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| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 12 |
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22 stories matching lice
- The Hop Lice Crisis in Puyallup
As hop lice decimate the region's vines, farmers scramble for a solution to salvage the failing harvest.
- The War on Lice in the Hop Fields
A local hop merchant reveals the specific, labor-intensive chemical formula needed to save the crop from blight.
- Lice Threaten the Hop and Apple Crop, and the State Says Spray Now
Washington's horticulture board warns that leaf lice are spreading fast in Western Washington and issues a detailed spraying recipe before the harvest is lost.
- The Hop Louse Sabotage
A breakthrough in the Puyallup Valley reveals the hidden life cycle of the pest destroying Washington's hop industry.
- The Hop Lice Menace on the Snoqualmie
As harvest approaches, farmers in the Snoqualmie Valley organize to battle an infestation threatening the region’s vital hop crop.
- The Novel Experiment of Using Sheep to Tend Hops
Yakima hop growers are turning to livestock to solve labor costs and crop management in the fields.
- Puyallup Growers Face a New Threat
Hop lice and a mysterious 'snapping beetle' have been sighted in Puyallup yards, causing concern among local growers already strained by a lack of funds.
- The War on the Hop Aphis
As hop growers in Puyallup and Kent prepare for the season, a new state law empowers the horticulturist to force farmers to spray for pests.
- The Hop Blight Crisis
A report from London suggests that English hop growers are facing a devastating infestation of lice, prompting local Seattle merchants to prepare for a surge in demand for Washington-grown hops.
- The Horror of the Seattle Police Dungeon
A man held for seven days without charges in a 'black hole' recounts the squalor, lice, and mental torture inflicted by the local department.
- The War on the Hop Louse
Prominent farmer Ezra Meeker warns that local growers must act immediately to spray their crops or face total ruin.
- Railroads Raise the Freight on a Crop Already at Rock Bottom
A half-cent-a-pound shipping increase hits Washington hop growers just as overproduction and lice drive prices to their lowest ebb.
- The Real-Estate Man Who Talked to His Dead Wives
A Seattle real-estate operator was committed to Steilacoom after a court found him insane—convinced he could commune with his dead wives and that enemies were trying to poison him with chicken lice and smallpox germs.
- Pestilence in the Puyallup Valley Hop Fields
A rainy, humid August threatens the harvest as growers fight aphid infestations and labor shortages.
- A Tolt Farmer's Simple Solution for Hop Pests
After trying every known remedy, a local farmer discovers a cost-effective way to save his harvest.
- The Hop Louse War on the Green River
Farmers in the Puyallup and Green River valleys battle an infestation of hop aphids using new horse-powered sprayers.
- The War on the Puyallup Hop Louse
Puyallup farmers share hard-earned lessons on crop protection, revealing the tension between 'muscle' and 'brains' in early industrial agriculture.
- An Invasive Pest Stalking Seattle's Shade Trees
Millions of eggs have been discovered on poplar and maple trees, threatening to decimate the city’s urban canopy.
- The King of the Hop Fields
In 1891, Washington's hop industry was a global juggernaut, fueling a million-dollar boom and transforming the Puget Sound landscape—until the lice arrived.
- The Great Hop Louse Debate of 1892
A scientific dispute over crop-destroying insects exposes the perils of amateur entomology in the Washington territory.
- The Rising Tide of Chehalis Hops
Local farmers see a golden future in hop production, aiming to make their region the hop capital of Washington state.
- Inside the 'Hell Hole': Life for the Unemployed in 1893
An anonymous laborer provides a harrowing account of the brutal conditions and daily struggle for survival in Seattle's winter saloons.