The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

/ Prior to midsummer The Call kept before the peo-
pie reasons why the annual exposition OF the State
resources and energies should be success and pre-
dcted that would excel any previous effort OF re-
cent years in that line.
When in their plans and policies IN the
conduct OF such exhibition criticism OF their error
is proper without having in it any rancorous personal
element The directory OF the State Agricultural DO
ciey had been for years rather close corporation,
which seemed to have secured for itself perpetual
succession. Perhaps rather too much OF its time and
attention were given to the continual intrigue re-
quired to maintain such succession, and too little 10
the and progressive changes and advances made
in the interests in whose behalf the tar was intended
to be held. Too much weight was put upon the I'M
portance OF that great productive industry pool
selling and bookmakng, and only the mistaken dl-
rectory was to blame agriculture horticulture, min
ing, numbering, manufacturing the vintage and the
and sciences which engage the thought and toll
Of many OF people, felt that they were reduced
to a secondary place 1t this feeling that gener-
ated the hostility which threatened entire withdrawal
OF the States patronage OF the State Fair.
This years experience has changed all this. The
newer energies and fresh personalities which appeared
in the directory have proved be abreast OF the times,
equal to the original purpose OF the exhibition and
in touch with the vital interests OF the State to be
able to make the occasion not only revelation OF
what has been done by the people, but distinct and
valuable inspiration their further effort and greater
progress The board, from its active and sy1npa-
hetic president its keenly intelligent secretary,
came into touch with every interest and the result
has been the gratifying success which were able
to predict in advance out of abundant faith in the
effect OF a changed and bettered policy.
The track took its proper place, as the means OF
stimulating interest in one form OF the State ma
eralities as necessary to show the climatic effect
favorable to the development OF the horses descended
from Diomed and Rysdyk's Hambetonian as load
and harness are to test the traction power OF the
Percherons Normans Cleveland Bays and other draft
horses In other words, it was feature OF the
hibition that Illuminated instead of obcurng all other
features and was so conducted add to the amuse
ment and pleasure OF the time without detracting
from its many other pleasures and amusements.
The show OF neat cattle, sheep, swine and all do
mestic animals was convincing of fact that is more
general in the economies OF California than in any
other State In the Eastern States what came to be
known as native breeds" had to be slowly bred out
to make room for stock that had been inelligently
bred for ages toward definite utility. The shaggy
and scraggy native cattle, dwarfed in carcass and
deficient in quality through shifting for themselves
for many generations yielded slowly to the beef
breeds and to the Jerseys carefully developed for the
stems and Dutch-Frisans as carefully selected for
their conversion OF forage into casen, Tor in the
cheese factory In like manner the native hog, with
his snout elongated in his struggle for existence, be-
cause in each succeeding generation he had to root
deeper or die, retired sullenly before the Suffolk,
Chester White Poland-Chna and other strains
fully bred get the most pork on the shortest leg.
and whose snouts were shortened by removing the
necessity for incessant roofing As with cattle and
swine it with sheep chickens and all animals that
flock or herd upon the farm.
In California, new land and free from past it
was from almost the beginning OF agriculture the
ranchers equipped themselves with improved breeds,
and so ithas come pass that from horses dogs
finds but few scrubs or The State Fair this year
impressed this fact upon strangers and all visitors.
Our people know the economy and profit OF keeping
the best and secure it. They would soon think OF
planting orchards of choke pears and choke cherries
as stocking their pens and pastures with common cat
tie and razor-spned hogs
The directors deserve credit and praise for making
the fair demonstration OF all this, and the Citizens
Committee, through which Sacramento useully
co-operated, may view its labors with the keenest
satisfaction nasmuch for the first time in many
years the fair has passed without giving preext for
the criticisms degeneratng into libel which have here
tofore been rife in the State 1t is manifest that max
ing the fair success interesting in it every producer
and pubc-spirted citizen within borders, has not
only eliminated offensive features, but has given the
press and people something useful to think OF and
has diverted attention away from finding faults and
flaws.
The report that the Drevfls INDIGNATION meeting