The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-20
TnADis ITEMS.


.Trlatsos, peach orchard In The world Is In
Cotton picking is In rrogrcssln Brooks county
Georgia --.-.. M.
bushes are Weighted ~ the ground With nut
Augusta, Georgia has GOO 900 invested IN
Chatham county, Georgia. has shipped $4,000
wor Of cabbage his year. ,,.,,,
The orange crop about Tayatcs Florida VIII
be larger this year than eyer Known ut.
one farmer, IL little south Of clyde New YORK
is reported 70 have sixty acres of potatoes grow
ing. lie puts on Paris green with steam IRE
engine -
Forty.Avc tons of borax a month are now
brought from the western side oil Dealh Naley
10 be refined IN san Francisco. ,,,.
Iipton, Iowa, town of only 1000 inhabitants,
! Is lighted by electric light II Is the smallest
town in the world III which this hghtis III gen.
The iron for the great electric light mast on
bridge square, Minneapolis, which Is TO pc =
| feet in height Is beginning to arrive, anu WoIk
will be commenced on the foundation AT once,
| is now expect d that the mast VIII be raised
and the lights burning by fair time.
Commanders of Hudson river steamers nave
| been pIOhibitcd by the treasury department
from usiug the products of coal oil or petroleum
as stores for illuminating and other purposes.
An order has also been issued prohioiths
steamers from carrying hay or straw as iieign-
Henderson has twenty-five tobacco stemmef,
| les two tobacco manufactures, one handle ana
spoke factory, two large saw miils, thIee hour
| ing mills, four distilcres, one ice manuine'ory'
| one WOODEN mill, and many minor factories.
| The Reno Journal says: At Lake Anna, near
! Fort Bdwell. Henry Woodson has started hsh-
cry He commenced operations lhree years ago
with . 600 common brook trout. Now he has
realized so handsomely from them that ne mas
sold 80 eco, and l., 0OJ spawn have been sent TO
! Germany.
Tine receipts and exports of cheese at and
| from New York since May beginning OF the
''''' '''' >'''''f Receipts. Exports.
For week ending July H.. 81 228 $'S59229S9;
! Same week in 1881. ..,....... l2S,72O 6iSh lol
Since May |. 1851 ~ ~ ~ e eoa 95 ~
Same time last year. S'sao SooSyiiH,
the orchards in different parts of Jackson county
are approaching Jackson by easy marches s:
Last Saturday they invaded an orchard opposite
| the Round schOol-house, one-hhll mle east OF
| town and in very short time had despolled IL
of its growing fruit. 1t is feared that the ltuit
in nine-tenths of the orchards in the east pofuoh
| of the county is wholly destroyed.
| Mr. H. d. Reeves Informs us that prairie dogs
totally destroyed several acres OF promising corn
| for him, on California creek ana are now max
| ing inroads on a splendid field OF INLET III is
| possible these pests may yet prove to be more
| serious drawback to farming III west IeXas IMAM
| the exaggerated drouths so harped upon by
those not posted, or whose interests are contrary
10 those OF the farming class Il Albany sun.
| The coal fields of Alabama cover III, zoo square
miles and the coal is all bitumlnous' put differs
widely in quality The pest eoat III the s sa;
! equal 10 English camel coal, Is the Mohteval9
coal No industry in the state has mad So rapiiu l
growth as the coal industry In lSIe - Only
| TO- 600 tons were mined in the state, IN 1917 me
| annual output had been swtlled 70 2990o0
tons, in 1889 to $40 600 tons, and III 1881 70 4oooo
| tons. eo,,, No,,
| York during the past week were considerably
| heavier, than for many weeks past lhe total
being as O92 OH, against $500 923 Tor the same
week last year, The movement OF peroieum
| n
morris of provisions and cotton were falr; put inc
| shipments of breadstutis with the exception OF
wheat (Which were moderated WfI ,o sSs 40 liz
compared with sl9o,o74go9 Tor the corresponding
Win the railroad and the telegraph, the art
of brewing beer is making fast progress in me
| realm of japan. For Il number OF years ING
people have contented themselves WIN
an imported article, bui lhey "I net-
ward und that they could make pet
ter beer themselves, and SO have wisely
undertaken the task. The industry has become
| a considerable one The largest two estapilsh-
mepts are known respectively as the Shimduza
Shobwai and the Hakkosha breweries. Inc
beer they turn out is said to be far more whole
| some Than the foreign article ana to be eA-
cellent in It's taste. The sale Is last ilcreas-
IA silk company has been incorporated at
| Aberdeen, Miss. Its general manager, Whs, as
the agent of the agricultural society ol rIanHies
| has visited China Japan and all countries
where silk is cultivated, in order 10 learn the
Lest varieties of mulberry and the best Stocks
| of silk.worms, and who has devoted the last
ten wears to the establishment OF silk culture
in this country, says: From my long ex-
| nerience of silk culture believe the southern
States possess better climate for the sue
cessiul profitable cultivation of SILK than
any country in which the cultivation OF
silk is carried on to-day. The climate is most
like that of Japan, but Is even better. IL is In;
fnitely superior to that OF France, because Oh
the wonderful evenness Of temperature. Ihere
! are no sudden cold snaps such as they nave III
France silk culture can be carried on, am
satisfied as cheaply IN this country as IN france,
The land here is cheaper, provisions are
cheaper, The working season is longer, ana ne
gro labor in the south Is not dearer than iapoi
} In France. When the industry shall nave
spread too, throughout the south, as we expeel
IL 10 DO it will furnish employment to thousands
OF women of all classes, and to old people ana
children 1t is II moderate estimate that iour OF
five years after the planting of mulberry plan,
tation, with ordinary care and labor, me-
profit Of $50 TO 500 can be mace per acre III SIN
culture The general southern agent OF me
company saws The plan of the company is, III
addition TO the culture Of silk 10 raise mulberry
trees, eggs and silk-worms and to sell and pur'
chase lie cocoons The company has at pres
ent the only cocoonery in the United States Du
am about 10 visit all the leading southern cit
los Ia establish coCooncries "