River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-26
INDUSTRIAL BREyITIES.


they are employed quite extensively
on account of their brilliancy and lus-
ter, and have therefore diminished the
application of the former; analine
colors are more fugitive and subject to
fading, especially when exposed to the
action of direct rays. The feathers to
be dyed are washed with water and
Venetian soap, then stepped in tepid
water and wrapped in linen cloth.
Sulphur is then used to finish the
feathers, giving them whiteness and
luster; for this purpose flower of sui
phur being thrown on glowing char
coal, and the feathers exposed to the
vapor of sulphurous acid; they are
then dried by application of heat.
According to English papers, the
sheep industry in Australia has brought
out variety of the sheep dog remark
able for sagacity, but differing in many
other particulars from those of other
countries. 1t is related of them that
they will hunt for straggIers miles
away from the hut, and either drive
them in or watch them. if they happen
to be exhausted, until they gather suf-
ficient strength to walk. 1t is a COM
mon thing in trayersing the grazing
country to come upon one of the saga
gious dogs on guard over strayed or
broken-down sheep, and while plaza
BILE and gentle to a remarkable degree,
as rule, are then resentful of inter
ference with their charge and fierce in
the extreme.
Joseph Harris, in his treatise on the
pig, quotes the experience of Lawes
and Gilbert, who found that 401
pounds of Indian corn meal and bran
produced 100 pounds of pork, live
weight, but the particular kind OF
management given is not sta ted. Sue
cess depends on the observance of sew
eral particulars, and among others on
a favorable temperature, Prof San
born's experiments showing that ex-
posture to cold reduced the gain from
feeding to less than one-half the
amount obtained under the comfort OF
shelter. Cleanliness, regularity in
feeding, and other requisites are inn
portant.
The iute industry is carried on at
present in Germany by % establish
ments, with more than 50,000 spindles
and 2,240 looms. New establishments
have lately been opened at Hamburg,
Harburg, and Stralau, and it is calcu-
lated that next year another 10000
spindles and 600 looms will be work
ing. According to the official Stats
tics the import of jute into Germany
amounted to 1861 double hundred
weights in 1882, against 1874, 365 in
1888, and the production of the Ger
man jute-spinning establishments has
risen from about 224,2 double hum
dred- weights in 1882 to 317, 647 in 1888.
Trademarks are nearly as old as
the history of the human race. An
cient Babylon had property symbols,
and the Chinese claim to have had
trademarks one thousand years be-
fore Christ Gutenberg, the inventor
of printing, had q lawsuit about a
trademark, and won it. AS early as
1900 the English parliament authoriz-
ed trademarks, and the laws of Amer
lea have also protected them. Extra
ordinary means have been required at
all times to guard against the fraudu-
lent use of marks of manufacturers.
A sale of 21S sheep, which took
place recently near Cardiff, England,
resulted in throwing some great bar
gains onto the market. Two Cots
void rams, for which the owner, MIR.
&. w. G. Thomas. had paid 1865 and
1910, respectively, were sold for $40
and 500. Eve lambs went for $12 60
to $l5, while wether lambs brought
SO to $40. Cross-bred Cotswold and
Down sheep fetched trihe less. The
prices throughout this sale ruled low
on all live stock.
1t Is proposed to hold an interna-
tional bee-keepers' congress on the
Worlds exposition grounds at New
Orleans, Feb. "a, 25, and rs, 1885. An
interesting programme of subjects OF
great importance to every bee-keeper
in America will be presented and dis
cussed. The disposition of our honey
product, with a view to secure better
prices will be fully considered. At the
same time there will be an exhibit OF
bees and aparian supplies.
A method invented by Isaac Reese,
Pittsburgh, Pa, for the manufacture
of highly refractory silica brick, con-
sists in mixing the silica with a small
proportion of lime and alumina; sec
oDdly, burning the nodded shapes in
an air-tight kiln; and thirdly, MAIN
tanning the temperature in the air.
tight kiln for one hundred and thirty
to one hundred and ninety hours at
such an elevation as viii melt an ordi-
nary friedrich.
In the lead production of different
countries Spain holds the first place,
the amount reaching some $780, tons
in one year, or one-sixth more than
America, which comes next on the
list, while Germany follows with Co.,
600. Of Spain's total production,
some 67, 600 tons are derived from one
dis trict, that of Linares, in which more
than 800 mines are registered.
An even climate is desirable for pro-
ducing healthy and productive pear
trees. Great and sudden changes in
the temperature produce most of the
diseases that injure pear trees. In
portions of France pear trees are
found in a good state of preservation
that are more than two centuries old.
The Kansas State Horticural society
now has membership of over $50 per-
sons, including honary, life, and an
nual members, and is composed OF
fortv-three county societies and three
district societies, as follows: The
Northwestern at Beloit, Southwestern
at Lyons, and Southeastern at Cha
mute.
The average price of mich COWS in
Indiana is $50, in Illinois S35, in Ohio
$50 so, in New Jersey S39.33, in New
York $3033, in California $38, and in
Colorado $4,000. The average for the
United States is S3l.37 per head.
There are 1851 206 milch cows in all
the states.
One of the most remarkable yields
of honey ever heard of was recently
generated by Ii. G. Parks from his
apiary near Riverside, Col. The yield
for the season FROM thirty-fye hives
was seven and quarter tons, an aver
age of414 pounds to the hive.
Col. Edw ard Richardson, who is
connected with the New Orleans ex-
position, runs twenty-three cotton
plantations, each between one and
two thousand acres, with one laboreT
to every ten acres.
A Kansas farmer. who raised three
hundred bushels of excellent wheat
this season, found that it required the
entire amount to pay for his harvest
ing machine.
Just the Leg for Arctic Climate.
All Smith Sound explorers have
something to say of the Esquimaux
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