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It Washington ior 9 COPY Of the annosl
report ofthe Commissioner Of Patents,
ma de to The Senate ia January last. As
the Commissioners duties embrace The
subject Of agriculture as well as Of Pat
enls, the report contains much Interest,"
ing aud yaluabtc Information relative 10
this must important national sul1cct.-
kF. Ellsworth seems duly impressed With
The importance Of The charge, as his re-
port eyinccs. If .lhe Wing Congress
would attend 10 his suggestions as they
should, instead Of doyoting so much time
10 President making, they would receive
the thnaks insiead o. the execratlons of
their constituents. The report Is long,
and We have only room for extracts:
-Four hundred and ninety-6ye patents
have hecn issued during the year Isl 1,
including fifteen additional improve.
meuis to former patents; nfwhich classi.
fed and alphabetical lists are annex
ed
During the Same period, three hundred
and tweniy-seycn patents have expired,
as per list.
The applications FOR patents, during the
year nasi, amount 10 eight mndred
aud forty seven; and tho number Of
cavon,a fled was three hundred and
twrlve
The receipts Of the ofico for 1874 .,
mount 10 $iO.4,3 IL; from which may
be deducted S1.O95 30, repaid on appli
caiinns withdrawn.
The ordinary expense Of Tho Paient
Office (ur the past year, including pay
neuis Gur the library aud FOR agricultural
Sl4listics. have been &23u65 81; Ieav
| ing surplus Of SS.253 "a 10 be credit
ed 10 the patent fund. s
Fnr the restoration af models, records
and dra ,ings, under The aci Of March J
/. 1887, S2O,5U7 70 have 6oeR expen
, ded.
The whole number of patents used b,
: the United Stat prrvinus 70 January
. 1912, is twelve Thousand four hundred anf
seventy seven.
, The extrome pressure. in the mono
marker aud The grsat difficulty in remit
!. ianco have, il is believed, materially les
sened lho number Of applications for pat
: enis. These have, however exceeded
those ofthe las; year by eighty TIVE,
-
"Tho value ofnhe agricultural product
almos, exceeds belief. Ii tho ap;'Iica
Z lion Of the scinnccs be yet further m idt
TO huabandry, whit vas, immoyeinent
NAV be aniicipated 10 alude To bit
n single branch ufihs snhjoct. Asricnllu
4 raj chymistry is at length popular en-
!. useful study. Instead Of gropng alun
!, with experiments. 10 prove what crop
: an.ls ahll bear 10 hest advantage, an il,
E mediate and direct enalasys uf tho So
e shows ut unce its adaptation for a partic
!. lar manure or crop. Samn late aiemp
. 10 irhprpyo soils have entirely failed, b.
cauEe tho very article, transported I
I" considerable expense TO enrich ,hem, vs.
d already thero IN the great abundance
ID By tho aid OF CHEMISTRY, tho Wrs, wi
soon find one oftheir greatest articles I
export 10 be oil, both for burning and 4
tho manufactures So successful hay
bcen late experiments, that pork (f ii
lean p1rt is cxcrp'rd) is converted inI
siearing Tor c,ndles, substitute for spc
mace.i, as we'll az into the oil hcE,l
mentioned. Tho process is simple an
CHEAP. and The oil is equal.to any
% use.
i, Late improvements, also, have enable
!" exlrrimeulers ioobiam sutlicientoi Irn
: cnn meal 10 make this profitable, esp
I. cially when the residuum 10 distilled, {
whai is FAR more desirable, fed out
Il stock. The modo Is by fcrmenlaii0n,ap
!. iha oil which rise+to the tOpis skiinlnc
: I'll. aud ready for burning wilhoG Iurih'
d process Of BtanuEac,ure. The quanlil
/ ubianed is 10 galluns IN lt0 bushels
meal Corn may ho estimated as worl
S Is cents per hushel for the oil alon,
i. where oil is wnr,h 81 50 per gailon.--
The extent ofthc present manufacture {
j. this corn oil may be cGni"ctured from ID
desire Oia single cnmpaLy 10 Obtain til
privilege of supplying Tie light houses o
: Inc upper lakes with iiiisavucle. lf frnI
meal aud pprk the country can thus b
! supplied with oil Cor burning and for nj
i clIncry AMI manufacturers, chym'stryl
i indeedalready applied most bencfciall
!. 10 aid hustandry.
A new Inudc Of raising corn trebble
the saccharinc qnarliiy orflis stalk, .ans
! with attention, il is confidently exFecte
lhat l,0OO pounds of sagar per acre Hla
/ be obiainod. Complete success has q
\ tended lie experiments on this suffice
ID Detawafs, aud leave no ro1m tnd1ul
tho Gac,, IL inc st,lk is permilled 70 m
lure. without suifcriaa The eiU 10 lnFHi
d The saccIiarine matter Qhree times I
!. ureat US III bec,s, and tqDal TO caut') w