The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-27
TRADE ITEMS.

CorToN blooms ana corn silks are among the
agrlcultu novelties ut Laredo
II Is reported that powder factory win be es-
tablished at Ogden.
The orange crop in Florida this year Is estima-
ted at over CO. 600 600
shipment OF carp TO stock the bOggy and
stagnant ponds around Puget sound will shortly |
be made.
There are 1858 dogs In indianapolis township,
and taxes have thus far been paid upon 9 400.
A large lode of magnetic iron ore was recently |
discovered In Water canyon, near Socoiro, N, NJ |
FIVE Thousand smyrna fig cuttings, of The
finest varie les, have been secured for free dis
tributlon In California
AVicksbnrg firm has sold three thousand bar
rels OF oil TO be used on cattle To keep oil gnats
There are s1073.9i3 6S worth of coal imported
Into the United States last fiscal year, ON which
the duty was s5lG.OD6!5.
During the past year upward of ten thousand
deer have been killed IN Jackson county, Oregon.
The Investigation of the Schlingcr failure in
syracuse, New York, is quite interesting In
showing that merchant can give his note for
Of the paper.
now industry is said to be the pulvcrslng of
rocks as an adulterant of Hour sugar and other
necessities. Fifteen tons aay Is the product Of
one concern,
CORRESPONDENT In the Key West Democrat
says the projected draining of Lake okecchobee
Is an impossibilty, and the scheme for that pur-
pose Is a farce,
over 2l,O00v0 barrels Of crude oil will be re-
CURED to satisfy the demands of 1882, or AGO.
100000 more gallons than were consumed last
year.
Notwithstanding the almost unprecedented
depression In frcights, steamsphip building at
the great European yards continues 10 be pushed
with an energy that Is quite remarkable under
!he circumstances This IL the case at the lead.
ing snip-Dnilding ports of the continent, rs well
asof those OF England or Scotland.
FOR selling adulerated milk In New York city
lust year 5oU persons were prosecuted In the
criminal courts, aud the collected fines amount
ca 10 sll,051 The convicted offenders during
me past month were thirty'three and fines
The Avalanch says three times as many boa
yer skins have been brought to Memphis during
Inc past season as any In the past fifty years
dam mas been built twenty miles from the
city SIX feet high, eight scet wide and forty feet
long, by these animals
=, OF the many varieties of FISH caught In San
francesca bay none are In greater demand than
the stu econ, The consumption of this paItlcu.
lar hsh mas greatly Increased in that city of late
years. Formerly tho business of sturgeon. fish.
ing was conducted by whites, but the trade, at
ess ha mnNnSr aoS. entirely by the Chi
the sturgeon is peculiar No boat is used, bul
the tsh IN caught In u trap.
About six feet Office and snow says the Win.
nemucca, Nevada, silver State still covers the
surface of Bonner Lake By sinking shatts
through this to the water some very large front
hro caught some weighing twelve pounds They
are hungry and bit with exceeding ayidity.
ine uls!lllers are very anxious that the hill
extending indefinitely the period Tor taking dis
ulled spirits out Of bond without paving inv
should DO passed II went through the house
under suspension OF the rules aud is now pend
sg IN n aao n senate The tax on whisky made in
is,v' an9 not sold, will be due In May, and IL
this biil Is not immediately passed the tax must
~ paid on the whisky forced out of bond On
March 10Th there were about 20 900 900 rall ms in
pond ~ kentucky, Pennsylvania and Maryland
hm mt WI, lcniaihi IN warehouse until sold IL the
~ Loyett OF New Jersey, who gives much
ettentlon to the culture ofsmall fruits, names The
ioi,o,w,ing OF the newer sorts as possessing many
cxcel,encies' For the best Thoroughly tested
strawberry he prefers Miners prolific. which hc
tnlnEs possesses oil the good qualities of The
Cnsries Downing and Others besides among
Ca,Ibert IS r.. i"liasc never eshng The
b,st grape, the Downing the hest cooschcr,w
Eor cold regions the Snyder black berry. and i6e
kMAunny where the winters are not TOO cold
Ma noSg newer sorts not yet enough tested, are
nanvhesler ana me Primo aud Jersey qucen
strawberries, and The southegan and shalier
raspberrcs ~" WI" '"""'r
nvPots received by the Agricultural DEPART
mSss up 20 saturday last show very hopen
general increase III The acreage of winter AMI
sspps,ng wheat and oats and slight decrease in
inat OF cotton The increase OF FOOD crons
~hsst 'om9ws; tennessee, 40 per cent In
Carolina ' whcs, pyT cent SSr In oats North
per cent; GEORGIA, wheat 70 pcr cent oats M y,
PET cent, south Carolina, wheat u nor cont
oats u per per Sem|i Arksnsss wheat 10 per cent
porieu decrease In the purchase of comm" rcieI
St ~, nnn amounting In the estimated total TO
tSVvVWo Alabama rcpor that oNiny IN
last i Won, VeSr snort nS crop of corn produced
plnhting OF winter wheat and oats was NH, W. so
per cent greater than ever before. whiie ,hc
preparations for corn are increased IN n. VIVA,
iSa nno MN good see'on the food crop win
~ cotton, owing 10 tie floods, is csiima,nJ y,
10000 TO 3iel0v bales, '""''" !"
the bureau of statistics furnishes some ms.
punu,ng igurss regarding tho growth in the
,nanufacture of oleonargarinc and tho eilSc, |,
mas on The dairy interest In ISIS the amount oi
oleomarearinc exported was only i caS IA,
pounds, but last yearit was more than nj ooo 6co.
vm .he other hand, the amount of butter OK.
year before II was moro than s5oO0Ooi mus
Slcomargarnc "a exported moe LARGELY
than the butter Perhaps that would
s Ivs home SS so co0. very unpleasant hut
idly calming the ascendency. The olcomar.
ksrinss . victories OF New York have a producing
vspaolty OF ll0O0V,00 pounds annually' wbiis
s ~" pvSuouon OF dairy butter IL only 10000 900
tured article L. gaining UPON lint of tbe % a,s.
most astonishing rate. olcomafrspin eI ~ n y,
shs, % any shtcut IN the west bu, its
sp%,,,u Is me infinitely less wholeso,nc
Isru,ine IN another year or two the burcs,, M
s ,.. VIII have an equally niercstins ,ac 10
icss something Ia done to check ID '"''' ""'
We publish In null the folIowin,, ..,,..,.
sno american Grocer understanding thai /, n ~
ss %h interest s, 70 the hay trade here: ~ 'o'
a.1,ss m n1ancipal crcls raised IN the United
!oiIowing table shows the rcslye vsl,e ~ Ky e
Nv Ssen mtscst crops, from which II appears thas
@s nsy crop q third In Importance V ON.
N w we cotton crop q 1850 IN vsius-SSi..
5edIsa corn. bush siss% u M s,a I q;
X is sa bush ""ca.". l!SNSsdS s;iMi,so
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