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Mr. Carpenter thought the machine not entirely perfect. The 

 reply was that all the macbines of this kind are of recent invention 

 and cannot be expected to be perfect. Even to this day there is 

 no mowing machine perfect. 



Mr. S. E. Todd. — I think this machine is a perfect husker and 

 that it will work a revolution. 



The inventor stated that he had husked corn Avith the machine 

 in several places for dilierent farmers as steadily as if in sawing 

 wood. 



The Chair. — The machine does its work very well. There need 

 be no more cold fingers. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — It is well known in the west that corn 

 husks sell as readily as the corn itself. They are brought to 

 Chicago in bales, and can be seen every day along the streets. 

 They are used for making paper, the same as rags. A few years 

 ago there was quite an excitement on the sul)ject, and it was sup- 

 posed they would take the place of rags; but the labor required 

 in preparing them was so great that only a few farmers send them 

 to market. This machine seems to supply the great want, and is 

 likely to be of vast importance. 



The Chair. — I see that Gov. Fuller of Utah is present, and as 

 he has paid attention to the subject, perhaps he will make some 

 remarks. 



Gov, Fuller said, that through the Austrian Consul in this city, 

 he had learned some important facts regarding utilizing corn 

 husks. For fifteen years the Austrian government has experi- 

 mented on this material, and &t Vienna they have built the most 

 extensive paper establishments in the world; besides there are 

 two private ones which are reported to have made a fortune, and 

 they are running night and day to fill their orders. Neither use 

 rags, they are confined wholly to corn husks. In addition to 

 paper they make cloth, for the huak has a fibre, and they produce 

 crash and bagging, which, when worn out, can be made into 

 paper, and a part of every soldier's equipment is of this material. 

 The paper is of every quality, from the finest tissue to packing 

 and wrapping paper; it takes any tint, it makes a qualit}^ superior 

 for drawing either with jjcncil or in Avater-colors, and it is exten- 

 sively used for stenographic writing. In its nature it is firm and 

 durable, insects do not prey upon it, heiicfi it k viiluable for bank 



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