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Magowaii and others, in behalf of China. Tlie fair was held from the 

 18th to the 2od of September, inclusive. In many special depart- 

 ments it was much superior to any ever held by the Society. 

 In thoroughbred short-horn cattle the improvement was marked; 

 also, in the exhibition of thoroughbred stallions and mares and 

 their families. The exhibition in the mechanical department of 

 home-made articles was much more general and comprehensive 

 than ever before, though not so much heavy machinery as in 

 1869. The exhibition of fruit, green, dried, and preserved, was very 

 extensive and superior. Besides fruits of Californian production, 

 green apples and pears were exhibited from Massachusetts, Connecti- 

 cut, Virginia, New York, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, 

 Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska — all in good condition. 

 Samples of our fruits and grapes were exhibited this year, through 

 the Board of Agriculture, at the fairs of nearly all these States and at 

 the fair of the American Pomological Society, held at the City of Rich- 

 mond, in Virginia — and at all these fairs were great features of attrac- 

 tion. The living floral garden this year was a new feature of the fairs 

 of the Society. 



President Reed, in his opening address, touched on the different 

 features of the fair, and closed in words of congratulation : 



I tender to you a hearty welcome to our fair, and congratulate you — yea, and congratulate the 

 whole people — on the auspicious opening of this fair. May every day of its continuance be 

 full of joy to all, and its close a season of mutual regrets that we could not bathe in its waters 

 and bask in its sunlight and recline in its bowers forever. 



The annual address was delivered by T. G. Phelps. He went over 

 nearly all our material industries, making valuable suggestions as a 

 practical farmer. The following are short extracts : 



One of the strange peculiarities of our people, showing their singular attachment to foreign 

 growth and manufacture, may be noted in the fact that while we are sending wine to the four 

 quarters of the globe — a wine that we know to be the pure juice of the grape — we imported 

 during last year 451,947 gallons of wine, costing, duties paid, more than $550,000. * * ■•' 

 If I were called upon to name the class of persons who have done most to advance the best 

 intei'ests of the State, I would unhesitatingly say that, according to their numbers, those men 

 who have employed their time and experience and embarked their capital in the improvement 

 of our domestic animals are entitled to this great distinction. 



The State appropriation this year was $8,000. The Society paid for 

 ten more shares of Union Park Association, $1,000. Whole receipts 

 for year, $44,044 27 ; expenditures, $44,191 87. 



The exhibition of grapes and their products was made this year 

 under the auspices of the California Winegrowers' and Wine and 

 Brandy Manufacturers' Association, in the Pavilion, and in connec- 

 tion with the State Fair, and was by far the largest exhibition of 

 these products ever made in the State. The association named offered 

 and paid the premiums in their department, relieving the State Society 

 from the same. 



The nineteenth annual meeting of the Society was held January 

 24th, 1872. C. F. Reed was re-elected President, and Edgar Mills, 

 C. T. Wheeler and Robert Hamilton were re-elected Directors. The 

 Board re-elected, by unanimous vote, I. N. Hoag, Robert Beck, and 

 R. T. Brown to the respective offices held the previous year. An 

 addition to the grand stand was built south of the main entrance to 

 the Park this year, and many other improvements made. This year, 

 for the first time since 1862, the Board appointed a visiting commit- 



