The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-03
TRADE ITEMS.


TRADE ITEMS
BEAN pods forty inches In length grace the ed
itorial table of the Nashville World,
Eighteen steam threshers were running ny one
time In one township OF Jasper county, Indiana,
last week -
n radlsh more than twelve inches In circum-
QUITO Out Of twenty-five blast furnaces in the shen;
| andoah valley only eight are now III iull anu
| successful operation.
! A Young farmer In southern Illinois has no.
ticed that the common swallow devours more
chinch bugs than any bird common to the gram
growing region =,
. G inin, Georgia, has the largest peach orchard
in the SOUTH containing 5000 trees .and cover
ing most OF 600 acres. On the same farm are
1000 grated apple trees and 5,WO pear frees,
There is furry in hops in the New YORK
market Hops sold at 7@S cents "a pound IN
1879 They are now selling at 4o@5o cents, with
the prospect Of still higher price, Inc Piilci
| Valdosta, in Lowndes county, appears 10 DC
the great watermelon centre Of south georgia
About the middle of June her shipments In one
day reached fourteen carloads, , am,
| The prospect for heavy mast III the loothlils
and mountains that border the san Joaquin
valley this year is lattering. The oaks are
loaded with acornS.
The jute factory at San Quentin, California,
has been turning out bags at the rate OF 5,OQ
per day. The cost of each bag is Sts cents. ~
|
61s cents if the ute can be successfully raised III
| this state
Swarms of cricLets are now raidins upon
Sprague river valley, Oregon. They destroy
| grain and vegetables where found, and uncere-
| moniOusy enter houses, jump the dinner laDle
| or crawl on the beds.
dispatch to the London News from Dublin
states that the weather in Ireland has improved
considerably during the past few days. Though
the potato blight has appeared in badly drained
ground, there is splendid crop in most parts OF
the country.
1t is said that II OOO,OOO bushels Of sweet pota.
toes will be raised in Georgia this season, ana
how to dispose of the crop is problem. TWO
attempts at solution are mentioned in the At
lianta Constitution One is that freight rates be
made low enough to make western shipments
profitable. The total crop weighs nearly hat 9
million tons, and to carry such freight should
be an object to any company which could nan
die 1t and take it to market, where fair prices
are sure to obtain. The other solution Is TO use
an evaporation and dry the potato, by which op'
grafton only about 10 per cent OF the weight Il
lost.
From January to July l, 1882, says The Lon
don Grocer, the stock OF American rehned petro
leum in London has been increased by aDou
lOe, OOJ barrels. The amount held there which
December 81 was 49, 500 barrels, is now 27o,5O
barrels, and, what is more remarkable, the com
paratiye surplus, then 2,000 barrels has since
swollen to 25S, 400 barrels. To form some idea
of the enormous extent OF this supply v
ready oil, it should be borne in mind that a sur
plus so formidable is equivalent to the whole re
! any more arrivals being added thereto; anc
even should the imports fall of and the delv
cries augment at one and the same time, long
| period must elapse before so great an excess as
. that above shown can be worked down TO more
; moderate dimensions.
1t is said that alcohol equal to that made from
grain can be produced fIom aoorns. The acorns
are, freed from the shell and ground finely; then
they are mashed with malt and allowed TO Ter.
ment. Acorns contain about ~ per cent OF
Starch and 10 per cent OF gluten: Ihey wouId
. | l,,uh rtin
|, not for the tannic acid about per cent when
they contain. Vast quantities which go TO waste
, every year, where hogs are not fed IN the woods
, might be gathered by boys and converted INTO
alcohol for in the arts thus freeing an equiv
alent amount of grain for use as food Or some
, young student of practical chemistry mlghl
, make good thing for himself and for the world
| by devising an economical process OF sepaiat
ing the starch, gluten, and fannie acid, the last
! for technical uses and the others for food.
The exports of dairy prducts have declined fol
the past two years during the early months Of
the season. In 1880 the exports of butter for two
, months ending June 80, was 5000 I04 pounds,
valued at 81 i96 557 IN ISL, S75a2 W. poundds
OF the value of s29s 73l. In the same mouths IN,
the export Of cheese in 1880 was 30.SSl Q1(
pounds, Of tie value o. 55S Az in ISL ~ 0s2
liza pounds. valued at So 10 ,Sl5 and IN lseZ 10,
7SS 539 pounds, of the value OF sl,9oI, 633. Inc
decline in the export of these commodities arises
more from an advance in prices than from He
cline in production. Or rather, perhaps the
|
the growthNQf home demand:
The expoilof fresh beef for the six months
ending June 81 in the past three years SHOWS
, still larger decline than IN dairy produces. Dur
ing the first six me- ihs of 1880 the fresh beef ex
, ported amounted TO S7S5,1l2 pounds, OF INT
value of s764979:in 1851, OH Jag pounds ya,uet
at 1858 O36, and in 1882 2,6S go pounds, value'
? at S2S9 IS. In this commodity nj - prices ar
Z Il restricted supply in the past SIX months N u
! combined 10 bring the export to low ebb.
= The southern car works at Knoxville Tel fti
I A. 4 fArIh Afr rail TnD a.
1000 worth of wheels every year. Ihrt lur
, niture factories do an annual business Q. NN.
: o: barrel factory, $4,000; a handle IA Cory
. sl25 OOO and an iron company, s2jlOU0. T..
are besides two boundaries doing a. business
= $40 co., and six Touring mills, all doing well.
A New York writer says: The grand average
for three years of free quinine was fraction les
Per ounce
Average price of qulnine for three years go
, Average vera S price of free quinine for three
years ...........''''''''''''', : :
, Average saving perounce. ;.;..,.;;...;;o,..
:, "The consumption of quinine is Difficult
cd thar during the last three years TIL
S country consumed over 4,001,0OO ounce
8 of auinine, which is only a littl
i over / 100000 ounces per annum. Indeed
) am of opinion that 500, 900 ounces per annuT
would be a fair average consumption but SUI
posing we only consumed 4, 90 VVO ounces dnTln
n tho three wears tne nOspllhls hhu VT iefNi
: stricken of the land saved Co. 14OOOO vi blood "a
" which otherwise would have gone i'to the pocL
D cts OF two or three great nilliOnaiies.
e strong durable article Of betting Is laade
: oakland California, out OF the entrnlls OF sheel
: The entrails which will average ffty-hye iet
c I'm length, are first thoroughly cleaned ana the
l. ulsced in watts Of brine, where they remain se'
: eral DAYS When thus prepared they are nc
7 much thicker than a piece Of common -cotto
twine and will sustain weight OF ABOUT te
: pounds The mex stage in process OF manufactuf
h 10 wind the prepared material on bobbins aite
a which the process is the same as in maxim
I common rope. This method is used TO produo
/ a round belt but where a wide, fiat bet Is 70
i made loom Is employed, and the fine strand
S are woven together rs in ribbon manufactuTt
G The fiat belts are made Of any size, and IN
round Of sizes varying from one-tixteenth up
one and a half inches in diameter. The roup
| belts are made either in the form OF smoot
4 cord. or as ropes with from three 70 iiye larg
4 strands The three-quarter inch rope Is SAID
|. stand a strain Of seven tons, and is guarantee
q to last ten years.
PROVISIONS.
: Ftw persons even in this city have corre'
l. idea az the large amounts Of meats and lar
/, ! which are sold IA Dallas. Dealers here hay
! made such arrangements that they are enable