The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-14


much, are coming u nicely. e. c
Herren reports his yard, south Of sa.
lem, in splendid conditions, and esti.
mates his crop this year will be 20
per cent. larger than was that OF last
season from the same acreage.
In a letter to The Journal, concern.
ing the prospects for the hop crop,
Chas. May & Co. hop merchants, of
Albany, N. Y, say Of the conditions in
that state:
AS far rs II New York state crop
is concerned. we can say that, under
the influence of good hot, forcing
weather for the past week. our crop
prospects have improved very much.
and, while we will not have a large
lcrop, still indications point at this
time to about 10000 bales; at the
same time we wish to a that all es.
Inmates at as early a date as this are
merely guess work.
"As far as our market is concerned
we can report IL very duh, with a de.
clining tendency. caused mainly by the
poor beer weather that we had last
month, and the consequent absence of
demand from brewers up to this date.
"As yet there is no authentic infor.
nation at hand as OF the prospects of
the English crop; vermin was reported
there some time ago, but, under the
influence Of the fine weather they
have had for the past week or so,
there is no doubt but what conditions
have vastly improved. The reports
from the Continent up to this time
have been very favorable"
Linn County Report.
A representative Of Faber q Mes,
hop dealers and brewers, Albany. es-
Inmates that there will be a 10000.
bale crop for 1903 He says in the
yards visited there is not much yer.
min. and that the condition of the
crop, as to quantity, has improved. He
does not believe lice will aflict the
crop much. but advises all growers
who have some lice now to spray be.
fore the crop blooms. The vines have
made unusually long arms, and this
insures a bigger crop. The missing
hills are not going TO cut the crop
down so much as was expected, AZ
there is always a percentage of miss.
ing hills. He does not look for any
advance. but further declines. as the
early hops in England will be in mar
ket by August goth, and II takes long.
err thar that TO get hops across the
water at present. The prospects for
a growers pool he does not consider
very hattering. SO long as hops will
sell for 10 70 16 cents, there is no
pool needed to save the grower. and
only an unexpected failure in England
or Germany will send up prices.
To be successful a pool must be
formed by at least two-thirds of the
growers on the Pacific coast before
the hops are in a bale. A small pool
OF 5000 bales will not %perceptibly af.
feet the market. A larger pool would
control the situation, II the pool would
engage one firm to sell. and make no
consignments. II should employ an
expert grader, appoint a committee on
appeals. and divide profits on all hops
sold above a minimum price. Hops
they tried TO buy a week ago at
17h cents are now offered them at II
cents. with a downward tendency of
A Joke is told on Mills. OF
Gervais. who bet 500 with a dealer
the crop OF 1902 would not be
over $1,000 bales in Oregon. The $40
was in the hands of a stakeholder,
and on his request. the money was
Surrendered to Mills some months
ago, on condition that II later returns
sent the crop above $4,000 bales he
was to return II. Now the figures send
he crop up to $1,000 bales. and mills
viii be asked 20 refund the $40.
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