The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-12
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

The state of Massachusetts forbid
pigeon-shooting within its borders.
The English colonists in Plymouth
county, Iowa, own twelve Thousand
sheep, and have recently imported from
England two hundred, mostly Cotswold,
and Southdowns.
The Montreal Globe states that the
Grandin brothers. of Dakota. raised last
year l37. 267 bushels of wheat, and tina
the odd 1900 bushels paid all cost Of
cultivation and marketing. leaving l00.-
OOc bushels at rs cents per bushel for
profit.
Prof. Chales L. Monroe, of Annapolis,
states that the ordinary fruit acids, such
as those contained in apples. tomatoes.
rhubarb, lemons. etc, all acted upon
tin. Some cider which he examined,
and which had been stored in a tin
fountain, contained one hundred and
seventeen milligrammes of metallic tin
TO the liter in solution. One ease WAS
given where persons eating fruit pre-
served in tin cans were made violently
sick, and tin only was found in the fruit.
Corrosion of tin pipes by water was
referred to, and it was suggested that
the corrosion wasdue to the vegetable
acids in the water.
As the result Of observation, and from
the testimony of reliable men, the fol-
lowing is about the average growth in
IL years of the leading desirable varie-
ties Of timber, when planted in belts or
groves and cultivated: White maple,
one foot in diameter aud 80 feet high;
ash, leaf maple or box elder, one foot
in diameter and 20 feet high; white
willow. one and a half feet in diameter
and 40 feet high; yellow willow, one
and n half feet in diameter and IS feet
high; blue and white ash, 10 inches In
diameter and % feet high; black wal
nut and butternut, 10 inches in diameter
and 20 feet high.
The value of the grape and wine
product in California for 1880 is esti-
mated at $3. SOC. 900. The state furnished
over 10. 900, 900 gallons of wine; 49,
900 gallons of brandy, 500. 900 worth
Of ~raisins. and grapes for preserving
and table use Of the value OF 500. 900
or $3.50, 900 more. The new brandy is
worth at wholesale 81 Is a gallon. Tic
new vineyards that have been planted
cover 5000 to 10. 900 acres. In Sonoma
county alone 1000 acres were planted
in vines last year. In Napa county Il 0
wine product has increased from 297.-
go gallons in. 1870 to 2.460. 900 la t
year. Land fit for wine growing may
be had from IS to $l25 an acre, accord
ing to location and soil.
In New York there are about 800
vendors of sawdust, having o capital Of
$500, 900 invested, and doing a businc 8
amounting to more than 81. 000, 600 al
nually. Forty years ago the mills were
glad to have sawdust carried away;
twenty-five years ago it could be bought
for fifty cents q load, but the price has
increased. and now it brings % so q
load, at the mills. 1t is used at the
hotels, eating-houses, groceries, and
other business houses. 1t is wet and
spread over floors in order to make the
sweeping cleaner work. Plumbers use
q great deal about pipes and buildings
to deaden walls and floors. S~oda-watcr
men and packers of glass and small
articles Of every kind use it, and dolls
and some living creatures are more or
less stuffed with 1t. Washington market
takes two or three loads q day, and q
great deal is spread on the piers, and
stables require many loads q day. yell
low pine makes the best sawdust, as it
is the least dusty, and has a good,
healthy smell. But any white wood
dust will do. They make a great deal
Of black walnut sawdust, but It will not
sell and is burned.