Hopping (1914): 72 acres grubbed

Post date: Apr 01, 2014 6:52:3 PM

Extract from Kent and Sussex Courier Friday 04 December 1914

The monthly meeting of the Kent Executive of the National Farmers Union was held at the Bull hotel, Maidstone on Friday. Present Messrs. B. Champion, O.English …

[Other matters discussed included Navy appeal for fruit and veg; shortage of labour and use of children; question of sugar beet; Hop growing and excessive beer duty causing semi-ruin for brewers]

Mr. English said seventy-two acres of hops had been grubbed in Wateringbury alone for the last two months.