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Show IKHMIIISIMI IMIli: t'MTl.ll .STATIW. . A cxvsim Imllilhi relating ta hops, glveasoninlulereitlug particulars. In HW 3.iK0,tKK) iioundt wero grown en fi l,000acrcs ollittd lu suvrntrenrllaies. New York Stan Is lint with W.'MW.CKM lAum's, Wathlnglontioxt with 8,000,-Out), 8,000,-Out), California with O.oOO.UOH, Oirgon H.MM.OOO and Wlicontin H.',M7. Three live Blatca projuced 09.4H ptr cent of theenllre crop of the United Hlatta. The value of Ihe crop for 1)89 wot l,O0o,OJO. The crop cf 1800 amounted to neatly .T7,OOi),0JJ utnls, and though lest than that of 1893, tu worth 111,10.1,421. This It due hi the fact that tho avi rage trice of hops lu IfcSD waa only ten cenla A pound, wlillo Ih l8) It was over thirty rents. The hop lint was Introducoit Inlo America about two hundred aud filly years ago. In colonltl times lis cultivation was encouraged by legislation. However, It did net become cjaullled as an article) of commerce com-merce until after 180). About 1S10 It began to figure lu maiket reporls. Hop-yardsAiul plantations were soon cetaMliheJ. In 181) nlnut l,4W,(WO pounds were raised, lu I8.V) In bis Ihlt amount wat produced. The Increase from then tcame gradutl until In 18S3 the proxlurt excenleil S5,0W,0tfi) pounds. During the lait ten years the price of good hops hat fluctuated between 10 cents aud JI per pound. Of all theft rluclpal agricultural products pro-ducts grown In the United Mtatet, In-cludtnj; In-cludtnj; corn, wheat, ryr, oats, barley, lobaoco, bay, lice, cotton, sugar, potatoes, etc., the rojortlonsto lu-crtaio lu-crtaio lu quantity an I value fur Iho latt forty years Is far greater for barley and hops, thu two products used lu the inauufactute of milt llqubrs, than for any of Ibuotheis. |