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Acknowledgments In the preparation of this work the author has had the co-operation of many of the leading hop growers and dealers in two continents, to whom his debt is most gratefully acknowledged for facts, experiences and photographs. The United States department of agriculture has furnished certain illustrations, while official statistics and returns have been supplied by the United States treasury department, the English board of agriculture and the German foreign office. The somewhat scanty literature on the subject has been freely drawn upon, including nearly all the works listed in our bibliography. During the past fifteen years that the author has been collecting data on this subject, in connection with "Our Hop Growers' Exchange" department in American Agriculturist, many invaluable statements have been received and these have also been fully employed, particularly numerous essays of practical men on the cost of growing hops. Special services have been rendered that should have special recognition. From the state of Washington came important helps by E. Meeker and James Hart, also Major R. M. Hornsby of British Columbia. Oregon: A. J. Wolcott, H. J. Ottenheimer. California: Lilienthal & Co. of San Francisco, and the Pleasanton Hop Company afforded every possible assistance in the way of photographs, statistics of coast crops, etc.; Daniel Flint, the hop pioneer, was a liberal contributor from his experience; also L. F. Long and others, while Horst Brothers placed at our disposal all the experience and resources of their various hop plantations. New York: James F. Clark, the largest hop grower in the state; W. A. Lawrence, Editor W. S. Hawkins of the Waterville Times, Secretary Fox of the New York city hop trade. In England, the London hop dealers extended every assistance, also numerous growers. All the results of the scientific experiments conducted at the Southeastern agricultural college at Wye, in Kent, were generously made available for this work by President Hall. Editor E. H. Elvy of the Kentish Observer aided with valuable data and pictures. Editor Ironmonger's work in the English Hop Grozver (a useful journal, now defunct), has also been an important aid, and he has contributed otherwise to this book. As secretary of the National Association of English Hop Growers, Mr. Thomas Ironmonger has also rendered much valuable assistance. Special credit should be given to Charles Whitehead's works. In Europe, we are under special obligations to C. Beckenhaupt of Alsace, Von Barth & Co., the Nuremberg merchants, Editor Fairt of the Deutschen Hopfenbau VErein, and many others. Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the division of entomology of the United States department of agriculture, prepared the most of the admirable chapter on hop insects. Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the division of chemistry, aided in preparing the chemistry of the hop plant, as presented by E. E. Ewell, assistant in that division. N. F. Walter's glossary of hop terms is a distinct contribution to technical literature. C. F. Dalton deserves much credit for assistance in putting the book to press. In all modesty, therefore, this book may be accepted as a comprehensive treatise on its special topic. Particular pains have been taken to make it strictly accurate, so that it may be the authority upon all points pertaining to hops of which it treats. Table of Contents CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF HOP CULTURE: Early History of the Crop; Development of the Industry; Changes it has undergone; Its Present Condition and Future Prospects. CHAPTER II. PECULIARITIES OF THE INDUSTRY: Special Characteristics and Uncertainties of the Hop Crop that make it Unique; Effect of Substitutes, Adulteration, Taxation, Consumption, Climate, Insects, Fungi, Wide Fluctuations in Prices, etc. Use of the Hop (strobile), the Vine, and Root. CHAPTER III. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANT: Botanical Characteristics; Differentiation; Confusion of Varieties; Male and Female Hops; The Principal Kinds; Seedless Hops, Varieties; What Constitutes Quality in Hops. CHAPTER IV. COMPOSITION OF THE HOP PLANT AND ITS FRUIT. Characteristics of Lupulin; Varieties in Composition; The Chemistry of Hops. CHAPTER V. THE CLIMATE AND SOIL FOR HOPS: Preparation of Soil; Peculiar Climatic Conditions Required; Necessity of Proper Soil; The Kinds that Give Best Resuits, and Why; How to Prepare the Land for a new Plantation; American and Foreign Methods. CHAPTER VI. FEEDING THE HOP PLANT: Special Requirements; What Hops take from the Soil; Effect of Different Elements of Plant Food on Quantity and Quality; Various Manures and Manurial Substances; Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals; Formulas for Hop Mixtures; When and How to Apply Fertilization. CHAPTER VII. LAYING OUT A HOP YARD TRAINING THE VINES: Direction of Rows; Distance Apart; Training on Poles, Vines, Strings, etc.; American vs. English, French and German Systems. CHAPTER VIII. PLANTING AND CULTURE: Starting Plants; Selection and Care of Roots; How to Plant Them; Care of New Plantations the First Year; Treatment of Old Yards; Plowing, Grubbing, Cultivating, Hoeing, Laying By, etc. CHAPTER IX. METHODS OF THE PLEASANTON HOP COMPANY: Full Details of the Modus Operandi Practiced by one of the Largest Hop Growers in the World. CHAPTER X. PESTS OF THE CROP: Its Insect Enemies Fully Treated by L. O. Howard; Blights, Rusts and other Fungi; Hail, Wind, Frost, etc.; Practical Directions for Combating all these Pests. CHAPTER XL HARVESTING THE CROP; When to Pick the Hops; Maturity vs. Other Conditions; Management of Pickers; Full Account of all Details. CHAPTER XII. KILNS FOR CURING HOPS: German and English Oast Houses; Old and New Curing Houses in America; Modern Curing Establishment on the Pacific Coast; With many illustrations of every detail. CHAPTER XIII. CURING, COOLING AND BALING HOPS: Scientific and Practical Directions Covering every step of the Process; Management of the Curing Process; Sulphuring or Bleaching; Baling Hops; Many Additional Notes on Curing. CHAPTER XIV. GRADING, SAMPLING AND MARKETING: The Grades of Hops in American and English Markets; Sampling Hops Preparatory to Selling; Necessity of Honest Packing and Grading; Marketing the Hop; When to Sell to the Best Advantage; Factors Affecting Prices; Storing, Preserving or Extracting Hops. CHAPTER XV. CONCENTRATION IN HOP GROWING: Evolution of the Industry on the Pacific Coast; Consolidation of Hop Ranches Under a Single Management; Example of the Horst Brothers. CHAPTER XVI. EXPENSES AND PROFITS: Itemized Accounts of Cost of Production in America, England and Europe; Profits and Losses. APPENDIX: Tables in Detail; Statistics of Area, Yield and Prices in Various Countries; Glossary of Terms Used by N. F. Walter; Bibliography; Miscellaneous. End of Preview. RETURN to Main Titles Index or Self Reliance Cooking, Canning, Preserving
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