The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-25
TRADE ITEMS.

PADucAH talks of establishing q free ferry
across the OHIO iiyer
has been arrested for selling pOstaB e.s,amps al
less than their real value.
II IL said In the warehouses Of Kentucky are
stored products Of her distiilefics 10 The amount
OF over co. 000, 900 gallons Of Bourbon whisky,
valued, exclusive OF tax, ct no less Than $780,
0000c1
George Hartsock, wealthy farmer OF Dewitt
county, has a carp pond frJm which he proposes
70 supply fish for the Clinton market and sur
rounding towns and cities.
N, r. McKinstry, Of Hudson, New York, owns
the largest apple orchard In the world-sO,O0
trees on 800 acres.
tllre milk sugar, or to condense whey so ms 10
make II valuable for making bread II is esti-
mated that pound OF sugar can be made from
three gallons Of whey.
DO OF any value In the west until q Yankee be-
sieged one and began 10 capture the animals for
their skins, which, 1t Is said. Gun BIO made into
gloves that rival the finest kid.
The experiment made In large number OF
interior counties OF Georgia last year, Of plant
ing upland rice, was 80 Unsatisfactory ON account
Of the long summer drontb, that very little was
planted last spring.
country. From statistics punished short
time ago, II appears that In 1851 there were D76
producers, who turned ont Al SI kiiogrammeso OF
cocoons. which realized not less thhn Al slG
with state aid. o model school. when promises
TO give o well.directcd impetus TO the silk'rais-
Ing industry.
report gives the statistics Of the catch Of ish for
1880. The total catch, by the New England
fleet, Of mackere. was 3iss09 barrels, against
59l,657 barrels In 1881 aud Sio,Ca barrels
In 1850. or Goldfish there were SOS 99i
ihe catch Of mackerel by the provincial fisher.
men was the smallest for years, and hs that
usually proves an important part OF me supply
OF the United States, the actual supply iof con-
sumption Is less than usual, which accounts for
tho higher prices which have prevailed and
which are likely to continue during The winter
and enNlinxrISyg; ,.a ,..,,..,. ;.
Gated about ten miles els. U Tacoma, IL the
great hop producing section of the Pacific coast
This year. IN consequence OF the hop famine IN
Europe, tho price has advanced 400 10 bCV pr
cent The hop.gIowers Of fuyallup are IN hl6h
clover, so to speak, some OF them clearing t5O.
900 on their crop. Before tho picking season
opened they sent messenger up me coast TO
notify the Indians Of an advance In the price OF
picking hops, for ali tho hop-pioling Ia done by
Indians This welcome news had the elect Of
bringing siwnshes from the northern part OF
British Columbia and tho sound was completely
dotted with THAR canoes, all heading. for Taco
ma. Many OF the canoes wers loaded down al
most 70 tho waters edge. Ihe squnws and Tho
children 40 most OF the hop-p picking.
Lato accounts from California notice the great
increase In tho size Of the vineyards there. A
plantation Of zoo acres used 10 be considered
large VINEYARD. now yineyards 0( 500 and GOO
acres are not uncomm ~, ana one OF l,OOO acres
was recently planted near Los Angeles. II u
expected that IN three years or 30 California VIII
possess vineyards OF so 0 or 6,OOO acres In eN-
tent The total number OF acres at present de-
voted TO vine culture Ia estimated at about 100
O0o. all OF which viii be bearing In abou, four
years time. and producing about forty or ni,y
The nnmb.r ~ notwithstanding establishments
In Louisville. Kentucky, has grown nom go IN
1850 70 l9i IN 1850 the capital Invested therein
from el0,0oe0Q0 10 s2l,00o0O0 the number OF
hands employed nom i0,0o0to over 1000 and
the value Of the product from $4,000, 900 to $780,.
OQ0o0O. These figures for 1881 do not Include tho
product Of It's Iron and steel works, the manu-.
facture ofworsted or WOODEN goods, cook. glass
ship.buildlnp, dlstiieries. breweries .e,c which,
being taken by special agents OF the govern
mcnt are not yet obtainable, but Will. when re-
ported. swell tho aggregate for 1880 al least %
per cent.
Tho consumption OF Indla.rubber goods IN
much larger than IN any other country There
10 capital Of about $4,000, geo invested In The
business OF manufacturing rubber goods, $50 !.
ana sSSs YSs c NUMBER SpS Of S sS
ployes In placed NJ lb,to0, and the number OF
iscierics At 40 The value Of the annual pro-
duct according 10 late census bulletin, IL $3.50
hs sSsS s,s IN Sn an he d g@sG
America, Madagascar, Zanzibar. Assam and
Dornec. Tho business OF importing II only com.
mcnccd on syktematic basis and In really a
large way about nfiecn years ago. and has been
steadily Increasing since. though the years 1875
1876, and 1873 showed an exceptional falling on
from the usual Increase. Tho past year has,
however. much more than oilset this. and the
increase has been the largest without excep.
ton, Ia the history Of tho business, having been
In the aggregate u. al 600 pounds, the apparent
consumption "a 0qs 900 pounds, and the stock ut
The close Of the year ., ibs,ooo pounds.