The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-25

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A few DAYS ago there were collected at
Bouse's Point, duties on 10000 bushels OF
potatoes, amounting to $1,000. 1t is re-
markable feature of the seasons potato
trade that an enormous amount has been
imported from Canada.
The number of original patents issued at
Washington during the past nine months
of the present year was 13,0Si, an increase
Of 2262 over last year.
The directory gives Memphis popula-
ton of As $40.
Bear meat is selling in Little Rock at five
cents pound.
COTTON.
The receipts of cotton to-day reached
about three hundred and twenty-five bales,
much larger amount than was expected
on Thanksgiving Day. Tho demand was
active at former quotations and the market
was firm, Notwithstanding the banks were
closed on account of this being legal hol-
iday.
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Cord middling, Observation-Disclosures, lOA
Mldo.ing lMr. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IL
From the best data on hand, it might be
proper to state that the picking will
not be closed in this section before the mid
die of December. The late cold
weather has had a beneficial effect
in opening the bolls, and that portion of
the crop which was late maturingis turning
out better than many anticipated it would
do. The staple this year is of excellent
quality, and u bale below the grade Of low
middling is the exception.
All the exchanges in the country were
closed to-day, and consequently no reports
have been received from other localities
The dealers in futures will anNiously look
for the opening sales, tomorrow, and
if they should be off few
of teeth and perhaps great profanity.
The HERALD has always maintained that
the damage done the cotton crop by the
drought was overstated, and that each sub
Scqucnt estimate would increase the yield
of the former one. Bradstreet's starts in
with I,3l6,37S, the Agricultural Bureau fol-
lows with 1854, 725, Latham, Alexander Il
Co. 400, 2S7 bales, and now correspond
ent of the New York Commercial Bulletin
makes the crop nearly as large as that vi
lS79.S0, We give his views in tull Dur
ing the early months in the year, the re-
ports to the Department of Agriculture are
received in the form of percentage on an
average yield and average acreage, and also
the ratio as compared with the preceding
year. For the later months, these reports
are changed and come in as estimates of
actual acreage and yield per acre. These
latter reports, made on different basis, are
used in preparing the statements for No
yember as to the condition Of the crops.
A comparison of the two classes of re-
ports, with such corrections rs want of
harmony between the two and further in
quiry where differences arise may suggest,
make the final and what might perhaps be
called the official figures embraced in the
December special report
The system of reporting to the Depart
ment has been so well organized
that there is not large difference
usually between the reports for No
ycmber and December, and the present
statement rs to the crops can be regarded
as sufficiently accurate for ordinary cal
culatiOns.
AS the report for the production of 1870 is
made to compare with the census figures
for that year, the latter being based on
direct inquiry, comparison is made with
that year rather than 1850 in the present
case.
The following table shows the acreage
and yield of cotton in 1879 and in 1881 re-
SDCCtiyely