The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-01

Cot'on-Exchaug. cos d to-day. No repor s
will bs HAD until Wednesday. Galvo ston 20
cups to-day. 7,3is
o. rs west ~ IL % 0 and cltsed at opening
lgures. For February no livery %. enof At9j7 8,
gained ssferwnds snd os.d at 70 6's o. q
loss OF Ia on re ing sales. January corn .,ld
ped at close ~ SO 4 loss OF cents to-day aud on
close OF S tufdly lnsOf IL cent febra-ry
delivery IN fret call brolg i 56 is and dro ped
1 cent At close, los. of ~ on c'ose Saturday.
! The receipts 4 grain 'o-day were: Wheat
I0S So; .orn, 40 lss 1at1 %, 40 The Il pmen'.
were; Wheat, 1870; corn, ss,O73; oats 1854
The tabl' of eceipts ati shi nents OF $50
being exhausted no comparative figures eau DC
given. NO 81. Louis rep'ris
Pro Visions Chicago Provisions showed i'm
pruvempnt to-day January purk opened at
iiOj and cl Sc ut II IL IL. 80 IL cents adj
vance on clo.i" 4 sales Satur"y february pork
opensd at li.05, advanced % cents a. cos, n
gaia OF ~ 2c.ns un close OF sturdy Janu.
AIRY lard remain al day NJ 10 u gain Of Ii
cents on sa,uidaS olosinc figures
Prof, j. K Ioige. Sa,istici.n Of the agricul-
liminary Is i'm ttes Of the priDcii al Gro for
l.S3. or coru, the professor says the average
yield per &c 'or the present year Is nearly
twenty. three bushe s-mbre rxaclly by prclim-
insry estimate, 2,.7, witch 4, IL ser cs"t loss
than IN average yltld for a series of years, o 2
1851, 066s35 bushels This stands for The guam
THY OF the present crop; the quality Is another
consideration. II the soft corn Is crlbb'd In
masse,, aud Of tra lew weeks mild and mos,
weai her 10 badly Injured, or even sp He'd IL
doe, not chance the fact thai the corn WIS
grown and harv, stsd. II Is doubtless true that
the quality OF the corn nurh of parallel 'oity is
wor o than for many y ars. increa ing pIar-
vc,lly the amount 4 shortage indicated by the
number of bushels. AS the who corn
grown In 1883 in Michigan, Wisconsin
Ainnesosa and DAKOTA, added 90 half tina grow
in Ohio In1iant Illinois Iowa aud N braska,
would make 400, 000, coo bushels only-a fourth
of the whole croD-so that no poss bio deprecl-
alton Of 40 per cent. IN all orit would b, equiv
alent to 10 per ceot. REDUCTION In the ya'ueot
the entire Top Our Illinois agent makes the
quality 81 per &C I les than the averag IN
that ,tsts. An If r will be made later ,fter
the sort OF the crop has been fed, 'es tue
feeding valne fine year product 1t is not
proposed, however, 10 reduce tn pro uct q III"
equivalent OF mr. ha table corn, or - und'
corn, AZ no crop ey r Is free from immaturitv or
imoeriec,i n There lways n o som orhern
some chuk,d with wed or flooded by over
flows, aud 70 on-corn which Is mainly
'nubbins" VIA, Is inten'ed with
on, i'rence to panic or ,exaggera,lon
tell IL. There is nithing gained, be II To ~ IN ,rs
or ronsum rs, IT, suppr Ing uulh on theune
hand or xsggeIa luz the losses on the other
One 70 tnre of cor l.erpwihg IN 1888 sh n d
prove a lesson to the farmers of The cOuhtr':
tn, Is the gener i use Of seed corn In the west.
grown In lower laliiuics The planting Of Ne
braSks seed In Minnesoa aud Ktnsss seed in
Illinois has dempnsira,ed tho folly Of ATTEMPT
ing - acclimat ~ the uthern IN liz Ia tho
more nor hern di'tric,s Much los, from fros
would have been avoided had tho sect been
the immediate neighbsrhood. -
Tho VINE, crpp Is before stated. slightly In
excess OF 1910 5000 bushes.
The cotton product as shown by tho Deem.
bsr returns. is about GOO, zoo bales. There will
be another Investigation after The clo'e OF the
cotton harvest and tbs shipment Of a larg por-
eiOn OF the crop. when precis results will be ap
proaches moio nearly than has been possible
hitherto.