The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-24
GEO. J. KEATlNG.
Kansas City, Special Partner.
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The Deer Lodge IN. ~ New North West say
that the Territory OF Montana presents mo bes
showing for the Yield of Irish potatoes ms year
The average yield Is 1872 bushels per acre: r.
The clippings of so e-leather in the New Eng
land shoe factories that were formerly consldere'
worthless, are now stamped into buttons 10
clothes and fancy tack heads for upholstery.
| 1t is estimated that there are over co., yys acre
, OF tobacco fields in the United States, ana IN
crop IL valued vt about sl5,0oOU U.
| The commissioner OF public works OF Chicago
says the city used last year 2tl5O 600, 0OOgallon
of water equal TO a canal twenty feet VIDE AM
ten feet deep from New YORK to san Francisco
We pay to foreign owners for ocean freigh,
over $50 COO 0CO per annum. This, II we bull
our own ships oc bought them abroad for reg
istry AT home, would early give MS merehah
marine we might be proud Of
Four dislilleries are now running III henuer
son county, KY, producing about MY barrels o
whisky per day. About s260,0OO is invested II
the business there, and the warehouses nov
have about 10000 barrels In bond,
Three of the largest cheeses yet MADE arrived
In the Clyde, England, few days ago. one o
them is 400 pounds in weight, and the o,he
two =, 100 pounds each. They measure i've fee
In diameter. two feet two inches deep. the tota
circumference bring sixteen feet, They arr
said to be OF splendid quality, and are the pro
duct of nix days milk OF u herd of 800 cows
owned by Dr. l.. l.. Wigh' Whitesbofo, New
York.
The Now York Indicator says 1t Is fac
not generally known and hard TO credit, tina
the importation OF potatoes during single yea
amounted to o 900 900 bu. The books OF the Gus
toms bureau show that nearly 100000 bu, ,wer
imported from starving Ireland, from Scotland
New brunswick, and Nova Scotia duing Thu
last fiscal year. their value being 81, j00,OOl ant
the duty on them sllSl76. This ought to en-
courage tho farmers of this and adjoining state
10 persevere In the cult va'ion OF the potato
which last year yielded them such large profits
There III about $40 600 capital invested II
the manufacture OF rubber goods In the United
States, and about $1,000 persons are employed il
100 establishments, Annually producing good
valued at $3.50, 100000, as shown by the lat
census. The amount Of raw rubber consumed
II about 10000 tons per nnnum, which, will
other ingredients used IN the manufacturing
equals 100000 tons. Raw rubber has lately beer
advanced IN price TO SIPS per pound, while sly
years ago II could have been purchased for 4
cents. This industry has no rival in foreign
countries
What with the inventive attractions and tn,
growth Of the country. the annual income OF the
furniture manufacturers OF the untfy IL moi
less ihan Si20000000. But II would be much
higher II the workmanship were more efficient
There Is too much by far OF 1T will servo ia
SELF In tho furniture business, There would
grow up Il gren, foreign trade for our products II
the putting together was more honest The
design. finish and material are all Attractive.
The California Grocer says that almond cul.
ture Is taking n prominent place among the pro-
ductive industries OF that state. Four varieties
are grown-yiz.. the shoft shell, standard, hard
shell, and the paper shell. Tho crop Of 1881
was 800. 900 lbs, about half OF which was used to
supply the home trs9e and the balance shipped
east. This year. 1Ssl, being an of bearing year,
the crop Is but 100000 lbs, the most of which
will be required .er Tho home trade Tho ca
paclty for production Is stated to be almost un.
limited, and growers are finding tho crop SO
profitable that they are rapidly eXteudinE. their
orchards, and II Is predicted that In ten years
time the entire UHited States can be supplied
from the California product.
II IL e,timated that nearly 1000 0QO, 900 pounds
OF paper are produced annually, one-half of
which Ia for printing, u sixth for writing. and
other purposes The United States alone pro-
euce yearly 2C0CC0 tons of paper, averaging
seventeen pounds per head; the
educated German takes eight pounds The
treDchmhn seven pounds, while the Italian,
Spanlard aud Russian, take respectively three
pounds, ono ana half and one pound annu.
ally, the consumption of paper being roughly
In proportion to the education and Intellectual
activity ofthe people.
The growth of the cotton. seed Industry In The
next FIVE years bids fair Ia become enormous
Tho south has at last found source of grea
wealth In what until recently was considered o
no value. Before the war millions of dollars II
cotton seed were yearly thrown away. The utllt,
The seed as fertilizer was then discovered, nnC
II was for time chiefly used for this purpose
II was next found 10 contain n variable OF
which IL now pressed out refined and uScC
chiefly for cooking purposes us n substitute 70
lard, while the remaining meal or cake hal
proved TO be rich cd for animals. Even IN,
hulls OF the seed make an excellent fuel. II ha
been estimated that Mt tho present dny the nm
nual crop of cotton seed will be converted I'M
products OF the value OF $4,000 700 to SIS, O