The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-03-09


attained so much favor, any descriptive
matter on this subject will naturally be
read with interest. The system Of trel-
Using was patented in New York some
years ago, but the experiment proved a
failure, as there is now no trellis work in
New York or any OF the other eastern
yards. But New Yorker, Logan by
name, happened to be in the yard Of d.
p. burst, of Wheatland, Cal, in the year
of 1884, and gave Mr.. burst his idea Of
trellising, and, putting their heads to-
gether, they concocted system which
Is success and which is rapidly replac-
ing poles in all the hop yards. They put
up ten acres of trellis work during the
year OF 1884, and as fast as the poles gave
out trellislng has taken their place, until
now hardly any poles can be found in
any of the Wheatland hop yards. Be-
sides, there are hundreds OF acres in Sac
ramento county which have recently been
put under wire, and as fast as the benefits
of this system are becoming known more
yards are added to the list of those who
have already adopted the plan. This
year trellising is being adopted in Yak
ina, and it is safe to say that not less
| than $50 acres will be under trellis this
spring. The posts vary in size, being
from sixteen to twenty feet in length, and
from four by six inches at the top and
six by six at the bottom to eight by
eight; while some prefer them six by six
inches at the top and bottom, others like
| them six by six at bottom and six by
four at the top; but six by six inches by
twenty feet in length is considered the
best, for the reason that after several
years that portion under ground may rot /;
if SO, the posts may be turned end for end
and will last as long again.
Every post should be selected, espec-
| tally those for the outside rows, which
carry the strain. The price per post and
the price per acre vary to wonderful
degree, but California growers who have
had experience with the system claim
that an acre of trellising costing much
less than one hundred dollars is not to be
depended upon after two or three years
service. The idea should be not 'how
cheap" but rather "how substantial"
To preserve that portion of the post
that goes under ground, some use tar,
others char, but the best results are said
to be obtained from two applications of
an oil called "carbolineum."
About thirty posts are required for an
acre OF hops. The outside posts should
be at least four feet in the ground and
canted out; those on the inside, about
three feet in the ground and set straight.
The inside posts are merely supports, as
the pressure is always downward.
In the past, galvanized cable wire has
been chiefly used, but the wire most COM
monty used this year is black annealed
smooth wire-No. for cross wires and
No. for every row with galvanized wire
to splice out the annealed wire about four
or five feet up from the ground to the
anchor post from four to six feet under
ground.
The annealed wire comes in ballast
from England in the form of iron rods
and is pulled through machines which
reduce it to the required size in the mills
of this country. The price on this wire
varies from ST. to 1886 per 100 pounds,
and it is well up now, owing to the
strong demand, and a corner placed on
the output of the California Wire Works
of San Francisco.
The number OF pounds required pei
acre are: II the hills are six and hal
feet apart, $50 pounds of the No. and
653 pounds of the No. g. if the hills are
seven and half feet apart, l64la pounds
of No. A and GIL pounds of No. 6. Almost
every grower has his own idea in regard
to the putting up of trellis. We give
here the ordinary way in which it is done
in California.
And to better illustrate, we suggest
that you take lead pencil and shee'
of paper, mark thereon a square or oblonf
and imagine it an acre of hops. Marx
the lines north, east, south and west. II
is now supposed that you have laid oai
this acre into hops, the hills OF which are
six and half feet apart. To make il
clearer, mark it off into squares, and a
every intersection there is supposed to b.
hill of hops. On the eastern and west
ern boundary line make a small cross or
every hill of hops; on the northern anC
southern boundaries mark a cross Will
circle around it for every sixth hill o
hops.
These crosses will represent posts 81,
inches by six inches in width and twent.
feet in length, placed four feet in TIN
ground and canted outward. Draw
thin line from the crosses on the eastern
boundary to the corresponding cross oil
the western boundary. which will repre-