Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-24
THE STATE EXPOSITION AND COUNTY
EXHIBITS.

1t is not too soon to call for energetic ac-
ton to make the coming State fair an UNI
usually interesting one, and of especial
value to the State. 1t Will be something in
the nature of the inaugural of a new era,
for the Exposition will be the first held III
| the new Agricultural and Industrial Hall,
the most spacious and best appointed expo
sition building west of st. Louis. The fair
will embrace two weeks of time, instead of
| one. as in the past 1t will be an Inaugural
| ton of the reconstructed Park, which has
been so modified as to bring the stock
grounds close to the spectators stands thus
rendering it a matter of ease to the people
to inspect the exhibited cattle, horses,
sheep, poultry and swine. The speed con-
| tests, tournaments and trials of fine horses.
and the stock parades on the enlarged and
reformed tracks, will also prove more con-
venient to spectators and will be much
more to the advantage of stock-breeders in
making a satisfactory display. The effort
is to be entered upon, also, for the first time,
to induce the several counties of the State
to make distinctive county exhibits of pro
ducts in. competition for money awards of
merit This scheme, which this journal
has long advocated, should prove the most
attractive and valuable feature of the entire
exhibition, and do very much to make our
own people and strangers better acquainted
with the resources of the State. 1t will
serve to bring together under one
roof representative people of the agri-
cultural and mining sections as ex-
aminers of the produce of the
various subdivisions of the State.
These county exhibits, if sufficiently at
tractive and valuable, as there is every rea-
son to believe they will be, it is intended
shall be forwarded at the close of the fair
to the Worlds Exposition and Cotton Cen
tcnnial at New Orleans We fer that there
are some counties where steps to secure
produce-groups for these purposes have not
yet been taken. Where there are Oranges
in active life, they will take charge of coun-
ty exhibits; but there are not few coun-
ties where there are no organizations of
Changers. In such cases, unless public
spirited citizens take hold of the matter,
the counties will not be represented. The
task of gathering and forwarding repre-
sentative samples of the products of the
soil and the mines of each county is not
great, and if steps are taken early, there is
no county where few energetic men can
not accomplish the end desired without
material sacrifice. The value of these
county exhibits to the State, and especially
| to the counties exhibiting, can scarcely be
| overestimated. \ few groups of like ex-
hibitS were put into the fair last year, and
| thereafter forwarded for exhibition to the
Illinois State Fair, and one of the chief
| annual fairs of England. The unanimous
testimony Of those who have knowledge of
the results Is, that the labor was repaid ten
| fold. and that'the exhibits did more to at
| tract desirable immigration to the State and
I awaken serious inquiry concerning its in
vitation to the intending immigrant and
investor, than any other means yet adapted
to advertise the advantages of this State
abroad We trust, therefore, that in every
county in California, from its EXTREMIST
north to its faTthest south, there will be
immediate action taken to secure full rep
resentative exhibits, since it is certain that
the result will be compromising to every
county making the effort.