Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-09

reference TO the past, this is certainly the
golden age of stock in California, but we
trust that with reference TO the future, il il
but the beginning-the mere twilight of the
sge-thst manhood in the departments is
to be attained. compared with which the
present interest il the merest infant" Presi-
dent Phelps, in his opening address this year,
made this statement for the benefit of the
farmers: It Is moot singular and hurnili-
ating fact that we are yet recsiving from New
York and Boston large supplies of cured
meats, while carcass beef is worth scarcely
one-half as much here as il is in either of
those cities. We are shipping barley to New
York, . distance of seventeen thousand miles.
and receiving in return pork, hams, bacon,
and lard msde from grain of the same grade.
This certainly should not be. particularly
since it has been demonstrated that they can
be cured in this climate as well as in any
other"
The fair Of 1861 lacked somewhat in the
general interest and support which had been
given to the three or four preceding. but the
stock exhibition was an excellent one. Gov
ernor Nye, who made short address on the
occasion, said " I say in all frsnkness that
never have seen in any of the older States
and have attended State Fairs in fifteen Of
the States of the Union-a finer exhibition of
blood cattle than / have witnessed here in
California. All credit is due to the pioneers
| IN this noble improvement. Il costs no more,
nsy, II costs less, to rear good animal than
1t does poor one. They are mora easily at
tended, and produce more ia value and kind"
jerome Z. Davis was President of the Society
durirg the yesr and made no opening adj
dress-beine, as he said, worker snd not
speaker. The winter Of 1872 will ever be
remembered by the people of California as
the great flood year, but except in particular
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culture. To the State Society il was period
OF reverses ard discpursgement. However,
the fair OF 1862 showed gratifying progress in
all our material industries A Haraszthy
was President of the Society this year.
In 1868 the Society was lifted out from
under cloud which large debt had cast
upon it, and began TO manifest Iew life and
vigor., This year Judge Isaac Davis was
President and Governor Leland Stanford
delivered the annual address. He spoke
OF the great advantages to the State
| an overland railroad would bring,
aad particularly to the farmers. He said |:
VI the varied interests of California none
will reap richer benefits from a railroad
| across the continent than those depending or
the pursuits of agriculture. By it the atten-
ton of the world will be attracted to our
State; its population will be augmented !;
new fields of industry will be explored, and
u
soil. Indeed, with the construction OF the
Pacific railroad, its Inducements for immigra-
sIen. the vast commercial relations it must
establish, the great bay cities which IS one of
its results will, in twenty five years, have a
population of million inhabitants-ail thtss
viii create for the farmers Of our State a mar.
ket that will be almost llimitable in extant.
1t Is well for agriculturists TO consider the
mighty future Of the Pacific slope, and the
rOnseOuent iufFlapoa r,,1o-s thai o,,,, f,E
go closely connected with it." Among the
Important features of the fair of 1868 was the
exhibition of wiae and brandy and raisins,
products of the yiae. Ia their report
the Board this year say 1.-THE exhi-
bition at the last annual fair, though not
as full and abundant in some departments
as IN some former years, yet proved that the
State is making more rapid and substantial
progress in tie development of wealth and
ihe production of new and useful articles Of
industry than st any previous time in her
history"
The year 1854 was the great drought
year-unprecedeuted in the history of the
State. Crops of all kinds, and everywhere,
were cut short, and stock had ts be driven to
the tuies and the mountains TO keep them
alive. Under the circumstances, only a
stock fair was held. This year taught the
farmers of California one of the most i'm
portant lessons they have ever yet learned
the lesson of summer following The Society
made itself very useful in collecting and dis.
semlnating statistics and general experience
on this subject
The year 1864 was the first of G. F. Reeds
Presidency of the Society, and the second of
L. N. Hoag's services as Secretary. With the
return of spring in the year 1865, confidence
In agriculture returned to the farmers. snd
the year was marked by general improve
ment in cultivation and increase of yield in
staple crops. DIR. John +. Morse del;v-
cred the annual address at the State fair,
and gave some good advice to the farm
ers. In speaking of large farms he said:
There are no monopoli Is 30 arrogant, SO
dctatoriai, so dangerous to the peace and per.
petulty OF the State, as the overerown, mo-
nopoliziug. political nabobs of the soil. Mod
erately large farms, well titled, constitute the
true glory of nation or State. Contiguity
of small farms awakens and maintains an en-
uiation in agriculture which converts val
leys, hillsides and prairies into those wonder
ful garden fields of beauty and plenty that
never fail to ssncspture the eve and delight
the heart of needy and ennobled humanity,
This is the kind of agriculture we want in
California, from the partial development of
which our State has taken q stride in progress
In eighteen wears unknown to snv half cen.
fury of previous historical knowledge"
The year 1866 was another successful ore
to agriculture in California, and the fair of
that year was the beat general representative
exhibition of sill the industries made up to
that date. In this year the State Society
collected large assortment of our agricult.
ural, horticultural and vinicultural products,
as well as some of our manufactured articles,
and sent them for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair at Paris. 10 1867. Two members of the
Board Of Agriculture attended the fair at
Paris as representatives of the California
Society.
The fair of 1867 was marked advance for
ward, especially in the mechanical depart
msnt aud in the line of manufactured goods.
President Reed, in his opening address, gave
expression to the universal impression of the
fair The exhibition which we see before
US tonight is reflex of the present state of
the civilization of the most enlightened ma
tions of the world. It is concentrated piano.
rama of the industries and industrial occupa-
tons OF the Pacific coast. Go, If you please,
into the lower hall, ard you will see there
samples of our great staples and vegetables
wheat, oats, barley, corn, rye, beans, Irish and
sweet potatoes, onions. cabbage, beets, turnips.
etc. Step into the wine-room and you will
see display of all varieties of wine known to
commerce that would do no d;scTedit TO the old
est and best wine countries ia the world We
also notice samples of butter and cheese.
Our moving machinery is very attractive
and Interesting department of our present ex.
hibition. Never before has there been exhib-
it'd at California State Fair, or at any
other State Fair in the world, SO great an
amount of really valuable and practical min
ing machinery as may be seen by stepping
into the department devoted to that industry
We may state that even the great Paris Ex.
position contained nothing that would CON-
pare with the excellence snd variety OF min
ais shown Ia the various cabinets exhibited
here. For the interests of the
State, perhaps no more important
display is seen here than that made
By the enterprising proprietors of TIE va
rious wooden mills. The articles exhibited
comprise all classes of goods made
from WOOL Besides loom regularly
running and turning off, in the
presence of The admirirg multitude, supe.
rior article for the winter dresses OF