Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-20
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The Park was opened on programme time
at 10 o'clock a. Ii. yesterday. As is usual,
the day was spent in making entries of stock
and getting and placing entry cards on stalls,
so that but littis specific information was OBJ
tainsble. We can say. however, in general
terms, thst the horse exhibition, including the
runners and trotters, is full-probably bet !
ter than on previous years. In the CATTLE
shesp, swine, goat aud poultry departments,
we cannot say as much. The falling off in,
the exhibition of shorb-horned cattle is es.I
pecially noticeable. Up to 2 o'clock there;
were but four exhibitors of thoroughbred;
Durham cattle. These were Colonel C.I
Younger, Of San Jose, who has nineteenI
head on the grounds; Il. j. Merkley,I
of Sacramento, who shows seven lead !;
=. II. Murphy, of Sacramento, who has
eight head of thoroughbred and graded, and
e. Comstock, of Yolo county. who shows
one thoroughbred bull and six head Of grades.
Schweine & Peterson exhibit one graded
COW that is noticeable for her great size.
The Jersey cattle are rapresen Jed by Major
Robert Beck, of Oakland, who shows twenty
three head. 2. Stanton, Of Sacramento, who
shows nine head. r Noel, Of Nevada county,
who has eight head. James Asksw, of El
Dorado county, who has four head. i. f.
Aiken, of Sacramento, who has two head,
and Samuel Blair, of Sacramento, who shows
one animal.
There is one exhibition OF Ayrshire cattle
by Geo. Bement. Of Saa Matso county, who
Hhows eleven head.
In the swine department we find the ex-
hibition. also quite meeger. John Rider, OF
Sacramento, shows 3S head of Berkshire
hogs and pigs; L. Comstock, of Yolo,
10 head Thomas Waite. of Sacramento. two
head NJ. Sprague, OF Sacramento, six head,
and Mr.. Foote ons Matchmaking 66 head
OF Berkshire hogs and pigs.
OF the Poland China stock there are 10
head on the ground. Eight are exhibited by
i. Gallup. Of Tulare. and two head by -
Scott, OF Sacramento.
In the sheep department we find 10 head
Of French merino, represented bYJ Roberts,
of Alameda. These sheep are the old Bla-
COW f lcll. OF Spanish merino there are two
exh;bi5ors-,l. Fl. Strobridge, Of Alameda,
who shows 81 bead, and i. Bullard, who has
l. mead in the pens.
Colonel Younger exhibits sixteen head Of
Cotswold sheep, makiog four exhibits of
sheep.
OF Angora goats thers is but one exhibitor
u. S Harris, Of Santa Cruz county. Mr.
H. shows 50 head.
In the poultry department, Thomas Waite,
of Sacramento, shows five varieties of chick.
ems, eighteen fowls In al, and one variety Of
ducks.
George T. Bronner. OF Sacramento, shows
two varieties of Bantam chickens.
G. w. Hatcher has three varieties of chick,
ems and two varieties Of ducks, one variety Of
gssse aud one of tuckeys--a pair OF each.
G. w. RApp has some Bsntams E GaDop,
one variety of white fowls, and 2. III. Muir
ply one LOT Of ducks. III. w Earle has also
some Bantam chicks.
OF jacks and jsnnies we notice ten head.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
The principal exhibitors of agriculture
machinery are Baker & Hamilton, who show
q fuil line of machines aud wagons.
Bull & Co., Of San Francisco. also show 9
full lins of machinery and vehicles.
Ssymolr & Sab;n. OF Oakland, show in the
same department.
The Bspicia Agricultural Company have Q
large exhibition Of machines, plows and
wagons.
jackson & Truman, of San Francisco, ar.
also exhibitors Of iins of agricultural
machinery.
George q. Bates & Co, of Sacramento
exhibit il the same department, and J. /
Hill, of Sacramento, has large assortment
OF wagons, carriages and buggies.
r. L. Briggs & Co., Of San Francisco, alst
make large exhibition Of wagons, carriages
and buggies.
Besides the above there are quite numbei
Of extihsturs of special IN zchines, as wind
mills, feed mills, e,c. Tomorrow the ex
hibitions viii be In Place, and we viii giVi
them special notices.