The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-05-16
NEVADA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
An Address the people OF the state.

State Agricultural Societies and hold
fairs annually, to the material and
beneficial interest and progress of the
State.
These fairs, where the whole indus
trial and progressive people of the
State annually meet and exhibit the
result OF their varying industries in
| productions of field and forest, soil
and mine, and manufacture, together
with the implements and appliances
used in such production aud manu-
| facture, as evidenced by the exhibits
made, has with our people become a
great school in practical lie alike use
full aud beneficial to all.
1t has become a well settled princi-
pie with our people that whatever
tends 10 disseminate knowledge and
make generally known and under
stood the best methods of improving
our breeds OF domestic animals, or
skill in mining ,mechanic arts or man
nfactures, or successful cultivation
aud bountifnl productions from soil,
tends to make food cheaper and is di-
rectly beneficial and interesting to
every person in the State; whatever
makes these things prosperous makes
the State prosperous.
The Last Legislature enacted law
making the State Agricultural Society
a Stale institution and creating State
Board of Agriculture, and endowing
and charging the Board with the man
agement and control OF the State Agri-
cultural Society AS a State institution,
aud directing them To hold annual
| fairs.
There is no nation in the world that
holds as many fairs as we do, nor is
| there, or has there been a nation hose
| people have become so generally skill
ed in agriculture and machauIe ar. ),
/ mining and manufactures as ours.
II Is equally true that our desert State,
naturally poor in agriculture presents
more obstacles to agricultural progress,
aud newer and more difficult problems
IN successful agriculture than the una
jority of the States in the Union, and
hence calls for new aud varied inven
tions adopted 10 our wants and
general dissemination ofsucn knowl-
edge and experience as is adapted 10
the Immediate aud successful develop
! nent OF our natural resources.
1t will therefore be the policy III the
State Board of Agriculture To interest
every citizen of the State in the State
Agricultural Society, look ing to max
ing the interest Of every person IN This
s5tate in the success and prosperity of
the Agricultural Society co-exttnSlNe
with, and equal tO their interest in the
> ate Goveruulent, aud la that end We
desire as far AS possible that zach
person or family shall have an annual
ticket interest in the benefits and
exhibitions OF The productions, man.
ufactures and minerals OF the State
aud at least as many persons "a posi-
bly, eau, shall attend the ANIMAL fairs
aud each bring something 10 exhibit
aud present the Borad of = grieuture
with technical statement OF the pro-
cesses aud methods and appliances
used, in the particular production or
manufacture af article or thing shown.
The State Government has made no
pro. islons for funds conducting The
exhibitions, leaving it to the citizens
in popular movement TO indivId-
ually interest themselves in the sup
port of the society and success and
direction OF its objects.
The present populatian of our State
is about 81, 000 aud We need to conduct
our fair this year, about So 900, a sum
equal to about eight cents per CAPITA,
OF our population.
There are fourteen countries in our
State, if each country would raise and
contribute its just proportion that
would give the required amount. II
one thousand season tickets could be
sold at So each, or two thousand at
81 30 each, that would furnish the
requisite means. And while we throw
out these suggestions we wish the
people of the State to take hold of it
and become members of the society,
interested IN il, and its fairs, hold
meetings i'm every camp and town aud
raise the means necessary to carry on
the fair, como and bring something
and become an exhibitor.
Finally, to the people OF that por
| ton OF California whose territorial
| limits lies east of the great Sierra
Nevada Mountains and whose travel
| and transportation is over railroads
through our State, whose pursuits,
interests, soil, climatic surroundings
aud natural resources are identical
with ours, We especially extend an
| invitation to come. JOIN with us and
participate in our fairs as members
and exhibitors on equal terms and
enjoy all its privileges and benefits,
and to that end we refer particularly
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