Ok...this is cool. 1866 report detailing hop growing.

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Just messing around on ze internets and found this. It's dated 1866 and titled "Second Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture".

If my kids were younger this would be their new bedtime story...

Enjoy: Second Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture :rockin:

Oh, be sure to scroll up one or two pages to the start.

 

[ThreeDogsNE]

Thanks! That's fun reading. Price then was 30-80 cents per pound (page 38). Best price I've seen recently was $7 per pound on E-bay, with usual prices much higher. Guess that's what 144 years of inflation will get you. Still, compared to pay rates then and now, I bet we're getting a good deal nowadays.

 

[rniles]

I thought it interesting that they purposefully place male hop plants strategically in the hop field to ensure female hops were to be pollinated.

 

[CaliBrewin]

very cool read.

i find it funny how the process of hop production is for the most part the same now as it was way back then.

again, good find, thanks for sharing.

 

[Hopfarmer]

Wow great old article

 

[evanos]

Very cool!