Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-03-17
HOPS.
Progress Of Hopgrowsrs-IndIcsuons fol
the Coming Crop Good.

|tivation this year. Many growers are
setting poles and some have purchased
Irvine, Notwithstanding that supplies
are higher than last year.
Altogether the outlook in Polk and
Marion counties are flattering. The
roots are in fine condition and when
warm weather does set in the plants
will rush right along. Hopmen gen,
orally realize that thorough cultiva-
tion and training and dilligent spray
ing is of more importance than any
other expenditure in the production
of fine hops. This added to careful
curing and supervision of picking is
the keynote to successful growing.
GROWERS EXPERIENCE.
ST. PAUL, March ia gentleman
of Aurora was in our Burg last week
contracting hops, the crops of 1897,
'98 and '99. He made a favorable inn
preston among the hop raisers and
made several contracts at 81 cents
per pound.
One year ago last fall the writer
consigned hops to a Salem firm with
4 cents advance on sample, two weeks
ofHar h,, nronf 90 NJ I'm rnnaiuo Snid
hops he cut into two bales and said
they were good; the third bale he
condemned. l told him II would not
allow any such proceedings. He left
aud in a short time came back to try
the balance of the bales of hops. In
his absence 1 changed the bale he had
condemned SO as to show the side that
was not cut into. He tried it, and
pronounced it all right. He then
tried twenty-five bales and condemned
two. He then told me to send the hops
to Salem and he would receive them
in that proportion, 2 out of %, and
would give 4 cents and 81 at Salem.
He condemned about one-half of the
so bales and 1 only got 81 cents all
round, and one bale of 112 pounds 1
got nothing for, n as / had 5000 to
meet that day in the First National
bank, l let the hops go at 81 cents,
except the bale of 112 pounds l got
nothing for.
JOHN w. SMYTH.
An Eastern review, coming through
by mail from New York, contains the
hop market on the Atlantic side:
Business is unimproved. Brewers
still show stolid indifference and seem
to have much less interest in the
course of the market than usual.
This is undoubtedly due to the fact of
their having such large stocks of old
hops. 1t should be remembered that
the present method of carrying hops
in cold storage helps to prevent theiT
aging, and in many a brewery today
there are '95 goods that are intrinsi-
cally worth about as much as the '9e
crop. This makes brewers less de-
pendent upon each seasons hops
Stock was so cheap last year that un'
usually heavy supplies were put away
in this way. The trading here be-
tween dealers is of small consequence,
The inability to increase the move
menJ checks any disposition to ado
to present holdings. Export demand
is less of a factor, though shippers are
still making some inquiries and take
an occasional lot of choice Pacihcs al
about 13c. That grade is held fairly
steady, but the feeling is somewhat
weaker on all ether qualities, particu'
larly medium and low grades of State
Fair to choice, 1896 crop. S@ II.
Stocks in San Francisco are il
the hands of jobbers, About ~
bales went forward the past week pei
steamer to Australia. Business OF
local account is of small volume
Wholesale values remain nominal.
as last noted. Jobbers are asking al
acvance of case. over these figures
but choice Pacific coast hops ar
steady and in fair demand, all Low
grades are easy. New York hops ar
quiet. 1896 choice hops are l2cper b
good to prime, 1O(911c.; common Il
fair 7dG91c.: Pacific coast, 1896