The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
INDUSTRIAL.

NDUSTk1ALs
The crop of Key West pineapples
is double that of any former year.
The army worm has appeared in
Colchester County, N. s., in immense
numbers.
THIs country uses up one billion
paper bags annually, and several
manufacturers report increasing de-
mands.
PHILADELPHIA stands at the head of
the morocco trade of the United States.
It has thirty-two firms, which do q
business of four million dollars an
nually.
HONEY butter is especially Phila-
delphia condiment, and is made by
Dreaming good, sweet butter with
twice its weight of powdered white
sugar until it IS thoroughly smooth.
The growing of wheat on q large
scale in the Argentine Bepublic has
only been carried on two or three
years, and yet at last accounts forty
vessels were loading in the River Plata
with wheat for Europe. The country
is fast filling up with emigrants from
Italy, France and Germany, and
promises soon to be a sharp competitor
in graln-shipments with the United
States.
IT IS thought that before long the
cotton-mills Of New England will be
built with one story, instead of with
five or six, as at present. The advan-
tagcs claimed are increased safety and
convenience and higher speed for
machinery. The report of. New En-
gland gingham factory on last winters
use of one-story building was that it
covered about an acre, was built of
brick with corner towers at q cost of
1923, 900, and saved in gas alone a sum
equal W the interest on the cost OF the
building. The looms were driven at
twelve per cent. higher speed than on
the second floor of the old mill, the re-
pairs were fewer, and less imperfect
work was turned out.
THERE is considerable excitement
among the manufacturers of silk goods
over the advance in the price of raw
silk. Three years ago this month the
raw material was lower than it had
been for the previous twenty years.
Owing to the short crops there was a
sudden advance in the market, and the
price went from 81 to $40 per pound.
Since that time there has been grad
ual decline in the price, and less than
a month ago fine raw silk could be
purchased at from 1915 to So 80 per
pound. The sudden rise in the price
is owing to the almost utter failure of
the Italian crop. The French crop is
also very poor. This failure of the Eu-
ropean crops was caused by the cold
spring. The Italian and French silk is
the best raised in the world, and it is used
in the manufacture of the first grades of
dress goods and ribbons. 1t has great
er brilliancy and is much stronger
than the silk of China and Japan. The
crop in China this year is q heavy one;
but that of Japan is not very good
Chicago Times.
A SIMPLE and beautiful method of
giving to floors an almost perfect ap-
pearance of oak or walnut has come
into vogue in London, and is largely
increasing in popularity. The method
consists in putting one ounce Vandyke
brown in oil, three ounces of pearlash,
and two drains of dragons blood into
an earthenware pan or large pitcher;
on this mixture is poured one quart of
boiling water, and the whole stirred
with piece of wood. The article may
be used hot or cold. The boards are
first smoothed with a plane and glass
papered, the cracks filled up with
plaster of Paris, and then stiff brush
is dipped into the stain, and with this
it is rubbed in well-the brush not be-
ing rubbed across the boards, but
lengthwise. Only small piece is pre-
pared at a time. By rubbing in one
place more than another, an appear
ance of oak or walnut is more appar-
ent. When quite dry, the boards are
sized with glue size. made by boiling
glue in water, and brushing it in the
boards hot, and, Oh this becoming dry.
the boards are papered smooth and
vanished with brown hard varnish, or
with oak varnish-the first named kind
wearing better and drying quicker, and
previously to be thinned with little
French polish, smooth brush to be
employed in applying it to the boards.
IN, =. Sun.