The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-08
TRADE ITEMS.

THE San Pedro and san Antonio rivers have
lately been stocked with German. carp.
Orange planting is now bting extensively en-
gagged In along the Mississippi sea coast.
Many of the farmers OF central ILLINOIS iisen9
experimenting on the growing OF peas as 1000
for hogs the coming season. -,,.,
During the past fiscal year az, 635 agricultural
patents were issued from the general land Of
flee at Washington.
Danbury. Connecticut, has ,twenty.one nat
factories, which employ 3.9il persons ana turn
out 1,S15 dozen hats per day.
Alabama has twenty-five iron furnaces ID op,
Grafton. producing daily more than thous"hu
tons
Sum pier county, Florida, last week. oranges
which he sold for 1856 90.
The Dakota legislature is bound to popula'
the prairies with quail. A bill has been passs.'
making 1t unlawful to kill quail for five years.
Bermuda grass is now cultivatt IN the south
for feeding to pigs. 1t is also raised on hiilsides
to prevent the washing away OF the soil - T.
Six miles Of sewer are ordered to be lalu IN
Minneapolis the present season. at cost oil
s15S,S73.
Wnile shad are being taken from the traps on
the Elowah river, in Georgia. This river was
stocked eight years ago and again TWO years
ago. 'u,
Holland is almost continuous meadow. The
land value eliminates in Lombardy, where lrrl-
gated meadow lands rent for $50 to SlOO per
acre. ;,
The wages of male agricultural laborers in
Scotland from Sl60 to Sl93 per year. Females
rece We fir. m s6j to $50, In the case OF Dom
board and lodging are furnished by the en-
Cal. Richards, young man who annually
comes TO Hudson to engage In s,aughtIihs
poultry, has this season shipped 72,0Sl pounds,
and has sold his feathers at 1l,o2S pounds, ana
tails and wings at 1.66S pounds.
The consumption of water by the people Oh
Milwaukee the past week was 129, 649 73S gallons,
the largest amount ever consumed i'll one week
rhe u,livation of jute has been commonwealth
Brazil Specimens iaised in that country and
taken to Scotland compare favorably with any
brought from India or Egypt.
Switzerland has 1887 cotton mills, employing
S. 754 persons. There are 1872 silk factories, en-
ploying 1884 persons; 45 wooden factories, with
2,447 hands; and linen works, with 67S hands
move is now on foot among the working
men of Athens Georgia, to build small factory
for making yarns from cotton. Stock has been
placed at s25 per share, and it is supposed there
will be no trouble in finding takers.
The Lancaster Bingham mills at Clinton,
Massachusetts, are the largest mills of the KIND
10 this country. They employ 1000 hands ana
produce 2U, 0J0,0O0 yards of cloth every year.
Their products are sold mainly in Pennsylvania
The whole world has total of as. 4S7 sailing
vessels, with tonnage of nearly l4.OOOO0O.
England first America next Norway, Germany.
Italy Russia and France, which only takes
seventh place. Great Britain has 43l7 steamers,
carrying 500, eco tons; America 594: Ftance Ala.
The Australians are going for the sparrows
n
''The following figures, showing the number OF
sparrows and eggs that have been destroyed
up to November g. have been supplied py tne
under secretary; Heads, y 3i5 eggs, lSn2l2,
From October TO November 5,42O heads were
paid for, and 446S5 eggs"
OF the forty canneIies on the Columbia. twen-
ty-four of them are located at Astoria The
salmon of this river are superior TO the same
species of fsh in other waters, chiefly in respect
TO delicacy of flavor and the amount of oil they
contain. They are shipped in vast quantities to
Liverpool and London as great distributing CEN
The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise says;
The Truckee river is now frozen to the bottom.
In passing over the CLASSY surface OF the stream
whole schools OF trout are seen nrIily hxed Just
where the cold wave struck them The ranch
men living along the river now go hshlng with
axes and in some places chop out dozen OF the
"speckled beauties" in a bunch.
The Hilgers orchard on the river below Oro-
vile, California, has been leased to Chinese for
one wear for 81 700. The orchard is mostly OF
apricot and peach trees, and embraces ABOUT
forty acres. Last season about sixty or more
tons of dried peaches were shipped from thence
BY Chinese lessees The previous year part
of the peach pits were sacked and marked upon
orders from nurserymen below Sixteen ions
were sent TO one nnrseryman VINO haia slo d
Great Pritain has set all example which the
United States would do well to follow. IL has
Introduced into its colonies the cultivation OF
trees and plants which produce medicinal drugs
Uinchona trees are now grown IN India and ia
maica and sarsaparilla is cultivated in all the
colonies that enjoy mild climate, An effort is
now being II ade " raise all kinds of medicinal
plants by the colonies governed by Great
Britain.
The ice crop of the Hudson river this year
will be nearly three million tons, which is one
of the largest harvests, II not the largest ever
taken from that river. The ice gathered ranges
in thickness from eight TO twenty inches, and
owing to the low condition of the river when II
froze over, is as clear as crystal. The housing
this year cost fro n TO cents less per ton than
last year. Notwithstanding the cry of short
crop last winter, about 100000 tons remained in
houses unsOld at the beginning Of the year.
Nearly $4,000 tons OF this was ice gathered in
1880 which had been held ever since fer good
market
The parts of animals generally used for que
making are the parts of hides and skins from
tanneTles anu slsug1ler-nouses KNOWN as glue
pieces, heshing. pelIs from furriers, hoofs and
ears of cattle, horses and sheep. Animal Skins
n every form, when Enacted upon by fannie
acid, aIe excellent material for the glue-maker.
IL Is said that the partings of oxen and other
thick hides make the best glue. Fish bones. the
core of horns, snews and animal membranes
are all utilized for the same purpose.
commissioners TO sell public land ut sl-25 an
acre though much of is probably worth more
SPECTATORS are securing choice tracts OF pine and
farming lands One individual is reported TO
have bought l20)1 acres within few weeks,
ano for $50 another person obtained tract on
which there use 5000 feet OF pine timber A