Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-13
AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.


Union that has not, by act of the Legislature,
in some way recognized the Importance of or
ganization OF It's agricultural industries.
Some have simply provided for State soci-
ETY., and have made no provision for district
or county societies, while others have SYSTEM
atized the matter fully in such a manner that
all the rural districts come under one general
recognition. The State of Illinois is probably
as well cared for in this respect as any other
State in the Union In that State the Legis-
lature passed an Act creating State Agricul-
tural Department, which is managed by
State Board of Agriculture. The State
Board is made up of President and
as many Vice Presidents,as there are or may
be county agricultural societies in the State.
The President and ice-Presidents are elected
every two years by general agricultural
convention, in which each county society may
have three members and votes, and no more.
Each county agricultural society is entitled
to representative on the State Board, and
he may be the President or any other mem
Der of the county Board, or he may be any
other member of the county society. The
Legislature makes3 an annual appropriation
of money to the State Board of Agriculture,
and said State Board is required by law to
appropriate not less than 500 year to each
county Board organized and in good legal
standing in the State. The State Board and
each county Board is required to hold an
annual fair of the agricultural. hertz
cultural and mechanical products of the
State or county, and when they fail to
comply with this provision of law the
appropriation is to be withheld. The bills
now before our own Legislature for the State
Society and the district societies are, in
their general characteristics and purposes,
similar to the Illinois law, under which the
State and county Boards Of that State are
organized. Our State and district Boards
are made, under cur bills, appointive instead
of elective, on account of that provision in
our Constitution prohibiting our Legislature
from making appropriations to any society
except it be exclusively under State control
and management. Then it is proposed to
make the appropriations, under our system,
direct to the district societies, instead, as in
illinois, to the State Society for the county
societies. In all other respects-in the sys-
tematic working together Of the State and
district societies-the two plans are alike.
1t is proposed to unite several counties here
together to make up a district society, be-
cause our counties are not, as general thing,
neutrality-suspicious. to maintain strong and
efficient society, but in making up our dis.
tricts, counties lying contiguous are placed in
the same district, and it SO happens also
that those whose industries and products are
similar, come within the same district, and
will therefore work naturally together in de-
veloping the industries within their limits.
The bill organizing the State into districts
makes II districts, and authorizes 80 or more
residents of such district to form district
society, and provides for the appointment by
the Governor of eight resident citizens as
District Board of Agriculture for the dis
trict, who shall have full management and
control of the society for the State. The
lheilOeis u INC i'oaiu' ioiu oin0e iou. fe@is'
two going out each year. The President is
to be elected by the Board, and to be of their
number, and to hold Office as President only
one year. The bill organizes the districts as
follows:
The counties of Alameda, Contra Costa
anu Dan ffdnclsco, AGRICULTURAL DlstrlcI
NO; l.
me COUNTIES VI Dan JOAQUIN EaleVeras'
Il Fresno heIli, NleTceu' Nlarlposd' oCaIisIaus,
IuiaIe anu IuoluIlhe constitute Dlstrlc1
No Nv, .. CT VI, r.
Inc 5r counties ol suffer, l uoa' DuV'e' 20
tusa' 1enalis' 90 anu A'''ci''iiieh'o consul
tu 1g district NO. D.
Inc counties y Oh oononnsi marin, ooiano'
NaPa anu Lake constitute Is ~ Ilstrlcc NO. +.
Inc counties Oh santa cara santa Oruz
and oan Mateo constitute Dlstflct no. D.
Inc counties OF Los Angeles, SAn Dlego;
San Bernardino, santa barbara, ventura and
Ingo constitute DlsGrlce NO. .;
Inc counties OF monterey; san Luls UDlspo
ana oan henlto constitute district no; Z.
Inc counties oil Nevada Racer, III DORADO,
Amador, Alpine ana MONO constitute Dlslrlc5
No; s.
M Nc N COUNTIES ~ NJ anu
The counties of Siskiyou Trinity and Shas-
ia constitute District No. 10.
The counties OF fI1mas, Lessen; Modoc
anu 'is'tA Coi'','u,9 -, Dls'--.s ~ =,
0r'0N - VI .ii' O4ii ri''4,e' -, 'O'-o"e
"a bera eoin5 sd sbaIj he ' q
State institution and the Board SO appointed
and qualified shall have the exclusive control
anu llahasetnent OF such lnstitutioh Ior anu
rossession and care - ali the nronsrtv Of the
association, and shall fix the terms of office,
and the bonds OF the Secretary and Treasurer,
s anJ @ ehelf salaries ana ausles. IIsy
laws. rnies and reonlations for the GOVERN.
ment OF the association, and the management
OF us prudential and financial affairs; Iney
bv the assoeiation Of ali tb Ian ~ Dd
industrial products in the district. at such
time and place as they deem advisable; pro-
" ta ST 9 u,Set ~. lar sne De He IN any