Richland beacon., 1881-07-23
THE TRADE IN NUTS.

THE TRADE IN NUTS.
1t would surprise many people not
engaged in trade to know what variety
Of commodities that appear valueless
are important articles of commerce. To
the average boy and girl there is scarcely
anything of so little worth-eIcept to
afford a days fun as nuts, and yet hum
dreds of thousands of dollars are annu-
ally invested in them.
During the recent years the trade IN
foreign and domestic nuts has developed
wonderfully. New York city has be-
come the most important center OF the
trade, the extent of which indicates that
people have either secured patent stom-
achs, or that indigestion has lost its ter
rors. Wholesale dealers in nuts can now
as certainly count on . profitable trade
in the winter season as can candy max
ers at Christmas times-and all the
boys and girls know how certain that is
Africa used to supply US with pea
nuts, sending them by ship-loads. but
our Southern States have 80 successfully
cultivated this popular nut that we are
now Independent. The States that fur
nish the bulk of the supply are Vir-
ginia. North Carolina and Tennessee.
During the present season the crop OF
Virginia was /, 100, 900 bushels; of Ten
nessee, $50, 900 bushels; and of North
Carolina 12O, 900 bushels.
The nut probably most popular after
the peanut is the pecan. The Texas
pecan is especially in demand. While a
few years ago several barrels Of pecans
supplied the demand abundantly, car
loads and invoices Of 100or 200 barrels are
not uncommon at this time.
Of the other nuts the hickory is the
most popular. While, in many localities,
especially in the Eastern States, they are
becoming scarce, they are sufficiently
plentiful in the Western States to ship
to New York half dozen carloads a
week when demanded
That delicious nut, the chestnut, is
becoming less plentiful every year, and
there is much difficulty in obtaining them
sound in large quantities. Their great
popularity will probably prevent their
total disappearance, for they are already
being successfully cultivated, and it is
expected that In . few years the cul-
tivated nut will bs equal in quality to
the high-priced italian chestnuts.
Black walnuts and butternuts are re-
earded a. too rich and oily for table use,
The American hazel nuts are not an i'm
portant article Of commerce, the flbert
largely taking their place. Only few
English hazel nuts hnd their way to the
American market. It Is stated tina,
growers in California contemplate intro
ducinr . number Of varieties Of nuti
native to Spain and Italy.
INCREASE OF NEARsIGHTEDNEss
Nearsightedness is increasing in Ger.
many at an astonishing rate. Thirty
eye doctors recently examined the vision
of 10000 pupils in schools Of all degrees,
They conclude that nearsightednes'
rarely exists at birth OF at less than {
years of age, and in village schools tht
nearsighted form only per cent. Of tht
attendance. In the city schools they
constitute 5 to II per cent; in th'
schools next above, 10 to "a per cent
in the next grade Of schools, 20 to 40 Pc
cent. and in the highest, 80 to 30. 4
physician of Tubingen found in . bod.
of 700 theological students 70 per cent
myopic, and Prof. Vrchow said in th'
German Parliament that ninety-five on
Of every 100 of the medical students ar
unable to see what lies before them. Blu
the Germans are nearsighted in fA
greater proportion than any other nation
for which they have chiefly their barbaz
GUS script and print to thank.
TlAcH1R: "What are the principa
races Of menf" Smart boy at the foo
Of the class $50 - you please, mum.
The Peruvian bark il not any wors'
! than its bite.