Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-07
OUR STATE FAIR.

RENO, New, May l, 1885.
10 The people Of tile State Of Neruda
We are one of thirty EIGHT State
in the Union, thirty seven Of whom
have State Agricultural Societie.
and hold fairs annually, to the ma
terial and beneficial interest anc
progress of the State
These State fairs, where the
whole industrial and progressive
representative people of the State
annually meet and exhibit the re
suits Of their varying industries in
productions of field and forest, soil
and mine, and manufacture, to-
gether with the implements and
appliances used in such production
and manufacture, as evidenced by
the exhibits made, has with our
people become great school in
practical life alike useful and bene-
fetal to all.
1t has become we'll settled prin-
ciple with our people, that what
ever tends to disseminate knowl-
edge and make generally known
and understood the best methods of
improving our breeds of domestic
animals. or skill in mining, me-
chanic arts, or manufactures, or sue
cessful cultivation and bountiful
productions from our soils, tends to
make food cheaper and living
cheaper and is directly beneficial
and interesting to every person in
the State whatever makes these
things prosperous makes the State
prosperous.
The. last Legislature enacted a
law making the State Agricultural
Society a State institution, and
creating a state Board of Agricul-
ture, and endowing and charging
the Board with the management
and control of the State Agricutur-
Al Society as State institution,
ani directing them to hold annual
Fairs.
There is no nation in the world
that holds as many fairs as we do,
nor is there, OF has there been ma
lion whose people have become so
generally skilled in agriculture and
mechanic arts, mining and manu-
lectures as ours. 1t is equally true
that our desert State naturally
poor in agriculture, presents more
obstacles to agricultural progress.
md newer and more difficult prob
ems in successful agriculture than
he majority of States in the I'm
on, AMI hence calls for new and
'aried inventions adapted to our
wants and a general dissemination
# such knowledge and experience |
IS Is adapted to the immediate and |
uccessful development of our ma
ural resources.
1t will Therefore be the policy of
he State Board of Agriculture to
interest every citizen of this State
q the State Agricultural Society,
ooking to making the interest of |
very person in this State In the
uccess and prosperity of the Agri-
cultural Society co-entensive with,
nd equal to their interest in the
'tate Government, and to that end
We desire as far as possible that
ach person or family shall have an
nnual ticket or interest in the
'enefts and exhibitions Of the pro-
uctions, manufactures and miner
Is Of the State and at least as
many persons as possibly can shall |
ttend the annual fairs and each
ring something to exhibit and |
resent the Board Of Agriculture |
nth technical statement of the |
processes pursued, an methods and
ppliances used, in the particular
or manufacture Of the ar
icle or thing shown.
The State Government has made !
10 provision for funds conducting
he exhibitions, leaving it to the
itizens in a popular movement to
Individually interest themselves in /
he support of the Society and sue
cas- and diractions IF its objects