The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-24
OREGON
HOP
POOL
Will Again Be Formed This
Year


be made again this year." said w. II
Egan, president of the Oregon Hor
Growers Association "The question
! of export shipment has not yet pre-
sented itself" continued Mr.. Egan
but the growers, recognizing in a
combination of their crops an effective
means of disposing of their products
in competition in the worlds markets
will repeat the experiment that proved
a success last year
The Hop Growers Association will
be maintained again this year and It's
efforts to promote the growers best in
terest will this season be redoubled
Gratifying evidence of the fact that
the association is considered factor
In the hop market has already been
presented this season, A reliable firm
has offered to contract from the mem.
bership of the association the years
crop of standard quality on a basis of
Is cents per pound, but the offer has
been rejected by the officers, who are
confident that conditions will war
rant better figure before the crop
shall have been harvested and market.
ed. The association will this year con.
trol a large acreage than IL did a year
ago, and will be In better position To
aid the grower in disposing of his
crop"
Mr.. Egan says that in view OF the
favorable conditions that exist and the
encouraging prospects for good price
this years crop, IL is n serious mis-
take for growers to contract their en-
tire crops, or even a portion. at prices,
ranging from 10 to 13 cents per pound.
The best contract figure for 1902 hops
that has thus far been recorded I'm Ma
rion county was 1874 cents, and this,
Mr. Egan predicts, will be lower
figure than the crop will command In
open market Mr. Egan thinks that
the successful issue OF the associa.
tion in accomplishing. at remunera.
tive prices, the sale of last years pool
has done much TO dispel any doubts
that may have existed among growers
as to the ability OF the organization TO
realize for them a better price for their
product
James Winstanley. secretary of the
association who has just returned
from an inspection of the hop yards
of the county also speaks encourag-
ingly of the outlook. MIR. Winstan-
ley's itinerary covered GO miles Speak
ing OF his observations. he said:
while there will this year be an
increased acreage of hops, | do not pre-.
dict a yield In excess OF the 1901 crop
think $4,000 bales Is n conservative
estimate for this years crop. although
II is yet too early to make any salts
factory or reliable predictions. The
yield cannot be abnormally large foI
In many yards | note poor stand OF
vines. and more than an average mum
Der of missing hills. The stage OF the
vines at this time Ia we'll advanced
and most OF the vines are I'm health
iul state. The usual number of arms
have appeared on the plants. but II
they do not prove any more fruitful
than did many last year. the yield will
not be up To the average. and some
what diminished from the eatimat,
given above Hut at the present tim,
there is every indication OF an averag,
crop. An indications of lice that re
suited from the unreasonable rains ol
the early part of June, have been dis
PEELED by the warm weather of the
past ten days"
WI " ANhAhAi'e ~ lA'NW'h WIN Wv
prospects for good prices for this
years hops, which he says will surely
be realized. lie says the American
crop is practically all cleaned up. while
In England there remains only an In
feriOr quality of hops of last seasons
crop. With these conditions, he fg
ures that there will be a brisk demand
at unusually good prices for OregOn'f
choice quality OF hops, beginning with
the opening of the market Mr.. Win
stanley Is enthusiastic on the subject
Of probable quotations for the new
crop, and predicts that choice hops
will bring 9 10 20 cents per pound. lie
recognizes In the contracting business
a practice that is not only Improbable
TO the grower. but harmful and dam
aging to the market. There Ia an un
usually large amount Of 1902 hops
contracted In Marion county.