The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-28
TRADE ITEMS.

TnE Parisians average 362 pounds of
bread, l76 pounds of meat aud 1917 quarts
OF wine each annually, according to recent
statistics, and the food of less luxurious
Frenchmen ranges from Partisan fare
downward to that of the poor people of
Nantes, who eat sos pounds of bread and
I0i pounds Of meat and drink 1i2 quarts OF
wine each annually.
The crop report of the Kansas board OF
agriculture for the month ending May 81
says The discourag'ng reports last month
concerning The peach crop have not been
materially changed, The crop will hardly
come up to % per cent. of an average.
There will be an abundance of all other
kinds OF fruit, with the exception possibly
Of apples, which have been during the past
month showing effects of former injury,
They are dropping OIL the trees In large
quantities In many localities. Grapes will
he unusually abundant and small fruits OF
oil kinds are promising large yields.
The use OF gunpowder in clearing ice
bound rivers was satisfactorily demon
strated at Quebec toward the close Of the
last season. The ice.gorge, extending for
had become jsmmed at the narrows until
IL was As much as IS feet thick in places.
Several shafts were bored. and filled with
charges OF 800 pounds each, and then ex-
ploded by electricity. This treatment loos.
ened the ice, and the tide at once cleared
he harb0r. Colonel Cotton, commander
Of the Quebec citadel, condu oted the ex.
pcylments. This, the New York CONNER.
Gial Bulletin thinks, Is useful hint to New
Workers should the Hudson and East rivers
ever become blocked 30 as TO impede nav.
igalion. ="
"Cali!ornia," the San Francisco Jouru |
aft "a NvvSo tnk s
the manufacture as for the production of
silk, and II seems to us that the two should
30 together. New Jersey Is not by nature
or otherwise peculiarly suited to silk cul.
ture, yet she has raised up one OF the most
profitable silk industries In the world. We
hGge very active silk cultural association:
W need similar one to foster the manu-.
ture. Every year 80, 000, 900 or $40 OOO, 900
worth OF raw silk passes through Ban Fran.
CISCO for the looms and workers of our sis.
ter eastern states. Most OF the product Is
sod 70 the east OF the rocky Mountains, vet
10 no reason why San Francisco should
no have 2 portion Of the home silk trade"
The rapid development Of truck farming
Hud fruit growing In the south bids fair 70
bring about an industrial revolution In that
PORTION OF our country. A recent writer on
Sis subject says: King Cotton has finally
been dethroned In the Empire state of the
s6uth. The bonanza was first discovered
about seven years ago In Lowndes county,
Gown 10 southern Georgia, on the Florida
iiue. Mcltee il the pioneer who blazeu this
new road to fortune. Seven years ago
AcRce bought and settled this place. He
had tried cotton to his hearts content, and
he was determined to iind something bet.
tsr. The first experiment IN market pa.
eening was cucnlnbers. He planted few
acres In "cukes," and raised several hun.
drcd bushels. Out Of these he only sent
about lt0 boxes tomarket. The clear profit
was about "a per box. Since then he has
largely Increased his operations and from
the humble, unsavory "cuke" alone he now
derives an income Of $1,000.
That 10 wonderful to us Of the SOU h,
though the north In It's great prosperity
may smile At the assertion. Mcilee plants
NO cotton at oil now. but makes an abund.
ence OF corn and orAb-grass hay for home
demand. McRee's watermelons are now
the chief attraction on this very attractive
farm. He has planted 100 acres Of them.
end ~ proposes 70 have them In northern
and western markets By the middle Of June.