New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-09
L. $. AGRICTLTURAL SOCIETY,"
EXHIBITION OF ARABIAN HORSES FROM
THE GREAT DESERr-THE FLORAL HALL
AWARDS OF REAPERS AND MOWERS.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 1, 1857.
The crowd is abou. equal to that OF yesterday.
Mules, jacks and jennets working oxen, town and
county teams, saddle gediDgs, thoroughbred stations
were exhibited and cayalcade Of all the cattle that
bad taken premiums, and five ful-blooded Bedouin
Arab horses, imported this year by Kecne Richards,
esq, of Scott County, ny. One sone stallion named
" Messoud," il is stated ran tire huadred and Gty-
arm rlilcs in tyenty-four hours and another
sion ran ore hundred and eighty miles without drop
of water and yet there he was to-day full OF lie, ana
although scaed with the marks of the grth and sad
die he seemed ready 10 perform the feat " ever.
Another very interesting show was that OF aged
stations" Oi these the most remarkable were
Sovereign aged 20 years who took the first
premium, "Scytnan," purchased IN Engiand by Mr..
Alexander, for s. 900, and famous old Wagner"
who against Grey EsS.e 1899, and is now near
" thirty years Of age.
FLoR.L HALL.-The collection of ~ r. Wiley, Of
Indiana, embraces eighty kinds of apples, some Of
them fine specimens; also thirty'fve varieties OF
peaches
hibit li4 varieties Of Apples These gentlemen select
as the best for Summer Apples, the Sanders June,
yellow Harvest and Caroline june for Fall
Apples, the "Wine Apple "Rambo," and &" Late
Queen" for Winter, the "Cartield,' "JenitOn,"
Newark or Fall Pppin and " Harrison" lie.
side the Apples, the brothers Sger+on sho" some IL
plates of Pears.
Dr. Jno. A. Wsrder Of Cincinnati exhibits very fine
specmeps of "Cstawissa Rsspberries of the ever
bearing variety, come remarkable seeding "Crab
Apples" and few superior Pears.
K. Buchanan of Cincinnati has very hpe-Iooking
apecimens Of Apples and Pears.
+. j. Todd OF Indiana shows fifty knds of apples,
and nine specimens Of native Grapee, for which he
was awarded the inst premium.
Orm.by Ite OF Kentucky, whose farm Is on the
Ohio River about four miles from Louisville, exhibits
hrtywo varieties of Apples and some native Grapes.
G. E. Heinsohn Of Jefferson County KY, received
the first premium for Apples and Grapes.
f,lna If II " fIrst
GRAPES; second premum for Isabella Grapes and the
first premium for the beet twelve varieties OF Apples.
Win. Ilaver of Cincinnati gets first premium for
the best 80 varieties OF Fears, ana second premium Tor
hct-house Grapes.
\. Durfoe, e.q., Of Fall River, Massachusetts,
hbits the most tempting punches OF hot-hose grapes
that ever saw. lie has one bunch OF the " Paes-
tine weighing TO-. pounds; splendid bunch Of large
Nuscat OF AleIandiis," and some "Black Ham.
burg
Hobbs y Walker received the first premium for best
thiity varieties VI Apples.
Arthur Peter esq, near this city. exhibits twenty
plate OF Pears, and gets second premium for SIX
varieties Of Peaches.
For Plums, Mr.. Wight, v! Indiana, obtained the
first premium.
Hon Ma1sheIl p. Wilder, d, plays one hundred DIFF
ferent varieties of Pears, but dees not compete for
premium.
first has entered into the labor of the preliminary
rangement with untiriDg zeal, has exhibition in
neat glass case plate OF Alexander apples fault
LEES in shape and color one Of "Americsn summer
which he received the irst premium lie has also
yely large Van Iandts Superb Peach, ana forty
varieties Of pears, not competing tor premiums lie
rot the premium for the best fifty varieties Of apples,
and EXHIBITS also basket Of apples declared by the
iu6ge to be the best on exhibition.
Thomas Collins II Indiana shows about twenty
plates of apples, and Mr.. ~ IL. Ernst Of Cincinnati,
fne lot OF pears. .
The new Chinese Hemp is though Ia be destined
10 supcrsede the variety in common use. The
plant IS seventeen feet it sown broadcast ike other
hemp, requires only moderately rch SOIL ami is said
20 Weld l. 100 pounds per acre.
John Z. Morton OF Louisville has seven kinds of
Asters white blue and crimson; ;" Cesus DiscoloE,
with is Curious leaves of dark green, clouded with
ash color and Urged underneath Of deep maroon
tint: and "Lautana, tall, tree-llke and graceful IN
Mr. r. Wilson shows the curiou, Aurucsuia EI-
celsa.'
snre sd over the -lcht pillars aud beams Of the hall
were designed and mace by Henry Man, nursery-
man of Louisville.
barrels of grain Of al kinds
AWARDS OF THE SYRACUSE TRIAL OF REAPERs.
Cyrus Mccormick, Chicago, ILL.,; gold medal and
". A. Weed Nanny. Hoosick Falls, y. Y; silver
Wa Wsrder, Bickaw Child, Springfield, Ohio; bronze
cOui ohu e1PA'"'e'
The awards on Moving Machines have not ye. been
r,caiyed but will be announced at an early date.
COMBINED MACHINES.
w A. Wood, Hooslck / aIls Y. y; gold media and
n 81. Osborne ,Kirby's Patent Buffalo, " "
silver medal ard diploma.
WsrJer. Brokaw 4 Child. Springfield, Oaio; bronze
medal anu diploma.
Jonathan Hsines, Pekin, H.; diploma.
HAY PRESSES.
Nm. Deering g. Co., Albany, for Stationary fress,
frs, nrsnium; silver medal and diploma.
Wm Deerinc & Co.. for Portable Press hrst pre-
MUM; silver medal and diploma
GRAIN CRADLE.
H. Robinson, Lafayette Square, Ontar.o Co., y. u,
fri premium; bror re medal.
,cITHI-sNAITH,.
Frost, Burke s Co., Springfield, Vermont bronze
medal.
.Ino. Hatch h Cook, New. York, for superior RaAesi
cgItli.c ate OF merit.
lis well 70 remark, in connection with tie above
announcement, of the Reaper and Mower prizes, that
the Judges were compelled to award premiums Tor the
work actually Gccompishei af SyrGeuse anu 1t y, IN
doubtedly, the fact tbs: The machines doing both tho
b.s. SD poorest work, # put On farm 10 cut COVE
series OF crops, would perform Euch more cred"oiy
than they old n the hands Of their over excited es-
hi5;tor. Ncconaicks machine did the pest resp.hg
,asre ty fsr, bat this may rot De ecncinn'e eVi-
deace u rs superiority; ard tbs h-r7rfky ha,-
ye.te, which IL good reaper, sstTYen e -c-sSse
.aiy fa.. tn: {. rSih was yeJ "a. ~ stce'e Sc
r.y.oS.rss by future 90 pe..sf- 80: h'te Hshee
wsne." s,dtssv ssold spsTa's i'.f r7"''''''o'S
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