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improvements in the Agriculture, Arts,
and Production Of the United States.

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We have just received, through the kind.
ness of Hon. H. w. ELLSWORTH, Commiss
Toner of Patents, his Report, for the year ls43,
Of the Inventions, Improvements in Machinery,
in Arts, and in Industrial and Economical Pro.
cesses, with Statistics of the Population, Pro.
duction, &c. &c. of the several States for the
year 1912. The amount Of information herein
presented Of profound and positive practical in.
rarely il ever been excelled by the contents Of
any public document. The nature and scope
Of its topics will be CLEANED from the following
enumeration
PATENT OFrlcE, January 81, le43.
p. Dear Sir: Allow me to say that shall this
day forward to the Speaker my Annual Report !;
and beg leave to remark that have, during the
year past, taken much pains to collect facts and
statistics, which l hope will be interesting to
the community.
In addition to the ordinary details of the or
fee, which show net surplus Of over $4,000,
have presented,
LIST. The census Of the inhabitants in each
State and Territory up to January, lS43.
Cd. The amount Of agricultural products, and
the surplus, with the causes Of failures in some
States.
Sd. The disposition of this, and the increas.
ing surplus, BY diversion Of labor or exporta.
ton.
4th. The present value of American produce
in foreign markets, with price Of freights &c.
9th. The tariffs Of foreign nations on our sg-
Sicultural products.
6lh The ability Of this country to compete
with continental Europe in the British mar.
ket.
9TH. The colonial tariff Of Canada.
9th. The admission of American produce in.
to England via Canada at colonial duties, espe.
eially the operation Of the duty on whea, and
hour after July next.
9th. The experiments of sugar. making from
eorn.stalk in the different States, with drec
tions how TO overcome remaining difficulties.
10th. Manufacture of oil and candles from
lard; our ability to export &lOO,OOO,OOO annu
ally.
llth. The comparative value of sperm OF
and lard oil, a. tested by numerous expert
ments.
18th. An improved mode of enclosing prairi,
lands, and the better mode Of cultvating tim
Der lands.
18th. An economical mode of building, espe
cially on the praires, and all places where tim
Der is scarce; together with many other sugges
tons for the improvement Of agriculture.
Much OF the information is given in tabula
form, accompanied with few plates, to be i'm
pressed with woodcuts (ar very trflng OK
pense) explanatory.
Toavoid opportunities have added nstruc
tion for the manufacture Of corl,.stalk suga
and also oil and candles from lard. As the SEES
sion 10 90 short, will not the House consent
receive the Report, and order i, to be printe,
o. some matters suggested may require corret
tions Should il seem late to present the RI
port. ! would observe that the law allows m
the month of January to complete it, and III
desire 10 embody the latest information froI
Europe and the Canadas, will, ! trust, appe;
satisfsetory.
Respectfully yours,
HENRY L. ELLSWORTH.
Hon. ROBERT MCCLELLAN, Chairman of ii
Committee on Patents, House of Represel
tativss.