The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-09

2sO, $50 dozen OF hoes 2l2, III dozen OF Shoyels,
732 dozen of han0 takes 1861, ii3 plows, 2ll,-
1913 dozen of hay FORKS, l4L.6l tcSthes, b,d
scythe snaths, 1900 mowers, 20 sa9 seed sewers
In 1854, 7,220 persons were employed; IN looO.
ID Sl4 in Is 0 % 2i9; in 1850. 10, $50
AS the season Tor furs L. nj hand, some gem
eral Information concerning them may he OF lh'
tereSt to shippers Ia market. Only large, prime,
weil.handled skins grade No L. mcdium-slzed
prime skins wen handled or large, prime skins
not property handled, grade No ?, large early
catch skins. aud small, prime skins are clnsstd
No 3, unreasonable blue skins OF all klnus
| are classed No 4; blue skins held over season
are generally worthless; prime inrS are only
| such as are deep.furred taken oil in winter, the
skin has then coat of fat ana is of light
straw color. skins taken out OF season are
termed blue" as indicated by the color of the
hide, and always grace No 5 orb AS the value
of iurs is considerably affected by the manner
of hard lug we offer II few suggestions on thal
point Rae Uou, beaver and bear should be
opened ana stretched to their utmost size,
Mink skuuk, fox, opossum, musk rat and vol
should bl Cased-that is, not opened at the
belly-Gnd well stretched skins handed dii-
feIently, as also all green or half dry SKINS, are
classcd Que grade lower than the same would be
II properly handled, rs our dealers and shippers
have no facilities for drying, and skins should
never be shipped unless well dried
Government bulletins show the importance
that the extreme n0rthwe.t-0f, more accurate.
| ly, Minnesota and Dakota-haye assumed in the
lAUu grant cnlrlcS VI lnc tOlul ulsposhlh vi IL,
| ,0jJ acres for the United States in the last
| year, 4355ON acres or more than one third,
| goes to Dakota, and Minnesota is the only other
state or territory that comes IN for 600 acres
During the last five years there have been dis
posed OF in Dakota no less than ~ l92 Si2 acres
and In Minnesota 4, 675 $50 acres together pretty
nearly 40 0,000 acres. There Is no other section
that can compare with this, Kansas and Ne
braska, having for the five years respectively
69i 232 acres and l6O,72l acres, come next, but
I1ltntu ulpnn hn raj "A
two taken together. Four years ago Kansas was
way ahead of Dakom, but now 1t has only
about a fifth as much. Nebraska, too,
has smaller totals tnan formerly. An oX-
change says. The reason Tor Dakota and Minnie
sofas prominence is probably not that the lands
are thought more desirable than those In other
sections OF the west aud northwest, though with.
ont doubt they are looked upon with great ia
! vor, but there is in that territory more govern
ment land still untaken, In Kansas and Ne
bfaska certainly the quantity remaining has
been greatly Diminished. In Iowa there is SO
little government land left that the sales arc
scarcely more than nominal; yet there are in
that state. rs well as In Kansas and Nebraska
large sections Of land that were given us Il sub.
sidy to railroads, and which are still held by
them. In Iowa. on this account the govern
ment sales give no idea of the new areas
brought under cultivation but in the other
| cases they constitute probably the great bulk OF
| all the new lands entered by settlers. In this
connection we have TO deplore absence
of all statistics bearing on the amount of govern.
ment lands still remaining in each state and ter.
ritory. person wishing to emigrate or assist
others In emigratng to the west or northwest
would naturally want to know where tn public
lands were located, and how much remained in
this or that state; but strange as II may SEEM
no figures can be obtained on this point. and
the government appears 10 lie no better off than
the individual. This is a grave defect which we
trust will be speedily remedled There is Ger
tainly no excuse for such an OMISSION and If the
commissioner has not the clerical force neces.
sary 10 prepare the statement as he claims he
should he 1t. 1t is perhaps well to remark
In case the absence of Texas In the above table
| should not be understood. that there are ne
government lauds In the state.