The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-21

to-day skim ciieese was active: s75 boxes wer,
sold At DC. to nc. Butter firm and active; sales
% SS0lbs at 24c. to 25c.,; average a l-2c Sales
Cheese, irregular 6,t3g boxes; butter, ll9, S2Olbs
Total sales s5S,0SS 81. Butter closed firm
The total value Of provisions and dairy pro
ducts exported from the United States during
the eight months ending June ~ was e6j, io9, US
while the exports for the corresponding period
of the previous year amounted TO SIS, 2SS 9S3.
In Champaign county, Illinois, haying has
fairly begun, but 1t has been hard matter tC
save it, as II has rained about every day. A
traveller recently saw dozens OF teams cultivat-
ing corn, the drivers wearing rubber conts tc
keep OF the rain and At some places the WhOls
family, men, women and children, appeared u
be ont hoeing the corn, although the rain came
steadily down.
Glenn's whea'lields in Cousa county Calfor'
MIA. cover an area of twelve square miles, To
protect his fields from wild geese he employs
forty men, armed with repeating rifles, who pat
rol his acres and send bullets after every
flock of wild geese that appears In ioggy
weather when the guards cannot see, the geese
have the advantage and do damage IN proper
ton to its duration. The cost of keeping the
guards Is Sll, 900 year.
The California Grocer OF June 20 says that the
salmon catch on the Sacramento river is fully
one-hali less than last year, and on the Column
bia fully one-quarter less than last season, and
that the fish caught on the Columbia river have
not averaged as large size MS in former years
Packers situated ut the mouth of the river are
said To have done fairly we'll, yet, taken as a
whole, they fall good deal short of last year.
though they have had more boats out The cX-
IRENE high water has iAlerfcrcd with the catch
on Fraser river. The market on the coast is re-
ported very strong, and no receding in prices
need be looked for. It's question worthy OF
serious consideration whether the supply In
the Sacramento and Columbia rivers Is not be-
coming exhausted, aud whether canning might
not probably be transferred to Alaska, where
the supply is said 10 be practically nexhautibe.
The COnsumptivc demand for salmon is steadily
ON the increase, aud will soon exceed the supply
from the sources heretofore relied on, oven with
no falling OIL in the product.
The New York Indicator estimates that the
product Of petroleum since its active develop.
mcnt began about twenty years ago, has added
10 the wealth OF the country about ST. 10000 and
Is still on the increase, with no apparent eyi.
dence of exhaustion. The various uses TO which
il is applied-besdes its use for iiumi.
mating purpOses-in the arts, and in
manufactures. have given rise to several i'm
portant aud profitable industries, As an article
of export II has become an item of much impOr.
lance In the past year the yield of all the wells
Is estimated at ~, $500 barrels Its Importance
In sustaining foreign trade is observed when it is
stated that the export for eleven months Of the
last fiscal year. In the various forms of crude pc
troleum, naptha, refined illuminating and In.
brlcating oil and residuum, aggregated. 5O5, 637,
Og6 gallons, of the value of SIG 663 li2- The pro
portion of crude oil shipped abroad was cOmpar-
atiyely small amounting to SS,SO0O6 gallons.
valued at s9,9lT l2S shipments of naptha or oils
of light specific gravity, were 1865 1856 gallons,
valued at 81, 6S5,5A: OF heavy lubricating oils,
5, CTS gallons, worth 81, 335337 residuum, or
what was formerly wasted, 3,i036 gallons. val.
ued at 500, 1902, and of Illuminating oil, or kcro-
senc 49, 1872 $40 gallons. of the value Of $40 l2S
S36. These articles of manufacture aEd trade are
peculiarly Interesting for fhe reason that they
are . comparatively recent addition TO commerce
and show steady increase in production and
add yearly to the export trade of the country
During the eleven months ending with May
ISL the total export was only 38j, GBl gal
Ions, of total value of 1884, 49, 81 Its value as
an article OF foreign commerce Is, however sur
passed by It's importance in domestic tladc and
manufacture, aud In household economy.