The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-02
TRADE ITEMS.


itorial table of the Nashville World
Eighteen steam threshers were running Mt one
time IN one township of Jasper county, Indiana,
last week.
The Truckee Republican Is eIultont over
q radish more than twelve inches in circum.
ference.
Out of twenty-five blast furnaces In the shsn-
andoah valley only eight are now in full and
successful operation.
young farmer In southern Illinois has no.
uced that the common swallow dovours more
ehinch bugs than any bird common to the grain.
growing region.
q linn, Georgia, has the largest peach orchard
In the south, containing So S0O trees .and cover.
ing most of GOO acres. On the same farm are
1000 grated apple trees and So pear trees
There H. furry In hops In the New York
market; Hops sold at 7GS cents "A pound In
1879. They are now selling at l0C&50 cents, with
the prospect of still higher prices The prnci-
pal cause Is the failure of the English crop.
Naldosta, In Lowndes county, appears W bs
the great watermelon centre OF south Georgia
About the middle OF June her shipments In ono
day reached fourteen carloads
Ihe prospect for heavy mast In tho foothills
and mountains that border tho san Joalulu
valley this year is iiatterlng. The oaks arc
The juio factory Mt San Quentin, California.
has been turning out bags at tho rate of 500
per day. The cost OF each bag Is 81, cents. II
Is said that the cost of each bag will not exceed
~ cents IL the jute can bo successfully raised in
this state
swarms OF crlckets are now raidins upon
Spraguo river valley. Oregon. They destroy
grain and vegetables where found, and upcere.
mohiously enter houses, jump tho dinner liable
or crawl on the beds.
a dispatch TO the London News from Dublin
states that the weather In Ireland has improved
considerably during the past few days. Though
the potato blight has appeared In badly drained
ground, there ID Il splendid crop In most parts OF
the country.
Iii. said that "A Gov, 600 bushels of sweet pota.
toes Will be raised In Georgia this season, and
how 10 dispose Of the crop is problem Two
attempts At solution are mentioned In the At.
lsnta Constitution One. is that freight rates ba
| MADE low enough to make western shipment,
! profitable. The total crop weighs nearly half Il
million tons, and 10 carry such u freight should
| ho an object 10 any company which could han.
die II and take IL 10 Market where fair prices
are sure TO obtain, The other solution IL 10 uso
an evaporator and dry the potato by which op.
| Grafton only about 10 per cent OF tho weight /.
lost
| Prom January to July |, 1851, says Tho Lon.
! don Grocer, the stock of American refined petro.
| leum III London has been increased by about
iO0,VD barrels. The amount held there, which
| December 81 was Tg,AOO barrels, is now 2I5. 80,
barrels, and, what Is more remarkable the com
| paratve surplus, then $4,000 barrels, has since
swollen 10 25s,io0 barrels. 10 form some idea
oil The enormous extent OF this supply oil
ready oil, II should he borne In mind that n sur
plus so formidable is equivalent to the whole re
quiremcnts of the trade for six months, without
any more arrivals being added thereto; anC
even should the imports fall on and the delly
cries augment Al one and the same time Ions
period must clapse before SO great an excess a,
that above shown eau be worked down 10 NOR,
moderate Dimensions.
4 ltis said that alcohol equal to that made from
grain can be produced ilom aoorns The acorn,
are freed from the shell aud ground finely; thcl
they are mashed with malt and allowed to fer
ment. Acorns contain about 20 per cent o
starch ana - per cent, OF gluten, They woult
be valuable article for human food II VI wer,
not for the taunlc acid (about per cent whicl
they contain. Vast quantities which 20 To vast,
every year where hogs are not fed IN the woods
might be gathered by boys and converted int,
alcohol for use IN tho arts thus freeing an equiv
aleut amount OF grain Tor use as food Or som,
young student of practical chemistry nigh
make good thing for himselfau for the worll
by uevising an economical process of separnt
Ing the starch, gluten, aud fannie acid, tho las
! for technical uses and the others for food.
The exports OF dairy prducts have declined fo
the past two years during the early months o
the season. In 1850 the exports of butter for tw
months ending June 10 was Sess, 7Oi pounds
valued ut 81, tg6,SS7; In iSsi, S76529O pound.
valued at S6iS,66s, and In 1884, 1897 S5 pounds
of the value of t2g9, TSi. In the same month
tho export OF cheese In 1850 was so sS7, O7
pounds OF tho value Of g. 5SS so in 1881, 30 6sa
IA pounds valued at g., io.,slS aud In iss2 il,
5ts,7sy pounds OF the value OF VI, osT, O5s. Tn
decline In tho export of these commodities arise
} more nom an advance III prices than from d.
, cline IN production, VI rather perhap. III,
production has not increased In proportion /
. the growth OF home demand
|, The export of fresh beef for the six month
ending June ~ In tho past three years shows
. still larger decline than In dairy products. Dui
Ing the first six months Of 1850 the fresh beef W
ported amounted TO s7ss,7i pounds, OF Tn
value OF s'64y,pin 1881, COZ li1 pounds. value
At tbsS os6, and In ISL 2,6l3, 40 pounds. value
. at t2s9,,ss' In this commodity high prices All
restricted supply Ia the past six months hav
combined to bring the export 10 n low sbb
4 The southern ear works Al Knoxville Tenns,
\ see, turn out go 100 worth OF railroad cars an
. slib. 600 worth Of wheels every year. Three IN,
nture factories do an annual business OF $500
90 q barrel factory, $4,000, q handle factor,
sl23, 0o0, and an Iron company, s2JaOs Their
A are besides, two boundaries doing abusiness ,
A $1,000 and SIX Touring mills, all doing we'll
New York writer says The grand averag
for three years OF froc Quinne was fraction los
d than q IS per ounce.
y Fer ounce
I Average price Of quinins for three years
!. Win duty ....,...............S
|. Average prico OF free auininc for three
. | years. ..s..ss,.,..............
Average saving per ounce. =. ..,....,...,
The consumption OF Quinnc Is diflcu
a 10 ascertain. but Il may safely be nssuu
!. cd that during the last thrye years III
i country consumed over LOOa0Oj ounc,
IL Of Quinins, which 10 only lii
over 1.S09ooo ounces pcr annum Indsc,
ain OF opinion that l,5olO00 ounces per annu
would b tair average cousumption Hut su
: posing We only consumed Asoo co0ounces durlt
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