DISTRICT OF MAIDSTONE.

Measuring the picked Hops, 248. The Measure and Price. Stated Time of Measuring, 249. Regulations respecting it Method of Measuring, 250. Keeping the Pickers? Accounts, by Means of DougLe Tauuizs! 251. Carrying to the Drying House, 254. Stripping the Poles, 255. Burning the Vines! The Effect of the Hop Picking, Scenery, 258.

The Customs of the Hop Harvest, 259. Wiping the Shoes of Strangers. Decorating the Hats of the Binmen.

Hop Supper and Revelry, at the Close, 260. ‘The Drying House, 260.

Its general Economy. The Kilns described, 261. Their various Constructions. The Floor or Platform, 262. The Sityations of Drying Houses. Drying or Curing Hops, 263. Its Intention. The Quantity dried, at once. The Skill required, 265. No THERMOMETER in Use. The Fuels employed. Formerly Charcoal. Now, Coke and Charcoal, or Raw Sea Coals. The proportional Quantity used, 266. Coloring Hops, 266. The Material Sulphur. The Practice not fraudulent, and may be beneficial. The Method of Coloring, 267. The Quantity of Sulphur used! The Duration of the Process of Drying, 268. The ordinary Management, on the Kiln. The Criterion of Dryness, The Proportion, between dry and green Hops.

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