The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
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that class OF people, put al until tomor-
row what should be done today.
Ezra Meeker's conclusion is yerv reason
able, and If more would follow it the COM
ing season, next fall We would not be so
far behind Oregon that certain firms would
not handle our hops at ALL Meeker saws
that if in five minutes diligent search
only one louise could be found, there were
many more that could not be found. and
then is the time to begin to spray, for it is
comparatively easy to kill one louise,
whereas in weeks time every one of the
thousands of increase would not likely be
killed. As to which does the work in the
destruction of the vermin, the whale oil
soap or the quassia. Mr.. Fernandez thinks
the soap kills and the quassia only acts as
a stimuiant TO the vine. whereas Mr..
Meeker thinks the soap acts only as We
hlcie for the conveyance of the quassia,
which does the deadly work. C. W. Stew
arts experience is that the whale oil soap
is what kills, as he tried immersine the
vermin in . strong solution of quassia
without fatal effects. Still, the vernin
have distaste for vines which have had
thorough spraying with the emulsion COM
posed of whale oil soap and quassia, and
do not trouble for at least two and per-
haps three weeks time. whereas if only
the soap IS used the vermin will be trouble
some in a week
This years experience will doubtless
throw much light on the subject of con-
tending with the hop louise in the state OF
Washington. We probably will have
more favorable season for the hop crop
than We had last year. as the indications
for the past few months have been for an
earlier spring, and the weather being
favorable for a forward, vigorous growth
of vines, the lice will not be able to do
quite the damage that they would on
backward, puny plant. But even with the
most favorable of seasons the grower must
take the utmost p-ecaution against the
vermin, as perhaps there is not one yard
in Western Washington that is as strong
end vigorous as it was three years ago and
as able to withstand the ravages of in
sects. The only emulsion which has
proven at all satisfactory is the whale oil
soap and quassia, and it has been decided
by some of the largest and best growers
that boiling the quassia chips when max
ing the infusion or extract was detri-
ment. J. Query, near Alderton, was sue
cessful in raising good quantity of choice
quality in 1892 and he did not boil his
quassia- soaking three pounds in forty
five gallons of water, soaking the quassia
several times, but always adding three
pounds fresh to every forty-five gallons of
water. This year hewill use little more
quassia. On the other hand, another gen.
tleman near Alderton used his quassia too
many times and boiled it three times over.
He did not raise more than half a crop,
and although not of choice quality, he
was offered 1917 cents for it this week.
This gentleman will not boil his quassia
this year. and will also use more of it.
The only, sales reported are to A. c.
Campbell, tifty-two bales from Andrew
Miller at 1S1z cents, and forty-two bales
from Mosolph, at IS cents, which two lots
will be shipped to Charles Greene, Son,
Brainard & Co., of New York, this being
the first bought for this company by Mr..
Campbell this year, against 1,400 bales
| shipped to London. Probably from now
on there will be standing orders for this
firm. Mr.. Campbell has also orders for
certain choice grades for the Lon don mar
ket, so that market is not yet glutted.
Seventeen to Is cents is being paid here
for mediums.
A. G. Campbell has bought one of the
finest farms in the Yakima valley from
John Stone. situated six miles from North
Yakima, i'll Selah valley, consisting of 2i0
acres, sixty-tive of which are in hops, fifty
| in alfalfa and 1000 fruit trees. Mr.. Camp
bell will this year increase his hop acreage
to 100 acres. There is water on the ground
| for irrigation purposes. a 81 900 reservoir
| having been completed. Mr.. Campbell
and his son J. Harry will conduct the
| farms, the family remaining still in Puy-
allup. J. p. Stewart has leased his hop
! yard OF twenty acres to Peniieid Bros,
who had it last year. Oliver, of Alderton,
! consigned his crop of eight tons to New
York, receiving IS cents advance. d. NJ.
Ross will conduct his yard of thirteen
acres himself this year, 1t having been
leased for the past two or three years and
trst-class hop not being raised.
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