The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04
yermin Killed by the Spray.

GzS recently prcli Rs - VI LIS 49,
who has examined nearly all OF the yards
between Orillia and Sumner. Mr.. Higgins
says:
yermin Killed by the Spray.
THE hop yards around oriIlia look very
well indeed. and the ever present hop
aphis does not tune aloft his mournful lay.
chiefly on account of a liberal use of quas-
s!a. whale oil and the other component
parts Of the deadly spray. The Fountain
and Page ranches are comparatively free
from vermin, and show much good work
in the way OF spraying. Many of the
other farmers were dilatory about using
the wash and consequently their hops
show the negligence.
There are several promising yards
around o'Brien, but generalizing over the
whole district, the hop outlook is very
blue indeed for the grower. I have inter-
View such hop buyers as Jerome Catlin
and Or. Samuel Ramsay. and the former
Is pesslmistic 10 the output and price.
Or. Ramsay thinks the present price OF
cents for SIS is no indication OF a set
tied value and from the gist of his re-
marks he thinks that possibly hops may
improve In price. Mr.. Catlin sold thirty
one bales OF '93s for cents. and eighty
six bales OF as for 5 cents. Or. Ram
say is a very conservative buyer and has
been in the hop business for the past
thirty years. so his views would naturally
have great weight and bearing upon this
most momentous question TO the hop
growers.
The yards at Kent look exceedingly
healthy and free from aphis Mr.. Meek
er's ninety acres at this point are set out
with vines festooned upon l6-foot poles.
clean and healthy looking. and presenting
very beautiful sight. The hops are
large and firm and the yield should be OF
the best IN the valley. l.. A. Dow has
also fine prospects for good yield,
The Western Washington Crop.
1.-THE crop OF Western Washington was
calculated at 10000 bales some time ago.
but the dry weather. combined with lack
OF spraying, Will reduce this estimate 10
between 10000 and 1900 bales. Many
farmers have mado no preparations thus
far 10 pick and others have decided TO al
low the hop louise und!sputed possession.
There are some good yards near Pialschie
which have been well cared for, and show
tho work expended upon them.
Around Auburn some of the yards are
presentable, but the generality of them
show lack OF proper attention. The finest
yard viewed Of all is that Of Mr.. Kincaid
at Lummi The hops are entwined upon
splieed poles twenty feet in length. and
the vines are laden with hops. There are
sixteen and one-half acres in this hop field
and they showed much intelligent at
tention, careful spraying and good culti-
NaltoH. MT. hlUCalu mas a fnodel farm,
and many farmers should do well 10 pat
tern after his improved manner of work
ing land inteliigently
"A great many yards at this point will
not be visited by the hop picker, and few
preparations have been made to gather this
crop and the farmers have grown discour-
aged and apathetic.
THE yards from Sumner to Orting show
no care whatever for nine miles, and are
black and unkempt. Messrs. Fry and
Langous have both good. clean yards. and
the Yield from each win he UP TO the stan.
dard. They will begin picking on the Sd.
Pickcrs Want Moro Money.
"Advices from New York state say that
a pickers' union has been formed and they
wish the scale OF wages raised. as last
year they were under the mistaken i'm
preston that they were receiving 81 per
day and board. whereas when the time Of
settlement came they found themselves de-
luded. and received 20 cents per basket and
boarded themselves and two baskets
day were unusual.
Some few contracts have been made by
Frank Miller before spraying time In June
at cents. but the ranchers claim that the
dealers easily render null and void such
contracts II hops are low by saying that
they do not come up to the sample. Mr.
Miller engaged twenty tons in the summer
AT cents, and many ranchers regret very
much that they did not accept this offer
Some hop grower has experimental this
year with tobacco planted between the
rows and he says that the lice leave the
hops and try nicotine. and turn their toes
UP as soon as they come in contact with
the plant This theory is well worth try
ing and should meet with the approval OF
intelligent agricultursts
1.-THE latest advlces from Germany put
the crop at - per cent. The yield I'm En-
gland will be 60 per cent. and in New York
state 20 per cent. and in consequence hops
on the Pacific coast will be very low IN
price: in fact. so low that many yards will
not be picked