IT is a very busy scene at hop-picking. As soon as it is known that the hops are ready to be gathered, many people in various parts of London pack up a few things and start off for the hop-gardens. In many cases children are taken too, for they are able to pick the hops off the vines, while some can mind baby when mother is busy.
As the work is paid for according to the quantity done, you may be sure they make the best use of their time. Sometimes a large umbrella is taken with them this is not to keep off the sun or rain, but is opened and placed on the ground, handle upwards, and then the hops are thrown into it as they are plucked. In our picture you will see two little girls at work, and a man who is getting the rods ready for the pickers to handle next.
How good is God to all His creatures! He gives us the precious fruits of the earth, and then in-gathering provides a living for numbers of the poor, and perhaps among the poorest are to be found the hop-pickers.
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