CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1874- 



Annual Meeting... 3 



Annual Address 189 



Animals exhibited at the Park 55 



Articles exhibited at the Park 87 



Articles exhibited at the Pavilion ; 95 



Agricultural Review 245 



Adaptiveness of Fruits in General 317 



Agricultural Matters 350 



Beet Sugar 299 



Bee Culture in California 341 



Constitution of the State Agricultural Society 39 



Compilation of Laws relating to the State Agricultural Society 47 



Claims for the Gold Medals for 1874 1(17 



Cost of Irrigation...... 307 



California's Wine Interest 331 



Cotton Growing in California 343 



Climatic Influences in California 358 



Financial Report for the year 1874.. ., 15 



Flax Culture a Success 344 



" Get a piece of Land" 356 



Hogs versus Wheat 345 



Industrial Survey of Colusa County , 369 



Industrial Survey of San Diego County 378 



Industrial Survey of Sonoma County 390 



Irrigation in California... , 419 



Meteorological Report 231 



Our Agricultural Outlook 353 



Premiums awarded in 1874 119 



Prize Essays on Jersey Cattle 513 



Quicksilver 291 



Report of the Board of Directors 5 



Report of Gold Medal Committee 182 



Reports of Special Committees 183 



Sun-dried Fruit a Failure— No Error 325 



Speed Programme for 1874. 153 



