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the two grand divisions of agriculture — the tilling of the soil, requir- 

 ing the active labor of head and hand, and the raising of animals; 

 and it is reasonable to believe that these two divisions continued, as 

 the human family increased, from the death of Adam to the birth of 

 Director farmer Dietz. 



And as we have traced agriculture from its infancy to manhood, 

 the art and handiwork of man through his mechanical ingenuity, all 

 subject to the sovereignty of man, and his works were exemplified in 

 ibis small temple of industry, I now invite you to go to the Oakland 

 Park, and see what the Chairman of the Park Committee, the shep- 

 herd of the hippodrome, will offer to the friends of the society — the 

 ; ' firstlings of the flocks." Go to-morrow, and go every day, until the 

 close of the Fair, for he will offer you such an annual treat that it 

 will take you a full week to take it all in. 



He has on parade, every morning, from 10 a. m. to 12 m., the finest 

 cavalcade of stock ever congregated on the Pacific Coast. Only 

 think:' more than two hundred head taken from the finest herds from 

 Shasta of the north, to San Diego of the south, with as many fine 

 head of horses, all marching in double file around the track, to the 

 melodious notes from Wolcott's Band of " Auld Lang Syne." It is 

 good for the soul to go and look at these fat and happy families of the 

 brute creation. 



I will now thank the Board of Directors for their indefatigable zeal 

 and exertions in bringing together such a diversity of matter, which 

 makes this temple of art look like a thing of beauty and life. I 

 thank them for the uniform courtesy always extended to me; an 

 approving smile, which is daguerreotyped on my heart, and will 

 remain until time is no more. I thank the exhibitors for the grand 

 display they have given us; and lastly, I thank the friends of the 

 society for their presence and patronage, and ask them to give the 

 society their annual support; and God will bless you all, is the 

 prayer of yours truly. 



