The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-09-07

state has been light, and while to 70
has been realized for some of the best
growths others have sold at to SC.
In most sections growers are quite un-
willing to sell fine goods at sc, but
buyers are now rarely bidding more.
Picking is in progress on the West and
Palmer's seedlings and a few bales
have been forwarded. Next week the
Humphreys will be picked, and work
will begin on the main crop about
Sept. Sd. Those who have visited the
yards recently give very favorable re-
ports both as to quantity and quality,
and If care is used in picking we ought
to have one of the best crops to handle
that we have had in years. Some Of
the estimates of the yield in this state
run up to 175,OO0 bales. Numerous
contracts have already been made
with brewers on the basis of 10c. 1t
now begins to look as If the entire
crop on the Pacific coast will be
picked, in which event there will prob
ably be 16O,0 600 to 165, 200 bales to mar
ket. The efforts to lessen the cost
of handling the crop are meeting with
success. We are informed that the
price of picking this season will be CSC
per box, as against 81 last year, and
points on the Pacific coast to this city
will be reduced after Aug. 30th to $160
per 100 pounds--70c below the present
rate. Latest advices from Germany
are very good, and English reports are
fair.-O. Y. Price Current.
Koa Nets, buying for Phil Neil 6
Co. of Seattle, will this season make
Salem his headquarters. He was at
Aurora last year. Salem will be a
| central point for buyers this year.
HE RAH ---
| There will be a largely increased
| output of hops from the Pajaro val
| ley, Cal, this season. All the work
of picking will be done by whites.
| In California: Lake county-Hop
picking has begun in one or two yards,
and will be in full blast in another
| week. Butte (Oroville)-Hop picking
| in Concow valley began last week and
! the crop for the acres planted is un-
| usually heavy. Wheatland-Hop pick
| ing is going on at a rapid rate and the
, heat is quite severe, but it does not
appear to be of the prostrating kind
! that is so universally felt in the East
! when a hot wave rolls over that coun-
| try.
Picking is in progress in this state,
and the wealth has been ideal for the
! purpose. The market is very quiet
| Fair to good Pacific coast, crop
| 1893 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3 @1O
Good to choice 1898 ........... ~ Ml2
S. F. Country Merchant.
1t now looks as though some Puyal-
lup yards hat We're not thoroughly
sprayed will not be picked. 1t takes
! good spraying to produce good hops,
and at present prices it will not pay
to spend to 6 cents picking and cur
ing a poor hop. Van Harris has ex-
amiued most of the yards in his vicin-
ity, and says the hop outlook Is not
bright except in few fields. He will
begin picking Monday and picking
will be general in the upper Puyallup
valley by Monday. Growers say that
there is plenty of picking money to
be had.-Puyallup Commerce.
The American cOESul at Hamburg,
Germany, reports to the state depart
ment that the hop harvest will equal
the yield of the most favorable years
in the past, and in consequence Amer
lean hops, which have been extensively
used in Germany during the last year
will find few if any buyers in the
! German market. Reports from Eng
land are of similar tenor, and 1t is
thought that Europe viii! raise more
! hops this year than will be required
for home consumption.
The legal size of box is 36 inches
long by Is inches wide, by 30 inches
deep; all measurements inside The
box shall contain 1914 cubic inches.
A few lots of early hops have been
purchased at 10 cents. Hop picking
/ became general Monday and Tuesday.
There is no change in the favorable
outlook for a fair crop of excellent
uuality.-Otsego Republican,.