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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
American J^ticwltiirat 
New-York, Wednesday, June 28, 1854, 
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RHODE ISLAND EXHIBITIONS. 
HORTICULTURAL—BUTTER—REAPERS—HORSES. 
Last week was one of unusual interest at 
Providence, R. I. The Society for the Encour¬ 
agement of Domestic Industry, held their an¬ 
nual exhibitions of Flowers, Vegetables, andBut- 
ter in lumps, and in addition a trial of Reapers 
was held. These were all in the proper season. 
They also had an exhibition of Horses on a 
pretty large scale. We were present during 
most of the time that these exhibitions were in 
progress, and were highly gratified at witness¬ 
ing so much interest manifested by a large class 
of the citizens both of Providence and of many 
other parts of the State. A number of persons 
were present, as spectators or exhibitors, from 
Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
Much credit is due to the members, and espe¬ 
cially to the efficient officers in the different de¬ 
partments of this Society, for the judicious man¬ 
ner in which the arrangements were made and 
carried out as a whole and in detail. While, as 
in all such instances, two or three leading spirits 
were foremost in the enterprise, we could see 
that others were at hand who showed no dispo¬ 
sition to shirk any labor or responsibily that fell 
to them. 
For a report of the Horticultural Exhibition, 
we refer to that part of our paper, page 246. 
Trial of Reapers. —Only two machines were 
entered for competition—-Ketchum’s and Allen’s, 
which is claimed to be an improvement upon 
Ketchum’s. They were tried in a field of clover, 
which was still wet, and very much lodged by a 
heavy rain storm that fell on the previous day 
and evening. We were sorry to see an imple¬ 
ment so valuable as we esteem this to be, fail to 
give satisfaction on this occasion, since a large 
number of farmers had come together from dif¬ 
ferent parts of the State, many of them for the 
sole purpose of learning something of this new 
labor-saving machine. We have seen the mow¬ 
ers of both kinds on trial, at work in other 
places, and they gave the highest satisfaction. 
We think the failure in this instance, was not to 
be laid to the machines themselves, nor even so 
much to the lodged and bad condition of the 
grass, as to the fact that they were worked by 
horses and operators who were entirely unskilled 
in using the implement. We think it would be 
conducive to the interests of both manufactur¬ 
ers and iarmers, if the former would immedi¬ 
ately send experienced operators to two or three 
central localities in that vicinity, and have a 
thorough praclical demonstration of the value 
of mowing-machines. 
Butter,— The show of butter in lumps was 
very fine. There was 25 specimens entered by 
nearly 20 different exhibitors. The specimens 
were very tastefully got up, and what is of 
greater importance, the quality was excellent. 
We think the committee must have found it 
difficult to decide between the different speci¬ 
mens, when all were so good. We give the 
report of the committee: 
1st premium of $10 was awarded to No. 18, 
presented by Mrs. Franklin Stevens, of Craw¬ 
ford Allen’s, North Kingstown. 
2d premium of $8, to No 3, by George Allen, 
North Kingstown. 
3d premium of $6, to No. 22, by George 
Gardner, North Kingstown. 
4th premium of $4, to No. 19, by J. W. 
Browning, of North Kingstown. 
A gratuity of $3, to No. 9, by Turner Haskell, 
Cumberland. 
No. 14, by J. Hubbard, Killingly, Conn., 
would have received the 3d premium had it 
been made within this State. 
Three boxes of butter, exhibited by J. N. 
Francie, maker unknown, brought for exhibi¬ 
tion only, were of very excellent quality. 
The committee are gratified to perceive that 
their efforts in diffusing information respecting 
the best process for making Butter, as pub¬ 
lished in the transactions of the Society, have 
produced such satisfactory results. The ma¬ 
jority of the samples presented were thoroughly 
worked and judiciously salted. Without pro¬ 
per attention to these essentials , good Butter 
cannot he produced. Neither sugar , saltpetre , 
nor any other substance than salt should ever he 
added to Butter. 
S. H. Smith, for the Committee. 
Show of Horses. —The exhibition of this 
class of useful animals, quite exceeded our ex¬ 
pectations. It was an experiment on the part 
of the projectors and managers, and certainly 
resulted much to their credit. Six hundred 
and fifty dollars were offered as premiums. 
