Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-04
Cultivation Of Fea--vs hat ahe Patent Of
lice is Doing.

Eice is Doing.
The Washington correspondent Of the Pbiladel
Phia Lsigsr states that the forthcoming AerieuItu
raj Report from the Patent Office will be one Of the
most interesting and important Of the series. Il
will embrace additional Information on the subject
Of the introduction Of the tea plant into our agri-
culture, and shOW that there is no reason Why tea
should not become one Of our staple products slz1
Success in the tea culture was partially realized
from the experiment Of The late IrenHs Smith. in
6reenYlle, ,. c. during the years 1915 to 1852
The Agricultural Bureau Of the Patent Office has
taken measures to introduce the plant aud establish
the feasibility Of us culture by practical expert
meHts. In the Report Of 1855 there are many valu
able suggestions on The subject. There is no reason
why the production Of this plant, which has taken
It's permanent place among our neoessaries Of life,
should be confined, as it has for the part BEEN
% China Similar cOHdHi0ns Of soil Rad climate 10
the tea districts Of China may be found in South
ern States.
1t has been often objected that, though the tea
plant viii grow here it cannot be manipulated and
prepared for use, Of the high cost Of la
Dor in this country, compared with the low wages
paid in China. To this it may be answered, that
American skln ard ingenuity, when applied TO the
subject viii produce labor saving machinery for all
processes Of preparing the ten. In che next place
the objection is met once by the feasibility ofim
porting Chin men az low wages 70 assist in the
work Then, again the laborers which we bring 10
the work viii he robust and well fed, and worthy,
and more capable Of labor than the enfeebled Asi-
atics. t -----r ..---.r ...s. e. $500
We have great advantage also in home market
for the product and in the great facilities for inter>
nal TRANSFORMATION. G.
The carriage Of teafrou The tea districts iB China
to the Sea ports where it is shipped is estimated az
four cents pound On no part Of the Unted States
would its conveyance for the same distance cost more
a. 10y -ff .i,f -
But we are also to consider that the tea produced
at home, once consumed at home. would be Of vastly
better quality than the China teas We get The
preparation Of tea in Chin, to enable it to bear
ocean transportation very much deteriorafes It's
Quality They have to spoil The tea 70 ship g. In
deed lhetea that is commonly exported to England
snd the United States is but poor trash in COMPARE
son with the tea drank in China and Russia aud
elsewhere, after it has been subjected only to land
transportation
Il is statedby Mr. Maxwell who was secretary Of
the United States legation at s.. Peersburgh that
the annual fair Of NOvogOrOd (which he attended
be found teas green, black and yellow selling at
forty dollars a pound This statement Is in
his work upon RBssa- This high cost was net pro-
dneed BIZ ihe expense of land TRANSFORMATION from
Ch ma because he found at the same time comm 4
black teas pressed into cake selling forty ify
cents pound. i.
Teas could, no doubt, be produced in the United
Safes that are better worth ten dollars a pound
han those now used are worth dollar Teas bet
ter than those we BoTuse can probsbly be prOdEe-
ed after while, at cost not higher than the i'm.
rOrted article
This is but one Of th2 new and Interesting sub
iocs which the Agricultural Report Of The Patent
Office, under its experienced and able head. Mr. 7
Brown has la'ey directed is attention. The c m
missioner of Patents 8Ir Holt and the Sec -etsry
Of the Interior, within whose department the Patent
Office falls. are emil gbeBed men and have given 10
is agricultural branch their Jealous and intelligent
aid. Secretary Thompson has given a wider scope
20 the usefulness Of the Institution, by collecting
statistics respecting the production and eOnsumP-
ticn of ceilon and other staples.
The Agreultural Bureau is by 70 means restrict ed
to the Importation anG distribution of seeds and Gu
tings though it has achieved for the country vast
and lasting benefits by that means
Hereafter less attention will be given to tbiso OBJ
jeet than to many Others For the object has been
attained By bringing into the country many varie-
ties Of valuable grains, grapes, garden vegetables
SO which have become, as il were, diminished
here, and will take care Of themselves.
Among he tWeuty-six varieties Of turnip seed i'm
ported and distributed, one has proved to De inval-
liable to this country, producing, it does, thirty
tons to the Of bulbs besides there four
Of tops.
But as before mentioned, the seed distribution is
no longer leading object Of the Patent Office The
bureau is now engaged in preparing in his city.
on the public grounds, free nursery on large
scale fOr the supply Of ornamental shade and ot's-
trees, not only for this but for other towns nd
cities Il has directed It's attention also he
pro enent Of the cultivation If IL viLe and Of the
pr d ,etion e wine
The system OF inquiry in regard to the classes Of
insects injurious behsfci4l to various agrioul-
rural produces Commenced in 1854, is s'in in pro
gress, and with very useful result As grass is
one 0! the NEST valuable produe's Of the country,
taken in the aggregate, part Of the fund Of she
bureau is employed n test the value and relative
usefulness Of the different grasses thst are 70 be
found in the country, Eheiher Of native foreign
origin, 81