Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-10-05
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THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT,
Each locality / tasking for 1t will be
assigned spece enough in one place
for all its exhibits. This plan
seems to meet with general approx
al. In this way each locality may
get up an exposition of its own,
complete in itself, separated from
the rest OF the Exposition, and,
therefore, having all OF the advan-
tages OF individuality as to recog-
milton, and. all the advantages of
combination in the apportionment ut
Of expenses and In drawing multi
tu1es of visitors. .l.gf'Ft iBt
Mr.. Adolphus Russell, of Flor
ence, whom the visitor encounters
ed in his rounds, said that he want
ed no premiums; that he regarded
premiums aa among the minor in p.
ducements to make an exhibition;
that he would exhibit something
ii he considered that something
reas0nably meritorious, even
though certain that his own or
somebody else's neighoor would
make exhibits surpassing his own ;
that agriculture is illustrated more
truly by Its ordinary than by it's
extraordinary products; that he
thought the annual Fair OF great
public utility, and for that reason,
regardless Of mere individual or
persona cOnsiderations, he thought
every farmer
OUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING
"But, said Mr.. Russell, we farm
ers of alfalfa, corn, pumpkin,
beet, hog and poultry cannot con-
veniently and fairly represent our
resources at the Exposition. Here,
for instance Is my farm of forty
three acres, I DO most of the work
myself. We sell annually about
fifty tors of alfalfa hay; eggs TO the
amount of say, $3.50; chickens, say
$25; of fat hogs about one hundred
head; of butter, say $75; usually a
horse, cay $3.50; apples about 5000
and some other products. Before
hard times and low prices set in, I
received some years as much as
81 600 for the years surplus pro-
ducts. But how can I correctly
represent my farm at the Fair? 1
consider every acre to alfalfa worth
one hundred dollars in gold coin,
yet q bale Of alfalfa hay in the
Pavilion would hardly suggest the
valuable facts of the case. SO with
our other resOurces.n
Mr.. Russell will howeve, assist
In filling the space assigned to
Florence. He will do so from
sense of duty to the public. He
hos no land for sale. He was Of
fered S., 900 for his forty-three acres
in the darkest period of hard times,
hut declined to sell. Judge r..
Raney will make come exhibits.
So will many others Of Florence.
There is one great fact of the hog
u nd homiuy belt tn h. brought be-
fore the public at the coming Fair
to wit: that the best dairy ttIt IN
America is the
BEST GRAPE REGION
In the world. Tho Hon. J. w.
Venable, Of Los Nietos. delivered
to Mr.. l.. J. Rose, OF Sunny Slope,
the grapes OF certain area in Los
Nietos. Mr.. Rose was astonished
at the enormous yield and the fine
qualities of the grapes.
Florence will make the finest
display Of wine. rsisins aud table
grapes ever made ON the Pacific
Coast. II is not too much to say
the best display ever made in the
world. Why not? The Pacific
Coast Is the seat of the best grape
region in the world; therefore that
which excels all other grape dis
plays of the Pacific Coast may
be very reasonably claimed as the
champion grape display of the
world. Mark my prediction about
Florence. The announcement is
made in advance. In order that
every other locality may be fore.
warned and therefore forearmed.
Josiah Burrell, Joseph Mace and
others OF Florence will exhibit
grapes. 1t is trusted that we shall
this year have a full exhibit of
grapes from everyS locality. Con-
sidering the importance of the vine-
yard interest here, it should be a
leading feature Of the Fair. Such
has never been the case. Flor.
ence challenges the State. Let
the rest of California teach Flor
encs that the victory shall not be
easily won. Aud the Florence
vineyards, with all their fine ac-
complishments, have never been
irrigated.