The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-13

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During the ten months from July,
1881, to April 80, 1882, the interior mills
of California sent 2,750,273 quarter
sacks of flour to San Francisco, and the
farmers of California sent Is, ,407, SIS
centals of wheat. This is a larger aarl-
| tity of flour than was ever received at
San francisco during any corresponding
period, showing great activity on the
part of the country mills, all of which
are believed to be doing well. These
| mills are scattered all over the interior,
the more prominent ones being at Val
leJo, Sacramento, and Stockton. Some
of these mills fill large orders for ex-
port. Adding the flour thus received to
the wheat deliveries gives total of 2O,-
49, centals, or upwards of 1000, 600
short tons, the largest quantity received
IN any ten months in the history of San
francisco. The shipments of wheat and
flour for the ten months ending April
80, 1882. were equivalent to 1,075, ,276
tons, against 613,500 tons for the same
time in 18S0f81, and 566, 400 tons for
the same time in 1S79-SO.
Some extensive shipments of Young
shad and herring were recently made BY
the fish commission from Washington
One million shad and two million her.
ring were sent to Austin, Tex, where
they were placed in the Colorado river;
100000 shad to Farmville, Va, to stock
the waters of the Appomattox; 800, 900
to South Carolina; 100000 to the Rap
pahannock river. and 100000 to the up
per Potomac, at Ha-per's Ferry. The
frch f,.n, 4nl ' 4
tin pals, each holding from 1000 to q
800 fish. The Quantico fishery, which
has just been discontinued, the shad
having moved further up the river, net
ted alone over 100000 shad and Co.,
900, 900 herring. The Fish Hawk, the
government vessel stationed at Quanti-
co, under the command of Capt Tan
ner, goes to the Susquehanna fishery,
just below Havre de Grace Up to the
present time there have been shipped
this year and deposited about 100000
shad. The work of the entire season
will probably embrace the distribution
Of nearly 100000 600 shad and countless
millions of herrings.
The Buenos Ayres Herald in recent
number says a word on behalf of the
Argentine republic as a field where the
surplus population and the unoccupied
capital OF Europe may readily find
happy and prosperous habitation and
profitable investment. There arelands.
it says, of untold extent within two hum
dred or three hundred miles of the cap
ltal, which require preparatory work;
they are already cleared and ready for
grazing through the entire year: they
require no barns for the storage of hav,
and these lands can be had at the rate
OF Is. an English acre. Railway extern
slons are progressing, and ''there is no
more danger to person and property
than in any other young country.''
Then the ''climate is matchless,n and
the people are ''hospitable. oenerous and
able cOmerS.
The preliminary surveys for the pro-
posed reclamation of the Zuyder Zee
have been finished, and the work of
building the walls will soon begin. A
dixie about 249 miles in length will be
of sand and faced with clay,
reaching 16 feet above the level of the
sea, which will make it about 81 feet
above the highest tide. The thickness
of the dixie will be such as to enable it
to resist the heaviest seas. Operations
will begin at four different points, and
the calculation is to have it completed
in from seven to ten years, at a cost of
S46, ,0O0,0 900.
The Spanish government, urged by
the scarcity of wheat in southern Spain,
has issued memorandum setting forth
the high prices of grain in the districts
most affected, and stimulating Hunga-
rian exporters to pay attention to this
outlet for their products.
1t is stated that the railroad freight
rate on California wool, from San Fran
cisco to Boston, is q cents per pound;
while the same railroads contract to
bring woods from Australia to Boston,
via San Francisco, for cents a pound.
1t is now stated that the stalks Of the
cotton plant can be converted into val
liable stock food by cutting them into
small pieces or grinding them.