The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-17

like little pear trees, and are generally not
over twenty feet high. The flowers are
very much like the lily of the valley, They
are pale and very fragrant. The nutmeg is
| the seed OF the fruit, and mace is the thin
covering over the seed. The fruit is about
open and shows little nut inside. The
trees grow on the islands of Asia and tropi,
| cal America. They bear for seventy or
eighty years, having ripe fruit upon them
| all the seasons. A fine tree in Jamaica
has over 1900 nutmegS ON it every year
! The Dutch used to have all this nutmeg
| trade, as they owned the Banda islands
| and conquered all other traders aud de-
stroyed the trees. To keep the price up
they once burned three piles of nutmcgs
each of which was as big as a church Ma
ture did not sympathize with this mean
ness. The nutmeg pigeon, found in all the
Indian islands, did for the world what the
Dutch had determined should not be done
carried those nuts, which are their food, into
all the surrounding countries and trees
grew again and the world had the benefit.
There is noticeable this year Il general inn
proycment IN American canned goods sold
by ilrst-rate dealers. People who live in
boarding houses and othc: persons who
rely greatly upon canned goods may now
have Just cause for complaint when they are
fine quality from few Of the best mor-
chants, and peas have this year been put
up that are equal to the French goods.
Australia imported English sparrows to
kill worms, but it is found that the birds
are the worst pest of the two, and bounties
are offered Tor their destruction,
The total land area of the United States,
Alaska being excepted, is 100000 miles
The total water surface, including rivers
and small streams, lakes, and ponds is So.
GOO square miles. The coast waters, bays,
CULTS, sounds, and the like, cover 81 200
square miles The gross area is, therefore,
1923, 600 square miles.
The number of distilleries registered end
operated during the year was 500. The
quantity Of grain and malt used by the
grain distilleries was 1921, l75 bushels.
The number OF proof gallons Of spirits
rectified for the year ending April Both,
1881, was 5S,Sll 1888. The quantity of spirits
l172S, 100 gallons) produced and depos-
tied in distillery warehouses during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1881, excited the
production of the previous year (0O,355, T0
gallons) by 27,%72, $50 gallons.
The quantity of spirits remaining in dis
tillery wareh uses June 80, 1881, was o. !
6iSlll gallons.
The total assessments on the capital and !
deposits of banks and bankers during the |
twelve months ending May 81, 1881, were
SO, 95S, All 40.
The number of cattle fed at distilleries
was So ,S67, of which Illinois fed 90 20O. The |
number of hogs fed was 80, sos.
During the month of November, $1,000 |
bushels of grain went into one end of the
ilStilleries of the Peoria district, and ,754,-
no $500 gallons of spirits came out at the
other end.
The Atlas distillery at Des Moincs paid
S2O7 1920 government tax between July
md December l..
1t is but II few years since anything like
ystematic bee culture has been attempted
II the United States, but the business has
low become an important industry, more
han 5000 900 pounds of honey being an
lually produced and sold. The trade is
carried on by large capitalists,
Who. often have from $500 to 5000 swarmS
If bees. In California the bees are iarmed
MT, that is apiaries of 100 swarmS or so are
placed on the ground of farmers, generally
rom three to four miles apart The farm
RS receive a fixed rent or Il share of the
honey for their compensation as may be
greed upon. On an average one acre of
yround is estimated to support twenty-five
warns of bees and the yield of n swarm
S generally about fifty pounds of honey
'ear.