The race-course south of the city, was secured 
for the show-ground. Seats were prepared for 
about 3000 persons. All stimulating drinks 
were excluded from the premises. The good 
policy of this last precaution was quite evident 
in the fact that during two days we did not see 
a drunken or disorderly person among the thou¬ 
sands drawn together. [We trust that this 
course will be pursued by the managers of all 
exhibitions the coming autumn. Last fall we 
saw several disgraceful scenes at some of the 
State and County Shows, which very much 
marred their harmony, pleasure, and beneficial 
results. In every case, the causes were clearly 
traceable to liquor or beer stands upon or near 
the grounds.] At the Providence Show, a Band 
was constantly in attendance, and added much 
to the interest of the occasion, by interspersing 
music with the exercises. We learned from 
several members of the Society, that the honor 
of first projecting this show of horses, and of 
many of the arrangements, is due to the Secre¬ 
tary, Mr. S. II. Smith. He enjoyed the aid and 
cooperation of an efficient Board of Managers. 
There were a large number of horses entered. 
During the progress of the show, we copied 
from the Secretary’s book a list of 330 horses— 
embracing, 10 draught horses, 20 breeding 
mares, 22 colts, 104 matched horses, 24 trotting 
horses, 17 stallions, 114 family horses, and 19 
saddle horses. Many others were subsequently 
entered in the different classes, but we did not 
get their number, probably near four hundred 
in all. This speaks well for the interest mani¬ 
fested, especially when it is remembered that 
Rhode Island is not numbered among the horse- 
producing States. Many of these animals were 
originally purchased from Vermont, New-York, 
and elsewhere. But the display of stallions and 
breeding mares showed the elements of future 
success in producing home-bred horses. We 
passed around the grounds and asked many 
questions in reference to breeding, pedigree, &c., 
but the enumeration of the answers would be 
too long for insertion here. In regard to the 
last particular, (pedigree,) we found compara¬ 
tively few who could give definite information. 
Of the known breeds the Morgans predomi¬ 
nated, though the Black Hawks were well rep¬ 
resented. Of this breed we particularly no¬ 
ticed a four year old stallion, sired by old Black 
Hawk, from a French dam, and owned by Mr. 
Arnold Pratt, of North Scituate. Another large 
stallion, “American Consul,” we were much 
pleased with, because of his apparent capability 
of adding to the numbers of that valuable class 
—farm or draught horses. He is 7 years old, 
16|- hands high, and weighs about 1300 lbs. 
This horse is owned by L. J. Keyes, of the town 
of South Killingly, Ct., which borders upon 
Rhode Island. Sire, old English Consul—dam, 
St. Tammany. 
The exercises of the show consisted of those 
usual on similar occasions, such as examinations 
of the different classes by the judges, trials of 
speed, &c. Much credit belongs to the efficient 
marshall, Mr. -, for the systematic order 
preserved during the whole exercises. Our 
thanks are due to the officers and members of 
the Society, and to our brethren of the Press in 
Providence, for their kind attentions during our 
stay, and for the facilities afforded us in gather¬ 
ing reports, making observations, &c. 
We shall perhaps hereafter allude to some 
practical observations embodied in the reports 
of the judges on the different classes. We have 
not yet received these in printed form. 
The following are the premiums awarded: 
STALLIONS. 
The first premium of $100 for the best stal¬ 
lion of any age to “Matchless,” belonging to 
Wm. B. D’Wolf, of Bristol. 
“ Matchless” is a light chestnut, fifteen and a 
half hands high, full-blooded Arab, eight years 
old. 
The second premium of $50 to “American 
Council,” belonging to L. J. Kies, of Washing¬ 
ton Co., New-York. 
The third premium of $25 to John A. Ham¬ 
mond, of Seekonk, Mass. 
FAMILY HORSES. 
The first premium of $50 for the best horse, 
four years old or over, to Robert W. Watson, of 
Providence. 
The second premium of $30 to John F. 
Brown, of Woonsocket. 
The third premium of $20 to Richard J. Ar¬ 
nold, of Providence. 
TROTTING HORSES. 
The first primium of $50 for the best trotting 
horse to “Lady Litchfield,” belonging to Daniel 
Mace, of Boston. 
The second premium of $30 to “Fanny 
Jenks,” belonging to Adams Carpenter, of Pro¬ 
vidence. 
The third premium of $20 to Wm. H. Greene, 
of Providence. 
BREEDING MARES. 
The first premium of $40 for the best breed¬ 
ing mares, having had a colt or with foal by her 
side, to Wm. Goddard, of Providence. 
