§ MR. A. M. BROOKFIELD (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the latest official information the Board possesses as to the acreage and yield of hops in the United States is derived from the Census Bulletin, published in Washington on 12th November, 1891; and whether, in view of the importance that English hop growers attach to having the latest intelligence on questions of this kind, he will take steps to obtain, either from official or from some other reliable sources, the most recent available information as to the state of American hop cultivation?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTUREOn inquiry of the United States Department of Agriculture earlier in the year, we were informed by the Government Statistician that no more recent official information exists with regard to the acreage and yield of hops than that to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers. The officer in question was, however, good enough to supply a memorandum which contains estimates from unofficial sources as to the acreage and yield in California, Washington, and Oregon, and we propose to make this information public in the Journal of the Board of Agriculture for the present month.