Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-21
COUNTY EXsIsIrs.

TGe hne exhibit OF products Of Sonoma
county .. the last State Fair was the SUBJ
ject of general communication. It sug-
gestad the idea that each of the counties
of California should at the next Exposition
make separate and distinct exhibits. The
RECORD. UNION has been diligent in calling
attention 70 this scheme, FOR two purposes
First, TO secure to the State the largest
and most representative agricultural exhi-
bitten ever made for it second, that the
exhibits may be utilized 10 represent the
State at the Worlds FAR TO be held at
New Orleans in December next. la fur
therarce Of these objects the State Board
OF Agriculture has offered four cash prcrni-
ums ior .he best displays, and has invited
the State Grange TO take charge of the
matter OF organizing the exhibition for
each county. The answer of the officials
of the Grange has, if received, not yet
been made public. But assuming that
they will accept the trust, there are still
gaps in she plan. There are coun-
ties where the agricultural products
amount to very little, and counties
where the Grange has no local
organization. The mining counties exhib-
It's, for instance, cannot be supervised by
the Patrons of Husbandry. For these,
and fer The lumber sections, there should
be other Methods provided to secure repre-.
sentative exhibit. We still believe that
the plan suggested in the columns of this
journal last spring to be the most feasible.
That was The appointment by the State
Board Of Agriculture of committee of
philosophical citizsns in each county TO
agitate the matter in their localities, and
superintend the gathering OF the exhibits
So far IS the purely agricultural counties
are concerned, The Oranges are we'll
adapted to this work, but they cannot
compass al the territory. Tho subject is
one OF broad Importance 90 the State. If
tho scheme is carried out with vigor, it
Will result in lifting the State Fair 20 the
plane OF an agricultural exposition, as it
should be- Outside Of etock grape snd
fruit exhibits, it ia z fact that the agricult.
ural element has been very poorly repre-
senJad a. any OF tho State Fairs, and in
some years it has made but beggar!y
showing. The county plan, we believe,
viii completely rovolutonize the whole
matter. But it IS essential that the first
effort should be entirely successful. Fail.
ure, or only partial success, viii disoour,
age, aad mako cur last Rtate worse
than cur first. 1t ia much to be
hoped that the interior press will
give this matter early and earnest atseu-
ton. There is no county in the State that
the scheme will mol benefit. All the
trouble taken wiz he fully compensated by
the results The county exhibits made in
1855 were forwarded 80 Illinois at the close
Of tie California fair, and the public lie
we'll informed Of the exceeding good uses
made Of the articles. AT the Illinois fair
they were me chief novelty, and subse.
quently, being exhibited in Chicago,
and IN part in England, were more
instrumental in drawing attention to
this State and in inviting inquiring settlers
to ous valleys and foothills than any other
scheme thst has been devised. The New
Orleans fair must nos be allowed to pass
without California being fully Represented
by exhibits Of her products, and the first
step in that direction should be TO grour
them from all tho counties at the next
State Fair. The State Board of Agrioult.
ure will then take charge of the whole
business oi transporting them to and ex.
hibi.ing them at New Orleans.