To William Uarlin, rroviaence, lor miniamrK 



high pressure engine 

 To Joseph Greene, Providence, for cocoaniit 

 dippers 



On Household Manufactures. 



To Mary L. Green, Warwick, Istpreminai lor 



carpeting 



Preelove Baker, Warwick, 2d do for do 



Andelisa Updike, East Greenwich, 3d do do 



Alice Gordon, Warwick, 1st preniiuin on 



woollen hose 

 Frances W. Smith, North Providence, 1 do 



linen do 

 Alniira Baker, Warwick, 1 do cotton do 

 Mary Ann Arnold, Warwick, do worsted do 

 Waity Gardner, do do flannel do 



Charlotte A. Sherburne, Providence, lamp mat 

 Eliza Jane R. Wesson, do do 



R. Chase, Pawtuxet,2 do 



Elizabeth Low, Warwick, 1 pair crickets 

 Sarah Joslin, North Providence, 1 shell vase 



and box 

 Harriet Fisher, Warwick, 2 fancy boxes 

 Caroline E. Jones, Woonsocket, 1 table cover 

 Emily L. Angell, Providence, 1 shawl 

 Warwick Circle Industry, cotton and yarn 



hose 

 Mary L. Green, Warwick, 3 pr woolen do 

 Rosanna Green, do 3 do do do 



C. Webster, Providence, 1 lamp mat 

 A. E. Spalding, do 1 pr crickets 



Phebe Ann L. Hanimett, Coventry, 1 lace veil 

 Susan H. Greene, Warwick, 1 piece blanket- 

 ing 

 Harriet R. Ewer do yarn and wors- 



ted stockings 

 Mary E. Abroii, Pawtuset, cotton stockings 

 Eliza D. Gardner, Warwick, blanketing 

 Mrs Carpenter, Coventry, fur gloves 

 "Miss Bowler, Provif^ence, box flowers 

 C. S. Edward, d6 grate aprons 



Eliza Thurber, Cranston, card boxes, &c 

 Maria BOwen, Warwick, 1 straw carpet, &c 

 Nancy E. Arnold, do hearth rug 



Mrs A., Pawtuxet, do do 



Elizabeth N. Gardner, Warwick, do do 

 Mary Harris, Pawtuxet, woollen hose 

 Maria Horton, Johnston, bed quilt 

 Diana W. Waterman, Warwick, coverlid 

 Julia A. B. Smith, Providence, fire board 

 Eliza Jane R. Wesson, Providence, shawl 

 Emily L. Angel, do rocking chair 



Mary Jastram, North Providence, worsted 



bonnets 

 Eliza A. Richmond, Scituate, hearth rug 

 Betsey Ellis, Providence, embroidered apron 

 C. Vaughn, do 2 vases, &c. shell work 



E. Cowing, do work bag 



F. Cowing, do do 

 Susan B. Kinnicutt, Warren, rug 

 Caroline E. Jones, Woonsocket, embroider- 

 ed shawl 



On Swine. 

 Ist "premium for boars, John Giles, Providence, 

 2d do for boars, Arnasa Sprague, Cranston 

 3d do " " Robinson Perry, Warwick 

 To 6 other, fine boars each 

 Ist premium for pigs, 4 in number, B. Lewis, 



Providence 

 2d do do do, Wm. Ballou, Smithfield 



" " Nehejniah Thurber do 2 



" " Rowland Evans, Providence 2 



" " Ezekiel Smith, Johnston 2 



" " Wilkes Gardner, Warwick 2 



" " Simeon L. Colburn, Providence 2 



Ploughing Match. 



Jst plough, Waterman B. Angell, Johnston 9 



2d " Smith Philips " 8 



3d " Earl Baker, W^arwick 7 



4lh " Benoni Waterman, Cranston G 



5th " Samuel Webster, Johnston 5 



The Annual Meeting was held at the Society's 

 Hall, at 8 o'clock in the morning. Previous to the 

 election, Dr Jackson, geologist of the Stace, deliv- 

 ered an address upon the nature of soils and of ma- 

 nures. He spoke particularly of the soils of this 

 state, and gave several analyses, the results of his 

 own experiments. He spoke of the necessity of 

 some vegetable manure for the land in this .state — 

 said that we possessed incxhaustiale, but hitherto 

 almost unnoticed agiicultural treasures in our peat 

 beds. When properly decomposed and prepared, 

 peat makes a manure equal to any thing which can 

 be procured. Dr Jackson also produced a new 

 specimen of corn grown upon peat bogs hitherto 

 uncultivated and considered barren. The ears are 

 large and full, and contain eighteen rows. The 

 stalk is much smaller than that of the comnion kind, 

 and this renders it less exhausting to the soil. Sam- 

 ples were taken by different members of the soci- 

 ety, who we trust will give a good account of them. 

 The lecture was listened to with great attention, 

 and, we have no doubt, will prove productive of 

 good. 



The society then proceeded to the election of 

 officers, when the following were chosen : 

 President — James Rhodes. 



