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Show As hop raiser?, the great American people have thus far failed to prove adepts. Tlioir ability to "hop Scotch," "walk Spanish" or trip the light fan- tastic is of course unquestioned, but the experience of the past few years ias not been flattering to their experiments experi-ments in growing that twining vine which produces the aromatic fruit or flower so useful in making the beverage bever-age known as beer. The result of the present season it worve than that of 1S7L', and Che crop lias been hut about (V,000 bales to supply a demand for 110,000. Brewers arc looking across the water to supply the deficiency, but they say they wi'l charge n- .thing extra for their beer, liood, honest : " .onls that they nre! |