The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-21
TRADE ITEMS.

Half a million eggs have been shipped
from Glasgow, Kentucky, in the past Two
weeks.
New potatoes are large enough to cat in
Georgia.
Over two tons of hairpins are made daily
by the factories of this country,
AT Sparta, Georgia, DR.. q. W. Watkins ID
making u success of raising pecan trees.
Salmon are being caught IN the haEoo
river, Mississippi.
The demand for Georgia pine IS greatly
on the increase in the north.
Over half a million quarts of milk Is tho
daily coumption in the city of New York.
The Scotch Duke OF Athol has planted
during his life y coo 900 trees, covering To-
900 acres of his estate.
One day last week Il gentleman III ueor-
gia ate asparagus, lettuce, mustard, spinach
and turnips from his own garden
The Crow Indians IN Montana number
340O and are mostly engaged IN stockrais-
ing and agricultural pursuits.
Specimens of asbestos fiber, from four to
six inches long, and very soft and silky, are
found in Nebraska.
This largest grain elevator in the country
Is said TO be that belonging to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company, in Jersey City.
Some Swedish manufacturers OF matches
are proposing to set up large factory III
northern Now York. -
A custom-house to cost $l25,0O0 IS to be
built al El Paso, Texas, and the contracts
for construction have been let.
The Lake Michigan whtetish planted in
Lake Tahoe arc doing finely. One about
eight inches in length was caught rom
wharf last week.
In 1882 somebody in tho United States
u,tu uullnn4
spirits, %, G2S OIL gallons OF wines, and OF,
05l 1856 gallons of beer.
Ten years ago one steamboat could hardly
pay expenses running down the east shore
Of Puget Sound. Now ten boats aro kept
constantly busy over the same route.
The extent of land under grain crops In
New Zealand in 1881 was G3S, $40 acres un-
der green crops, 36S, 573. acres, and under
artificial grasses, 3,03S ,OG9 acres.
s,ria.Hungary pays S2,250WO II year
to steamship companies, and is going to
pay So ,O00,0o0 80 rs to keep up with Italy.
In Corea the common cure-all is ginseng
root, the best specimens of which will in
times OF scarcity command the almost fab
ulous price of $4,000 pound
English mines welded l66, 800 900 tons OF
coal in 1852 and employed 50l,OI0 men.
The yield Is = slight advance OH 1881.
France produced 20 ,25l ,53l tons in 1888,
Five saw mills at Chattanooga can turn
out 100000 feet OF lumber every ten hours,
yet the supply is not equal to the home de
mand.
The California Ostrich Farming company
has filed articles of incorporation with the
secretary Of state. The capital stock IL $50,
600 and $4,000 OF II subscribed by thirty
seven different individuals.
"A anpnn aspI ipna pf lnunpAgpn ihn IN RIM A.
intend to plow up their whent, as II has
been ruined by the llossian fly, They will
plant corn and potatoes instead.
The Montgomery, Ala, oil mills have
turned out this season 5000 barrels OF oil
against 1900 barrels tho Same time last
year. A large amount of cotton.seed meal
has been made
On the lot of Colonel w. 4. Ilaskins, OF
Tampa, which Is lo5 feet square, and on
which is house S2x32 feet, that gentleman
this season has picked from the orange
trees theron IL, 600 oranges. .,, @.
1t is estimated that not less than 10000,
GOO barrels of ale and beer will he brewed
in the United States during the current
year, an increase OF about II per cent. over
the year previous.
The San Antonio Light thinks two
branches ofindustry may be cultivated in
Texas Win more pTOllt tnhn CAttle DTecu
ing, one is the silk cocoons, tho other the
raising OF olives.
More attention is being given to draining
low land in the southern states than ever
before. The richest tracts In the south
have been entirely unprotected or only
used for producing rice, Much of this LAND
Is now being drained for the purpose o.
raising cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, and
small grain.
A partial estimate Of the money value t.
exhibitors of the last Cincinnati exposition
reaches the sum of 81 10000, and may
possibly aggregate $1,000 900. In the do
partment OF machinery alone tho sale
amounted to sic, Jog. -.
The tunnel under the English channo
has been finished to mile and quartz
from the French shore, and the engineer
say they can advance 1872 feet in day. A
this rate the tunnel could be completed I,
Dover In year and half
Alexandria Q.a) Express; Our. suga
planters have nearly all finished plantin
cane. The stubble Is looking renlarkabl
fine for the season, and seed cane has ker
better than II has done for several year,
The present outlook is that very 'larg
crop will be made this year.