The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-06
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TIE fisheries of the Saginaw bay foot up
3 600, 100 pounds as this year S catch. ,..,.,,,
England imports eggs annually that ale worm
$40 O0G, 600. A dozen eggs average one and a
half pounds in weight -
4 Shortage is reported in the BURBERRY crop
of Wisconsin this year, caused by trostS ana
| forest fires Blackberries, however, VIII be
The cost of the proposed national library
building at Washington is estimated at 90 OOO,OOO
Eastern capitalists are buying up all the gold
mines in the vicinity of Charlotte, North Caro-
| lima VT, ,,,.,,,o !,
estimated at 8 226 OOO,IOJ feet Doaru measure
mostly long.leaf pine ,..,,,
| soon be mixed with the tobacco Tor using III tne
| pipe He states that smoker will soon learn TO
| prefer a mixture of thIee-fourths hops and one
The Morrow Gold Mining company of Buck;
ingham, Virginia is surveying for canal
| ffieen miles long TO cost about $4,000
| A Florida paper says that within radius OF
eight miles of Sanford, that state, there are 29g@
| orange groves containing 1929 trees, and.
| although only per cent. of the trees aie now
| bearing, they produce 259OOOO oranges annual
w. The entire state is said to produce j0,OO00JU
| oranges. ,,..
/ starch factories IN AroOstOok comfy, Maine.
| Each one of these consumes from l,OUO 70 5OOV
| bushels of potatoes day. This loesity has but
/ few railroads and the expense to the farmers OF
| marketing the potatoes Is very great The hrst
! factory for the manufacture of starch was
/ erected on the Aroostook river in 1872.
| The manufacturers of barb wire are expe-
periencing some difficulty in obtaining plain
/ wire The shutting down of so many OF the
/ western mills has made 1t necessary Tor those
who get their supplies from that source 70 cutlall
! their operations To some extent and those whose
wire comes from the east find diihculty IN get
| ting delivery On account Of the strike oil the
! freiEhthandlers. -.
San Francisco on an expedition into the unex-
| plored eastern part Of Alaska. They expect to
| lind mineral wealth, and are prepared to spend
five wears In the search. they VIII go up the
/ Yukon river l,5OO miles in chartered vessel,
] md then In steam launch Of their own try TO
penetrate ,2O) miles further into the mountain
s.atistics have been published by the French
/ department Of public works relative TO the plant
ING OF trees along the high roads Of the country.
The total lengths Of the routes nallonaies Is ~
bordered with trees. OF this distance II, 81
meters are planted, while e,3@bli meters re-
m in 10 be done. The number OF trees useu 10
/ form the Welcome avenue Is 2O9l, Cos.
At Richmond, the other morning, millions OF
! green worms knOtted In heaps of hundreds,
emerged from yard opposite the Hoosier Drlll
1 works and covered the SIDEWALKS and filled the
street cutters THE wOrkmen collected them IN
a heap. as far as possible, and covering them
with shavinps made bonfire which resulted IN
their determination. They resemble the army
worm I'm appearance, but were Of a different
According 70 the Philadelphia Tines, an at
fnfWnf r. about 10 tuhlt 70 lihht W. VI Nth-
etable iber heretofore but little Thought OF.
This 4 the fiber of the stalks Of the cotton plant
Il Is proposed 10 manufacture from this staple
twine, cOrdage. yarns, wadding, packing, calk-
Ing paper and woven fabrics.
ID 4 stated that for every ten hogsheads o. SUI
gar extracted from the sugar cane, eleven hogs
heads are lost because no adequate machinery
has vet been devised for crushing the cane and
extracting the rich juices thereof The asser-
ton comes from the very highest authority on
matters aprertaiuing 10 the sugar culture that
our planters lose 1900 bogshesds year By
THIS waste. an amount representing ts9O4ooo
per anuum. -.
A Feirhaven. Connecticut oysierman states
hat from forty thousand 70 ffty thousand 81
Virgfuir pisnts which would have been worth
In he fa1i 90 Gems per bushel, have died. in
,-0,fvine 4 rrotIa be loss Of $4,000 The survir-
inr 0vstert ar grUving finely. Al Oyster Point
mo Arm viii ship one thnusGnd and two
hundred ~ one thousand and i've hundred
bushels % small oyster % View Jersey This
week which viii sb0uf close ID The seed busl-
ness f1r the summer. A. that point planters say
they win lose considerable b. The spelling OF
a sor'fk Csroiins ffrrner writes % tis state de-
usrtrneuf Of agriculture: Most q The nee that
rrs cut IN August and TIE Last ~ seIiernler last
sessrr srrf ID young shoots almost Immediately.
A. nsrIaf oxen and shesp were uastured on y.
rf-1f IN irstanees-uhere The planters had more
sror rlasfurnrt fhan they NEEDED water y - tlrll-
- ~ tfe felt f1r he purrOze - killing ne drur
- The fonr continued VAN weafher f0rue1
a. erf-nordiuEry irwin T-odreinf = ssroIo
rrr making firm ten ~ mex BIS nels - 81
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rru1h e. o. bushels US sare1. end rerhsfs