The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-07
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AhsNit b'uh nOthtu WITH htIUhhu carl.
Orange planting Is now being extensively en-
gagged III along the Mississippi sea COST.
Many OF the farmers of central Illinois Intend
experimenting on the growing OF peas as food
LOT hORS inc coming season.
DurlnRthe past fiscal year &c, 635 agricultural
patents were issued from the general land Of
flee ut Washington.
Danbury., Connecticut, has twenty.one hat
factories. which employ 39il persons and tuin
out 90 dozen hats per day.
Alabama has twenty two iron furnaces In OPP
GRAFTON, Producing daily more than thousand
tons.
Mr.. J. NJ. Harris gathered from one tree In
sum pier county, Florida, last week. ORANGES
which he sold for $50 90.
-, The Dakota legislature Is bou' ilste
the prairtos with quail. A bill ha, mssed
making II unlawful to kill quail for .ars.
Bermuda grass is now cultivated In .Le south
Tor feeding to pigs. II Is also raised on hilsides
10 prevent the washing away OF the soil.
SIX miles or sewer are ordered 10 be laid IN
Sl5S,S73
wni!e shad are being taken from the traps on
the Etowah river, IN Georgia. This river was
stocked eight years ago and again two years
ago.
Holland is almost continuous meadow. The
land value eliminates u Lombardy, where irri-
gated meadow lands rent for $50 to elC0 per
acre.
The wages of male agricultural laborers in
Scotland from el60 to Slg9 per year. Females
Iece ye FIR III s6j to So, In the case of both
board and lodging arc furnished by the EN-.
pl0yef
Gal. Richards, young man who annually
comes 10 Hudson TO engage IN Strengthening
poultry, has this season shipped 72,OSl pounds,
and has sold ms feathers NJ Ii 02S pounds, and
tails and wings ~ l,G6S pounds
The consumption of water by the people OF
Milwaukee the past week was 100 60 73S gallons
the largest amount ever consumed in one week
by the city
rhe Gu ovation of iute has been commonwealth
Brazil Specimens ieised in that country aud
taken to Scotland compare fayorably with any
brought from India or Egypt.
switzerland has 1887 cotton mills, employing
500 persons. There are lS2 silk factories, EN-
ploying H. 39i persons; 45 wooden factories with
2,lH hands; and linen works, with G7S hands
a move is now on foot among the working
men of Athens, Georgia, TO build small factory
Tor making yarns from cotton. Stock has been
placed Mt s25 per sha'e, and 1t Is supposed there
will be no trouble in iiudng takers,
The Lancaster Bingham mills, ut Clinton
Massachusetts are the largest mills of the kind
In this country, They employ 1900 hands and
produce 20,O0O,WO yards uf cloth every year
Their producIsare sold mainly III Pennsylvania
and the southwest
The whole world has Il total of iS, 49, sailing
vessels, with tonnage of nearly li000,000.
England first Amer ca next, Norway, Germany,
| Italy, Russia aud France which only takes
seventh place Great Britain has lSl7 steamers,
carrying 500 900 tons; Amepica, SGT France lli.
| The Australians are going for tn sparrOws
with Vengeance. Au Adelaine paper says:
1.-THE following figures, showing the number of
sparrows and eggs that have been destroyed
up 10 November 4, have been supplied by the
under secretary: Heads, y &5; eggs, lSi2l2
| From October to November 6,i2O heads were
paid for, and iiGS5 eggs"
OF the forty ugnneTiGs on the Columbia, TWEEN
lty-four of them IRE located ut Astoria, The
| salmon ot this river are superior 10 the same
species of dsh In other waters, chiefly in tespec
~ delicacy of flavor and the amount OF oil they
contain. They are shipped In vast Quantities Il
Liverpool aud London us great distributing cen
tres for all Europe.
The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise says
The TruCkeo river is now frozen to the bottom
In passing over the CLASSY surface of the stream
whols schools OF trout are seon firmly fixed jus
where the cold wave struck them The rsuCh
men living along the river now 10 ilphing Wit
axes and IN some places chop out dozen Of The
specified boauties' in Il bunch.
The Hilgers orc mTd on the river below Orc
vide, California, has been leased to Chinese 70
one your for 500. The orchard Is mostly O
apricot and peach trees, and embraces abOu
forty acres. Last season about sixty or nor
! tons of dried peaches were shipped from theme
, by Chinese lossoes Tho previous year n pal
OF the peach pits were sacked and marked upo
orders nom nurscfymon below. Sixteen iOu
! were sent 10 one nurseryman who pail slS
ton for them ut the Oroyille railroad depot
Great fritain has set an example which tn
|
introduced into its colonies the cultivation
trees and plants which producemedlclnsld drug
Iinchona trees are now grown In India and ia
malca, and sarsaparillN is cultivated In all tn
colonies that enjoy mild climate An effort
new being made TO raise all kinds of mediclni
plants by tho colonies governed by Gre,
Britain.
The ice crop of the Hudson river this ye,
will be nearly three million tons. which is OF
s OF the largest haryests, II not the largest eve
taken from that river. The ice gathered rangl
In thickness from eight 10 twenty inches nj
owing to the low condition of the river when
a frole over, IL as clear rs crystal. Tho housiu
this year cost fro n 10 cents less per ton tina
last year Notwithstanding the cry of iho
crop last winter, about 100000 tous remained
houses uusod ut tho beginning of the yea
| Nearly $4,000 tons OF this was Ice gathered
1880. which had been held ever since for a glC
0 market
\ he parts OF animals generally used for g,i,
a making are the parts of hides and skirs FRO
n tanneries and slaughter. houses known as ri,
4 pieces ileshing pols from curriers', hoofs ~
r ears OF cattle horses and sheep. Animal Skii
n In every FORM when uu0Cted upon by tam
A acid, are excellent material for the gluemak
/. | IL Is said that the purtings of oxen and 9TH
| thick hides make The hest glue Fish bones, II
! core Of horns, sinoNs aud animal mombran
4 are all utilized for the same purpose,
. The laws of Wisconsin authorize the state lar
commissioners TO sell public land Ut 81 % I
acrc though much Of II Is probably worth NOR
Speech ators are securing choice tracts Of pins NJ
farming lands. One individual Nv reported
4 have bought laQ)l acres within n few week
I and for $50 another person oblaiued q tract {
. which there ase 400 90 feet OF pine timber.
suspension Of sales IL urged ill the lesisatu
. can modify the laws
y QUEENSwARE.