ing all over the district. 'Pickers and
all kinds Of labor are this year for the
first time drug on the market. Un-
fortunate people are here in quest of
work and connot obtain it. Preference
is invariably given to whites and many
Indians and japanese who come into
the district for labor have gone away.
About the depots, on the street corners
and along the roads, idle men may be
seen in great numbers.
The picking this year is splendid.
The lack of foliage giving the pickers a
clean advantage at the hons. Never
before have growers, however, been 30
particular about clean picking. A yard
foreman is not liable TO become very
popular among the pickers this year.
The increased acreage will lift the
Washington crop up to not far below
so, 900 pounds.
The samples already coming are
bright, ripe and in every way Of the
choice quality baled before the advent
Of lice. In fact, early samples have
never been so generally good in the mat
ter Of freedom from trash.
AT GREEN RIVER.
There is but little doubt that the
Green River District will lead the state
this season in yielding heavy and ex-
cellent crop. An old fashioned crop
will he gathered from nearly all the
acreage along the river.
George Roberts hop picking machine
has been tested and has proved itself a
success. 1t will, however, not be
brought in competition with manual
labor this season, as only one of them
will be manufactured until business re-
wives and it can be brought into requi-
sition without depriving the unem-
Ployed of the labor which they now 30
badly need.
Samples show that ]. w. Porter's
hops are small, but he says, much
brighter and better than last year. He
commenced spraying Tuesday and will
hold them back as much. as possible
until they are quite ripe. Now is the
time that the lice do the damage and
they are quite thick now in his yards.
Ed. c. Herren has the following re-
port for Salem: picking of the hop
crop has commenced In probably one
third Of the yards, but 1t will generally
be in full blast Monday. Our quality
will be extra fine this year, quantity or
yield will not be 30 large as former
years, but larger number Of bales on ac-
count Of increased acreage. We think
Oregon will produce fully 5000 to 81
600 bales this year. Last year she had
%, 500 bales. Some contracting going
on at l5 to Is cents, according to grow
er, picking money very scarce. Most
of the growers have secured pIckers on
30 days time. Oregon has 5000 acres
growing. No damage by lice reported
as yet.