The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-12
COMMERCIAL.

CONN ERClAL
NOT enough results of the last census
have yet been published to admit of gen
eral statement of the industries of the coun-
try. Ten years ago there were engaged III
all classes of occupations 1906, 023 persons,
of whom 5,922, 81 were i'll agriculture, =
GS4 1913 in professional and personal servlcej
1 1871 23S in trade and transportation, and
270T 421 in manufactures and mechanical
industries and mining. There are now en-
gagged in agriculture about seven million
persons.
will send any parties in the United States
from three hundred to five hundred eggs OF
the California mountain trout for expert
ment in fish culture, on receipt of so cents
to pay for the package. This species is
very hardy and easy to raise in comparison
with Eastern brook trout. Applications
must be made before March | 1852. Ad-
dress Seth Green, Rochester, n. Y.
| Vine-planting is progressing energetically
| all over Los Angeles county, California.
| New vineyards of from ten to forty acres
are being laid out in great numbers through
out the San Gabriel belt, and in the south
ern part of the country very large area OF
new country will be set out IN vines;
| American cities in testing the practicability
inflammation by electricity. An electric
mast, has lust been erected in the Square
| in that city 2G0 feet in height, upon which
four lights are TO be placed, having an illu-
minating power Of from 10000 to 10000 can
| dies.
During 1881 the people of Milwaukee con-
srmed 4,S55 1921 ,4S6 gallons of water, and
! A. CSC, $50 tons of coal were used in pumping
the same, or about ton for every 900
| gallons.
Milwaukee, is, in flourishing condition,
and over five million eggs, of both lake
trout and whitetish, are being Matched.
Wcll-fed early chicks make good fall and
winter LAYERS 1t is not uncommon for
them to begin by the middle of October and
give seventy-five or eighty eggs each before
| the lapse of 100 days. Old hens lay little,
if any, in winter, and but sparlngy at any
time; hence never keep hens for layers after
three years of age, and 1t is more prohtaDle
to sell them at the end Of their second
year. =
Potato culture is reviving in every part of
the United Kingdom. In Ireland the acre
age has risen since 1880 from $50 600 to S5i,-
900, notwithstanding the increase IN beans,
rye, oats and peas. In Scotland there was
also an increase, though not large. In
England 5000 additional acres were put
under this crop. But the most extraordl-
nary increase has been in Wales, which
this summer has A., 400 acres devoted to the
I potato. against 5000 acres the preceding
wear. The total increase is put down by
some agricultural statistlcians at 6O,OOO
acres.
In the glass manufacture there were, in
the census year, 1914 establishments, with
% 800 employees, who received wages aggre-
eating Sole 0l, and produced S2l ,Ol3,4oi
worth of goods.
Even with the shorter crop of potatoes a
decrease in the market price is looked for,
I 10 krnf "a r
plus over the amount needed for home
consumption, and the heavy European
crop has diverted the market to-the West
iii stated that $50 butter and cheese
factories have been built in Iowa during
1881, making q total of 45O now in that
State. IN
have. a button-lactory soon .oes lnio
operation there, which will employ about
4 eighty hands, and will manufacture morn
and ivory buttons.
The San Jose Fruit Cannery employs
400 bands in the season, and puts up 2,OOO,-
900 pounds of fruit.
IL is estimated that at least ten tons of
candy were sold at retail in Springfield dur
I ing the past week.
The total annual importation Of tea into
this country was given at OO,OOO pounds.
IL has become one OF the chief importailons
Of this country, and, as INC population
grows the consumption OF tea becomes
greater. Within the past five years the
importations have increased about JOO,pO
lbs each year. and the prospects arc that
the amount Of leaf consumed viii become
larger and larger as the years speed by.
The greater portion Of the cargoes OF teas
are landed at San Francisco or at the larger
California ports. and then are transported
across the country, from whence the tea ~
distributed all over the land. The Eastern
people are less of tea-drinkers than those
who live In the West. We Obtain most of
our tea from China proper, large quantity
from Japan, the better quality IRON the Il.
land of Formosa. and a small quantity OF
fermented tea from India. The Chinese tea
Is the popular farorite, more because OF its
cheapness than because Of its quality. The
Forn1osian tea is very fine. ID was only q
few wears ago when the Island Of fOrmosa
was opened. and 1t was Immediately found
that the first crop Of tea obtained from there
was the best ever imported into this
country.
Turuy are fenrs sfill entertained Of On ice
famine in the northern cities next summer.
/ The increase IN the necessity Tor The use 81
the coneealed fluid has increased IN more
tLan n huudred-fold rate during the past two
wears. With the packing and brewing bust
nesses. Zee IL a necessity; and when the
I weather keeps mild, a. 10 has thus iar, ~
Involve .ide-reaehing industries. Two
! vf-rs AGO not q pound q first-clnss ice Was
stored in Chicago until after February D.
end that even then, while the Zee vas thin.
il froze quickly and vas d enceiieni
The United States and Terrif0ries cen
sumo about I.s00.00 horsheads n sugar
annuallv-fhe world about spJleoy hog
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