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HOW TO SET OUT HOPS.

Having helped to grow hops, about
 as profitable crop as anything on the farm, says Fred O. Sibley i'll Ohio
 Farmer, the ground should be plowed
 the fall before and prepared just as soon as it is dry enough to harrow in the spring; and it should be narrowed thoroughly, and all large stones and rubbish that may appear at the sur face removed. Then take a horse and
 a corn marker and carefully mark the
 ground out one way, making the rows
 at least 61z or and even feet apart.
 If the rows are straight, it is not nec-
 essary to work the ground the other
 way, as in the case of corn.
 The cross rows should be the same distance apart and made perfectly straight by use of a line Straight rows both ways not only add to the
 beauty of yard that is thoroughly titled, but they make the tillage of it practically easier. This I know to be a fact
 We'll, the cord being properly
 stretched, with hop bar the planter should make hole in the mellow soil
 not deeper than the length of the pod directly over that spot where the
 string intersects the rows made by the
 marker, following in the direction of the cord until all are made on that
 row. Then drop a little phosphate or
 we'll routed barnyard manure in each hole.
 The roots should be dug a few days
 previously and allowed to get little dry. It is important also that they
 be whole and nice, in which case.
 when ready to plant they may be safe
 ly cut into pieces about four inches
 long. Three of these pieces are suffi-
 cient to set in any hill. They should be planted by the hand as follows: First, scatter an inch of earth over the | fertilizer placed in the holes This | will prevent the roots from coming into immediate contact with the fer tilizer, which as first might have a l tendency to injure them. The roots | should be inserted separately from
 each other, and always with the eyes
 up-that is, if a speedy appearance of
 the sprouts above ground is insured.
 Then earth free from stones should be
 gently packed around them, and next | over them to the depth of an inch O.
 more, and in order to know afterward ! just where the hills are before the young hops have come up, a small stick, prepared expressly for the pur- pose, should be stuck into the ground
 at each hill. Let it extend 12 or 15 | inches above ground, for the young
 hops will then have chance to cling l to something and to get initiated, as 1 it were, into the habits of their futu-e e | life. Continue thus until the whole yard is set.
 I have helped to set out hops in vari-
 ous ways, but this method I prefer to
 all others, and most hop growers of
 renown who have tried it think like
 wise. By it the roots come up better,
 the sprouts appear earlier, and the hills situated just where desired, being al-
 ways vigorous and generally affected but little by the frost in winter. Hops have been successfully raised in the Sacramento valley, where the summer heat is as intense as in the 1 Salt River valley. Growers claimed
 three times the profit above either
 wheat or barley, as there is a home l demand for them in Arizona. It is a crop we'll worthy of trial