Frank Ernst, second left, and wife, fourth left, with their family working on the Horst Hop Ranch near Independence. He is a carpenter; she is a nurse; they are vacationing. Kids are Johnny, 11 left; Alice Marie, 16, light shirt; Mary Ann, 13, fifth from left; twins Lue and Sue, 15; and Paul, 9, foreground right
Dr. Kenneth Keller, USDA agronomist stationed with the OSC experiment station, discussing hop fertilizer trials during a hop field day on the college experiment station. Photo by R. G. Fowler
Orren Godd, check boss, left, at the Mitcoma hopyard watches Janiece Gerhard, 15, Middle and Jorene Johnson 17, dump a basket of hops into a hopper in preparation for sacking and weighing
Mr. and Mrs. Leanard Ward, Portland, picking hops on W.H. Walker yard near Independence. The two of them made $32 their best day and averaged $28 to $30. Photo by R.G. Fowler, Jr
Mr. and Mrs H.L. Worley, from Longview, Washington, are picking hops at the Mitoma Hop Yard near Independence. He is a Texan; she is a Minnesotan. He was a Marine private during the war and saw service at Bremerton, Washington. Presently, he is a second rigger in the woods and is picking hops while the woods are closed as a fire precaution. $8.13 one day--August 21
Twenty varieties of barley and 36 of oats were under trial at Malheur branch experiment stations 1954 field day. Neil Hoffman (left) examines test strip of Bonneville barely, a stiff-strawed high-yielding variety recommended for the area, that has average
Brewmaster and two assistants from the Blitz Weinhard brewery, Portland, are shown hop breeding work under way on the OSC experiment station by G.R. Hoerner, extension hop specialist. Photo by R. G. Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. William Rick, Baker, picking at the Mitoma hopyard near Independence. They are old timers and have been picking each season for 30 years. He is 77; she, 72; $12 per day.
More than 11,000 pollen bags were placed in the experimental hop yard in 1950 as part of the breeding program. This is a general view of the experimental breeding plot. Taken as part of the series of hop photos
Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Edgar, 2663 N.W. 26th Court, Portland, picking hops at the R.M. Walker yard near Independence. He is a painter on a vacation. Making $12-$14 per day
Oregon State University hop breeder Shaun Townsend looks over hop cones coming off the processor conveyer at the OSU research hop yard in Corvallis, Oregon
Oregon State University barley breeder Patrick Hayes compares two row (right) and six row barley heads at OSU's Hyslop research farm near Corvallis, Oregon