Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-05
CALIFORNIA VS.. THE WORLD.
Description of Her Exhibition at the
Louisville Exposition.

notice of the California exhibit at the
Louisville Exposition, and which will be
of interest TO our readers:
The exhibit of the productions of Cali
fornia, made by the Southern Pacific Com
pany, and under charge of c. b. Turrill, is
acknowledged 10 be the finest and most in
teresting Of the kind that has ever been
made at our exposition. Railroad displays,
as such. are the features of great exhibit
tons; but such a display as the one in
question is much more than an ordinary
railroad affair 1t is in itself complete
exposition, showing as it does, the various
industrial resources of great State, about
which so much has been written, and re-
garding which so little is actually known
by the great mass of the American people.
The manager of the display has wisely
arranged the products by counties, as far as
possible. and has grouped these county ex-
hibits in the general geographical order of
the arrangement of the counties in the
State The space Of $4,000 square feet
faces one of the broad main aisles. Start
ing at one end the visitor is IN front of
the exhibit OF the production OF Sonoma
county.
1t is a surprise to see so large an exhibit
for one county. The major part of the
Sonoma county exhibit was gathered by
the Pomona Grange, of the county. There
are several hundred bottles of samples of
all varieties of grain, also of beans of nu-
merous sorts, garden seeds, seeds of native
trees, also fruits preserved for market
brick, tile, woods, etc But one of the
most interesting features of this part of the
exhibit is the grain and grasses in bundles.
There are a large number of the native
grasses, and the samples of wool point to
the uses TO which they are put. The wheat
10 RI al In Tho han@lS fiy-aa 4 -
inches long and very heavy. But another
astonishing thing IS the length of the
straw, which in many cases is five and six
feet. The berry of the wheat is large and
plump.
Anumber of trees, eight and ten feet high,
with an abundant growth of branches.
show how much fruit trees grow in one
season from the bud in this county. There
is a fine assortment of fruit preserved in
cans and glass. a tower of wine is a
striking feature of the display The beau
tiful pampas plume the product of a grass
native on the pampas of South America, is
used here, as throughout the display, for
decoration. The long, feathery heads of
this grass are exceedingly beautiful, and,
as It has been dyed in numerous delicate
colOrs, the blending of these is very pleas
ing.
Adjoining this display is the large and
interesting exhibit of wines from Napa
county, completely filling one large table,
and showing great variety. Napa is one
of the leading wine counties of California,
and this display does her the greatest
honor.
An octagon, completely covered with
grain in bundles artistically arranged, is
devoted to the productions of the cele-
brated Rancho Chico, the property of Hon
John Bidwell General Bidwell was a
pioneer of the pioneers, and was member
of the first Legislature of California and
took an active part in the formation of the
first Constitution and in the work of start
ing Alright the young State on her Won
drOus voyage. For many years General
Bldwell has devoted his entire energies to
the development of his princely property
How well he has succeeded in the work is
shown by the interesting collection from
this place. There are about forty varieties
of wheat, a number of barley, oats and
rye. The sample of rye in the sheaf is a
marvel, being nearly eight feet. All these
grains are also shown in glass Jars. Be-
sides these there is q fine exhibit of fruit
preserved in glass and tin al the Chico can
merry, the property Of General Bidwell. and
erected on his place for the purpose Of
working up his enormous fruit crop. There
IS q large case containing dried fruits nuts
and raisins. Here are our Eastern, Spanish
and Italian chesmuts Besides, there are
samples of ramie. sorghum of several yari-
cites, broom corn, corn, fruit trees and a
number Of other interesting things. While |
this is display Of the productions of sin
gle farm, it is an exhibition of the resources
of the county of Butte, in which the ranch |
is situated
Next comes table covered with the pro-
ductions of Solano county. On one side |
are jars containing ninety-six varieties of !
almonds raised by A T. Hatch, of Suisun. |
Mr.. Hatch has one of the crack farms |
OF the State On the other side of the table |
is miscellaneous display of varied pro-
ducts, nuts, raisins, fruits, olives, etc So |
lano IS another bay county, and the sight |
of its fruits makes one long for its valleys. |
a number OF jars of apricOts attract a great |
deal of attention. Next comes an octagon. |
on which IS one Of the most interesting |
features Of the display. This is the exhibit |
from the Agricultural Department of the |
State University, situated at Berkeley. Ala |
media county. There are over one hundred |
and forty varieties Of grains, principally |
wheat, shown both in the stalk and |
fin bottles. These grains were
imported from Europe, and their adapta-
bility to the soil and climate of California
is being tested. Beside the grains there is
a large collection of fiber-producing plants,
and also the foliage Of different varieties of
the noted Eucalyptus family, the forest
trees of Australia, which have been extern
sively introduced into California. A sample
Of the bark of the black waffle. a very val
liable tree, is also shown.
y number Of things from Alameda
county are very interesting. Here, again,
are seen fine grain, beautiful fruit preserved
in solution, as well as q number of boxes
of handsome dried fruit.
Here is also some magnificent fruit from
Lake county. This IS a mountain county
Of the coast range, and has long been noted
Tor its fine mineral springs, whose health
giving waters have made the name of Lake
known far and wide. Occupying a table by
themselves, although part of the Sacra-
mento county exhibit Is large collection |
of garden seeds, exhibited by W R. Strong
q Co. California sends tons of these East
every year. The climate of the State is
adapted to the growing of gar
den seeds. Beside these there is an inter
eshng number of the seeds of the forest |
trees of California. These trees are being
cultivated in all parts of the world. and |
their great variety and beauty make them
great acquisitions.
Sacramento county makes large ex-
hibit. The grapes preserved in solution |
astonlsh US by their size and the largeneSS
of the branches Numbers of bottles of !
grain cannot be overlooked. Raisins come !
in for share of notice On this table are |
samples OF hcorice root raised at Florin, near |
Sacramento. This is a young industry. |
but there is good prospect that il will not |
be a great while before California Will be |
supplying the United States with licorice |
root. -Four bales of splendid hops, the |
yield of which averages a ton per acre, pro-
claim the value Of this interest. There are
a large number Of photographs of Sacra-
mento city, among which are views of the |
State Capitol, railroad shops, railroad hos
pital, general views of the city, etc.
On the next table are the productions
from San Joaquin county. Here are wines
and brandies prOduced BY Genrre West of