The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . SPIMO SURE KILL for MOULD AS WELL AS APHIS onHOPS. TRACE MARKREG Costs 2/6 per 100 Callons of DILUTEDWASH, Ready for Use. IT IMPROVES THE GROWTH OF THEPLANT & IMPARTS A GOOD COLOUR TOHOI* SAMPLES. NON-POISONOUS AND FREE FROM ARSENIC. Full particulars from the Sole Manufacturers, E. A. WHITE, Limited, HOP AND FRUIT GROWERS, PADDOCK WOOD, KENT. JOYCES PATENT AUTOMATIC PURE HOT AIR System of HOP DRYING. FIRST P^IZE, SPECIAL SILVER , Awarded at theTUN BRIDGE WELLS & S. E. COUNTIESAGRICULTURAL SHOW, JULY, particulars, apply to WILLIAMS
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . SPIMO SURE KILL for MOULD AS WELL AS APHIS onHOPS. TRACE MARKREG Costs 2/6 per 100 Callons of DILUTEDWASH, Ready for Use. IT IMPROVES THE GROWTH OF THEPLANT & IMPARTS A GOOD COLOUR TOHOI* SAMPLES. NON-POISONOUS AND FREE FROM ARSENIC. Full particulars from the Sole Manufacturers, E. A. WHITE, Limited, HOP AND FRUIT GROWERS, PADDOCK WOOD, KENT. JOYCES PATENT AUTOMATIC PURE HOT AIR System of HOP DRYING. FIRST P^IZE, SPECIAL SILVER , Awarded at theTUN BRIDGE WELLS & S. E. COUNTIESAGRICULTURAL SHOW, JULY, particulars, apply to WILLIAMSON & ALLEN, Gloucester,HORACE W. JOYCE, Tupsley, Hereford, Or the Makers, DRAKE & FLETCHER, Our Hop Acreage. My forecast last week of the probable reductionof the English hop area is proved by the officialreturns, just issued, to be practically correct. Iestimated our present area at about 45,000 acres,and the statement of the Board of Agriculture de-fines it as 44,938. This shows a reduction fromlast year of 1,784 acres, and from we havelost 4,029 acres, equal to more than 8 per cent. Acomparison of the present position with that often years ago is much more serious, as during thatinterval our area has diminished by nearly 6,000a:res, or about 12 per cent. Although it-may be argued that, as our improvedcultivation has increased our productive capacitythe loss of acreage is not of such importanceas appears on the surface, it must be admittedthat we are losinz much in the employment oflibour and the consequent circulation of money,and 1 feir we must accept these change* as indi-cations of the unremunerative character of theindustry and must therefore conclude that suchu
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