1st, Stephen T. Northam, 

 John Pitman, 

 Nathan F. Dixon. 

 Standing Committee — Dutee Arnold, Christopher 

 Rhodes, Wilbur Kelly, Stephen H. Smith, Wm. E. 

 Richmond, Moses B. Ives, Bates Harris, John Fos- 

 ter, Tliomas Holden, Sion A. Rhodes, Joel Aldrich, 

 Jeremiah Whipple, Wm. Anthony, John Brown 

 Francis, Stephen B. Cornell, Lewis Dexter, Charles 

 Collins, Nicholas S. Fry, Elisha Olney, jr., Geurge 

 Burton, Tully Dorrance, Richard W. Greene, Nath'l 

 Mowrey, jr., Joseph Mauran, John Jenckes, Sterrey 

 Jenckes, James F, Simmons, Owen Mason, Joseph 

 Harris, Christopher Smith, Daniel J. Tourtellot. 

 Treasurer — William Rhodes. 

 Secretary — William W. Hoppin. 

 Audit Christopher S.Hhodes, James G. Antho- 

 ny, Elisha Dyer, jr.. 



Quite a number of new members joined the so- 

 ciety. 



At one o'clock the members of the society sat 

 down to an excellent and substantial dinner pre- 

 pared by Mr Humphrey. The dinners of the so- 

 ciety should be conducted differently. There 

 should be speeches, and songs, and toasts, and not 

 a mere contest who can put the greatest quantity of 

 food down his throat in the shortest given time. — 

 Flowers should ornament the table, and there 

 should be more to indicate the character of the so- 

 ciety. 



The auction for stock and premium articles was 

 omitted. 



Vice 

 Presidents. 



( 1st, 

 < 2d,. 

 ' ( 3d, 



Stockport, 9 mo. lOth, ia39. 



Esteemed Friend, J. Buel — " Walker on in- 

 termarriage," is the title of a work just republished 

 in this country. Its object is to point out the rules 

 to be observed in the selection of wives, with a 

 view to the production of a beautiful, healthy and 

 intellectual offspring. Although the primary object 

 of the author is to ameliorate the form and intellect 

 of the human species, by means of judicious inter- 

 marriages, yet he treats largely on the means of 

 improving inferior animals by means of breeding, 

 and asserts that all his newly discovered laws rela- 

 tive to the human species, are equally applicable to 

 domestic animals. It is to the views which he 

 takes of this latter subject, that I wish to call the 

 attention of my agricultural brethren. Although I 

 do not think he has demonstrated the laws, yet he 

 has certainly brought forward a very respectable 

 body of proof for their support, sufficient at least to 

 induce those who ai-e interested in obtaining good 

 animals, to give their serious and careful attention 

 to his views. 



It is necessary to observe, in order to render the 

 sequel intelligible, that by the " locomotive system," 

 we mean the organs of support, of motion, and of 

 connexion, or bones, ligaments and muscles ; and 

 by the "vital system," we mean the organs of ab- 

 sorption, circulation, and secretion. The organs 

 of absorption are sometimes denominated lacteals 

 or lymphatics ; their use is to absorb the nutritious 

 portions of the food from the intestines, and to con- 

 vey it to the heart, where it is mingled with the 

 blood. The organs of circulation are the blood 

 vessels, which circulate the blood from the heart to 

 the extremities, and from the extremities back to 

 the heart. The organs of secretion are the glands, 

 where the various fluids of the body are secreted. 

 The foundation of Walker's system of breeding is, 

 that "like produces like." This has been stated 

 before, but never satisfactorily shown to be the case, 

 or in other words, while other authors have stated 

 this to be the rule, they have at the same time sta- 

 ted such a numerous list of exceptions, that we are 

 left in doubt whether it is any rule after all. These 

 exceptions are shewn by Walker to be only appa- 

 rent and not real. 



The Second law is extremely important if true, 

 (and in order to ascertain whether it is so or \ot, 

 nothing more is necessary than for one farmer in 

 every county in the state, should observe it for two 

 or three years, and send the result to the Cultivator 

 office.) " Organization is propagated by halves," 

 that is, one parent communicates to the offspring 

 the fore part of the head, the long part of the face, 

 the forms of the organs of sense, and the whole of 

 the internal nutritive system. The resemblance to 

 the parent who tlius communicates "the vital sys- 

 tem," will therefore be found in the forehead and 

 lonff parffe of the face, as the orbits, cheek bones, 

 jaws, chin and teeth, as well as the shape of the or- 

 gans of sense and the tone of the voice. The other 

 parent communicates the posterior part of the head, 

 the bones, ligaments and muscles, or the whole of 

 the fleshy parts. The resemblance to the parent 

 who thus communicates the "locomotive system," 

 must be found in the back head, the {ew more move- 

 able parts of the face, as the external ear, under lip, 

 lower part of the no.se, eyebrows, and the external 

 forms of the body, in so far as they depend on the 

 muscles, as well as the form of the limbs, even to 



