CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Address, Opening— Hon. T. H. Laine - -- 182 



Address, Annual— General N. P. Chipman .. •- 187 



Alfalfa - 252 



An Act to provide for the management of the State Agricultural Society by the 



State --- 3 



An Act to form Agricultural Districts, etc 7 



An Act amendatory of an Act to form Agricultural Districts..- 8 



Agricultural Districts of the State.-- - 10 



Annual Meeting State Board of Agriculture -- - --- 32 



Constitution State Agricultural Society 5 



Comparative Statement of Receipts, etc., 1885-6.- 30 



Dried Fruits— Twelfth Annual Review— G. W. Meade & Co 237 



Exhibits at the Fair- 

 First Department — Live Stock 34 



Second Department— Machinery, Engines, etc. 71 



Third Department— Textile Fabrics - 70 



Juvenile Department- — -- 83 



Fourth Department — Mechanical Products -- 83 



Fifth Department — Agricultural Products -• 88 



Sixth Department — Fruits, etc 91 



Seventh Department — Fine Arts 96 



Eighth Department— County Exhibits 98 



Ninth Department— Miscellaneous 98 



Financial Statement 20 



Feeding Steers of Different Breeds 219 



Hog Cholera — Robert J. Dawson, Y.S 234 



Laws (U.S.) on Quarantine of Domestic Animals 227 



Meteorology and Climatology of California, including Rainfall, Temperature, and 



General Weather Statistics — Barwick 255 



Park and Pavilion Receipts ^-- 31 



Profit and Loss - --- 31 



Premiums Awarded — 



First Department — Live Stock .- 103 



Second Department — Machinery, Engines, etc. 116 



Third Department — Textile Fabrics 118 



Fourth Department — Mechanical Products -- - 122 



Fifth Department — Agricultural Products .-- -- 125 



Sixth Department — Fruits, etc 128 



Seventh Department — Fine Arts 131 



Eighth Department — County Exhibits 133 



Ninth Department — Miscellaneous -- 133 



Gold Medals - -- - 137 



