STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 1 1 



REPORT. 



Office of the State Board of Agriculti re, ' 

 Sacramento, February 1, 1887. j 



His Excellency Washington Bartlett, Governor of California : 



Sir: Another fiscal year having ended, we are pleased to hand you here- 

 with a report of our transactions for that period. This volume closes the 

 twenty-ninth report made by this Bociety, and it is highly gratifying to us 

 to be able to state that the amount of business transacted by the society 

 has increased in an enormous ratio since the first report was issued. 



This report contains the usual statistical matter, a full review of our 

 finances, several able papers by distinguished citizens upon the prosperity 

 and future outlook of the State, as well as the tabulated transactions of 

 the fourteen District Agricultural Associations under control of the State. 



ANN I A I. EXHIBITIONS. 



Our object being to encourage the cultivation of the soil, the general 

 development of all the agricultural resources of the State, and to foster 

 every branch of mechanical and household arts calculated to increase the 

 happiness of home life, as well as mining and mining interests. Our 

 annual exhibitions are each year held to this end, and are taken part in 

 by the practical promoters of the industries above referred to. 



Our Exhibition of 188G was satisfactory in all respects: the activity 

 shown by exhibitors in all the departments was most encouraging. Our 

 space at the Park grounds is not now sufficient to furnish all who apply 

 with the room required. 



The stock breeding interest is fast assuming such proportions that a 

 removal from our present location to one which will give us a much larger 

 area wherein to accommodate the continued increase for years to come, is 

 in the near future necessary. 



Increased space is likewise necessary at the Exposition Building, as that 

 now occupied by the machinery department is far from being sufficient to 

 accommodate all applicants. 



The society is anxious to do all possible to further the interests of all 

 the industries of the State, as will be seen by reference to the annual 

 premium list, which will compare, in point of completeness, with any 

 issued by a similar institution. 



The breeders of live stock, as well as inventors of modern machinery, 

 and mechanical arts, fully realize that the only proper way to bring their 

 products to the attention of the public, is by a practical exhibition at such 

 places, where the people may view them without fear of being solicited to 

 purchase. This institution is not maintained for the sale of articles upon 

 display, during the exhibition; its purpose is to simply aid in bringing out 

 the resources of the State, and to enable the producer to show the quality 

 of the products of his labor. We contend that at an exhibition of this 

 character, where the people have an opportunity to examine the improved 

 breeds of live stock, the many new mechanical contrivances, as well as . 



