New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-19
FROM WASHING TON,
TIE AGRICULTURAL REPORT OF THE PAT
ENT OFFICE.

ENT OFFICE.
WtsHIyGToS, Aug. ID, leJS.
The Agricultural Report from the Patent Once wi
lie me OF the most interesting and important OF the
series 1t will embrace additional Information on the
subiect of the introduction OF the ea.paht into our
40 culture ard show that there is no reason why tes
shoud not bscon enc OF our staple products.
Success in the tea culture was partially from
the experiment Of the late Ireneus Smith, 10 Green
fed, s C., during the years lsiS to is52 Inc Agri
pres to introduce the plant and establish the ieasoy
of s culture by practical experiments lr the report
for 1885, there are many valuable Suggestions on ths
sutiec. There is reason why the production OF
this plant which has takents permanent place among
our necesaaries Of life, should be confined, az mas
for the most part been, to China. Similar conditions
of soil and clmaeto the tea dstricts OF China Inay De
found in our Southern States.
IL has been often objected that though tne tes pisn
will grow here it csnDot be manipulated ard prepared
for USE on account OF the high cost OF soor IN th!s
country compared with the low wages psid ~ INNS
To this II may be answered tina. American skill and
rgenuiiy, when applied to the subject, VIII produce
abor saving machinery for all the processes OF prepT.
Ig the tea In the ne II place. the objection Is met al
wages 10 assist in the work. Then, again, the !a5orers
whom We biiug TO the work will be robust and well
fed and worthy and more capable Of labor tnsn the
| epfeebed Asatics.
We have great advantage also IN home market
for the product and in the greatest facilities tor inter
nal transportation.
Tie carriage OF tea from the tea districts in China
10 the eaports where II Is shipped eemsted at
cents pound. In part Of the nited States would
its for the same distance cost more tasn
| fourth OF that rate.
home once consumed at home, would be OF vastly oet-
ter quality II an the China teas that we get Inc pre-
pa,aton Of the in China TO enable 10 bear ocean
transport alton very much deteriorates Its quaity
They have to spoil Inc tea to ship il Indeed the tea
that is commonly exported TO England and the nited
States is but poor trash in comparison with the tea
drank in China and in Russia and elsewhere, after 1t
| Las bee subjected only to land transportation.
| It's stated by Mr.. Maxwell, VINO was Secretary OF
the United States Legation IN ST. Petersburg tnat a.
the annual fair at Novgorod, which he attended, he
| found tess-green, black and yellow-seling a. ~
| q pourd. This statement is in his work upon Russa
TITS high cost was not produced by tue e1pense oi
lard transportation from China; because ne iouad a.
tie same time common black teas, pressed Into CAKES
| pellpg at 40 to ~ cents pound.
| Teas could, 10 doubt, be produced in the United
states that are better worth $40 pound than those
now used are worth dollar. Teas better than tnos
| st cost rot igher than the imported Atcie.
This is but one of the and interesting suoect
20 which the Agricultural Report OF the Patent ON
under its 1perenced and able mead, Mr. ID J beowhe
has lately dnectsd is ention The Commissioner OF
Patents Mr.. Holt and the Secretary OF the Interior
within vhoee department the Patent Ofiee ias, are
enlightened men, and have given 10 It's Agricultural
braIch their Jealous and intelligent aid Secretary
| Thompson has given wider scope 10 the usefulness
of TIE nstituiion by the collection OF statistics
pp the production and consumption Of cotton anu other
| stsples.
nThe Agricultural Bureau is by no means restricted
s ts interests enemies would make the public believe
10 the importation and distribution OF seeds and cut
rres though has achieved for the country vac; and
| lasting benefits by tha. meaps
Hereafter lees attention viii be given to this objec.
than 10 many others. For the object hssbe attained
nv bringing ITO the country many varieties OF ys!Ia'
be grains grapes garden veget ables &C. which have
become, q 1t were, domicled here ard vii tske e.'e
| of themselves.
| Amorg the twenty siI varieties of tarnp seed N
ported and distributed has proved TO be irvsl-s
Bic 10 this country producing, a. does thirty tuns
| 10 the acre Of buibs, beside four turs Oft tJPs
Some Of the seedsraen wko formerly had n 1nopo >
of ;ae blsntse are, of course ye-y jealous Il tas
,pe,s. onr cstbe Psec. Osies, Ih-ouso Sal-h cc-s
ti.a zee huss-ej see5 s;a:ss hare bee, sssAs ed