ANNUAL REPORT. 



To the Hon. Robert Beck, Secretary California State Agricultural Society: 



I herewith transmit to you the twcli'th annual report of the trans- 

 actions of the fSonomu and Ahirin District Agricultural Society, for 

 the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, including the list of 

 the i)rennums awarded at the annual fair, and an itemized statement 

 of the total receipts and dishursements for the year. 



During the year the Society erected an art gallery, adjoining the 

 Pavilion, twenty-four hy eighty feet, well constructed and lighted hy 

 skylights. It proved a great addition to the attractions of the Pavil- 

 ion. The exhihition of stock and agricultural products was larger 

 than ever, and the fair of the Society, year hy year, commands more 

 of the attention of the farmers of the district. 

 Respecttully submitted. 



E. S. LIPPITT, Secretary. 



PREMIUM LIST. 



Following is a correct list of the premiums awarded : 



THOROUOHBRED HORSES. 



fi. II. White, best stallion, four j'ears old and over, Ironwood. diploma and .'?20. 



A. L. (irigsby, best stallion, tiiree years old and under lour. David Atcbinson, ."jilo. 

 J. B. Chase, best stallion, two years old and under three, Warwick, .$12. 



Iloberl Crane, best stallion, one year old and umier two, Wheatlov. Jr., $8. 

 E. Deninan, best mare, four years old and over, I>cmoref, $15. 

 J. B. Chase, best mare, three years old and under four, Folly, $12. 

 ■J. H. McXabb, best marc, one year old and under two, Avis, $6. 

 E. Denman. best suckling horse colt. Prince, $5. 



GRADED H0RSK8. 



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John Pfau, best stalliun, four years old or over. Eureka, diploma and .$15. 



B. E. Harris, best stallion, three years old and under four. Excellence, $12. 



U. P. Quackenbush, best stallion, two years old and under three, Bayswaler 2d, $8. 



Robert Seavey, best stallion, one year old and umlor two. Hilly Hayes, $(5. 



William Bihier, best mare, four years old and over, Molly, $12. 



James Biggins, best mare, three years <d<l an<l under four, Kitty Watson, $9. 



Peter Lawier, best mare, two years old ami under three. Flora. $7. 



Lewis Faught, be.--t mare, one year ohl and under two. Belle, $r>. 



Robert Crane, best suckling horse colt. Wade Hampton, $5. 



E. J. Fowler, best suckling nuire colt, Molly 1)., $5. 



John Pfau, best stallion and six colts, Eureka, $20. 



HORSES OF ALL WORK. 



William Bihier, best stallion, four years old or over, (iray !McCIellan, diploma and .$15. 



C. C. ('Iiamplm, best stallion, three years old and under four, Tiger Whij), $12. 

 Bayard Slusser, best, stallion, two years old and under three, Mark West, $8, 



