Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-11-30


Chief of tho Department Of Docks
in New York city, and at his own
request, his salary has been reduc
cd from $4,000 to $4,000 u year
How many men arc there in the
United States who would do such
an act rs that?
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a The
November report of the statistics o.
tho department Of agriculture
gives the cotton prospects substan-
tally the same as tho October state
mont. The weather has boon fine
for picking, frosts have been ear.
licr than usual in the moro north.
ern States, but an earlier maturity
OF the plant is every where indica.
tied, and the past month has been
quite favorable for the maturing
bolls, while the returns of the con.
dition since August have been
much below the average, they
have been higher than those Of the
corresponding months previous
and very unfavorable, the season
averaging in October so against 76
per cent. and in September 81
against so per cont. the Novem-
Der returns give tho indicated to,
tai productive comparison with
the small crop of 1871 of the aver
age made is about 16 per cent. in
crease, with an area in cultivation
larger by ~ or ID per cent. The
greatest losses from the pre-
valences of the army and boil worm
are felt in Florida and Alabama,
and in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Georgia tho local damage has also
been heavy in Arkansas mate
rial reduction of the yield was
caused by drought in July and Au-
gust.
The comparison by States, with
last years crop, is as follows :
North Carolina, 121 South Caro-.
lima, 1874 Georgia, 119: Florida,
1902; Alabama, Ill; Mississippi, II;
Arkansas, 1O5; Tennessee, 10
Louisiana, 121; Texas, 1926; Mis-
souri,, Virginia, Illinois and other
States, which together produced
$4,000 bales in 1860, and in which
cotton culture was stimulated in
several subsequent years, now
scarcely yield 10 per cent. of that
amount. The total production, as
indicated by the returns of the first
week of November, is made very
nearly 3,450,O0O commercial bales.
At that date apparently 25 to 80
per cent. Of the crop, or nearly l.
100000 bales remained to be
picked, and subjected to the vicis.
STUDIES of the weather, which might
decrease the first aggregate by
beating storms, lor slightly enlarg-
ed it by a favorable season for the
opening and gathering the fibre of
the top crop. The indicated pro-
duct of the fibre per acre, as re-
turned from each of the counties,
makes the following averages for
each State, viz North Carolina,
173 pounds, South Carolina, 1872;
Georgia, 1870; Florida, 1876; Ala
bama, 40; Mississippi, 20; Louisi-
ana, 215; Texas, 220; Arkansas,
10; Tennessee, 100. The area in
cotton, as calculated from the re-
turns of 1872, is as follows North
Carolina, 45O,629 acres South
Carolina 57O,G52, Texas 1871, 1881,
Florida 15s,O99, Alabama 1884,
972, Mississippi 1,537,61S, Louisi-
ana 94O,31S, Texas 914, 1863, Arllan-
sas 592,512, Tennessee 51S,604.-
Calculating the indicated product,
the average bale is estimated at
465 pounds.
SCRUB GRASS, Venango Co., Pa,
Nov. 23.-Robert's Glyaerino Mag
azine, at this place, exploded this
Harry J. Wolfe, tele-
grapher, and DR.. r. A. Wright,
torpedo agent, were blown to
atoms.
1t is currently reported that
Schuyler Colfax will be the editor
Of n Chicago paper after his term
Of Office expires. So it seems that
a man may rise to something az
ter being Vice-President.