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RICHMOND,  DEO.  1, 1856.
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Ajj-rieuIUiral   Iteport of the  Patent
Office.
Wc find in the -New York Daily Tribune
some extracts from the advance sheets of thc
forthcoming Report of the Commissioner of
Patents, relating to Agriculture, which, with
some abridgement, we insert below.'
Repoht on Seeds and Cuttings.—One
of the few sensible acts of the agricultural
branch of the Patent Office was thc appointment of D. J. Browne, a gentleman of good
education, speaking several languages, and
a great traveler, and of extensive information upon agricultural subjects. To him
the coiintr-jfris greatly indebted for his introduction of some very valuable new. seeds
and plants, and forgetting up the agricultural
reports in somewhat more of a readable form
than the mas* of trash that has been issued
some years from that office. In his report
upon seeds and cuttings in the forthcoming
volume, we find the following useful information:
"Among the seeds,'cuttings, and tubers
that have been introduced, or otherwise obtained, within the last three years, the culture
of which has been attended with marked
advantage and success, I would instance the
following:
"The Turkish Flint Wheat, from near
Mount Olympus, in Asia, a hardy Fall variety, with a dark-colored chaff, a very heavy
beard, and a long, flinty, light-colored berry,
will prove highly profitable to the farmer
and miller, from its superior weight and the
excellence of the Hour it will produce. It
appears to be well-adapted to the soil and
climate of the Middle States, and has even
improved in the quality of its grain, both in
regard to its color and size. It withstood
the severity of the past Winter, without
much injury from thc cold; and, from its very
i\ri long and thick beard, it  doubtless  will be
protected, in a measure, from the depredations of insects in the field, as well as from
heating or moulding in the stack. The hardness of the grain, too, when dry, is a sufficient
guaranty against ordinary moisture in transportation and the perforation of" the weevil
in the bin."
Mr. Browne speaks* highly, but no more
so than it deserves, of the King Philip or
Brown corn, the seed of which was obtained
from an island in Lake . Winnipissiogee, in
New Hampshire, and has been extensively
disseminated through the Northern States
It may be planted in June, and matures in
90 days, growing on a low stalk, aud yielding, with good cultivation, 80 to 100 bushels
per acre of hard, yellow, flinty grain, full of
oil, and the stalks afford abundance of fodder. *    -..     *.-._.: :'.;*.', .     . ■ . '.
Sorghum SAceiiAuATiiM-CiiiNKSK Sugar ;
Cane.—Mr. Browne speaks of this plant as
principally valuable as a forage crop.    He:
wrote before the growth of last season  had
developed its undoubted value as a sugar crop.
He says:
"Since its introduction into this country, it
has proved itself well adapted to our geographical range of Indian corn. It is of easy
cultivation—being similar to that of maize
or broom-corn—and if the seeds are planted
in May in the Middle States, or still earlier
in the South, two crops of fodder can be
grown in a season from the same roots, irrespective of drouth—the first one in Juno or
July, to be cut before tho panicles appear,
which would b&green and succedent like
young Indian fcorn, and the other a month
or two later, tvTi'en, or before the seed is fully
matured. The amount of fodder which it
will produce to the acre, with ordinary cultivation, may be safely estimated at seven
tons, when green, or at least two tuns per
acre, when thoroughly cured. The stalks,
when nearly mature, are filled with a rich
saccharine juice, which may be converted into
sugar, sirup, alcohol or beer, ar may be used
for dyeing wool or silk a permanent red or
pink; and the entire plant is devoured with
avidity, cither in a green or a dry state, by
horses, cattle, sheep and swine.
"Considered in an utilitarian point of view,
this plant, perhaps, has stronger claims on
the American agriculturist than any other
product that has been brought to this country
since the introduction of cotton or wheat.
Aside from other economical uses, its value