SECOND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



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DISPLAY FROM PLACER COUNTY. 



A large display of peaches and pears, so far as Nevada and Placer Counties are con- 

 cerned, equal ; both good. Exhibit of olives from Placer County being superior, as also 

 the variety of nuts, lemons, and oranges. In fact, all the fruit from Placer, including 

 apples, grapes, prunes, crabapples, and Japanese persimmons, is pf superior quality. 



DISPLAY FROM NEVADA COUNTY. 



A large display of apples and peaches. All fruit from this county is of very superior 

 quality. The exhibit of vegetables, consisting of Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, and 

 squashes, is very creditable, though not large. A fine display of nuts. One noticeable 

 fruit was a plum propagated from the wild plum ; four removes has produced a large, fine 

 flavored, handsome fruit. One squash in this display weighs one hundred and fifty pounds. 

 Two boxes of fine peaches were brought from Mr. Nickerson's private orchard. 



The display of vegetables from the stock farm of A. Chebt, Sunol, Alameda County, 

 consists principally of four monster squashes, weighing from one hundred and sixty to 

 one hundred and ninety pounds each ; total weight of the four squashes, seven hundred 

 pounds. 



DISPLAY FROM COLUSA COUNTY. 



Splendid specimens of melons, weighing from sixty to seventy pounds each ; fine speci- 

 men of white and Indian corn; also, broom corn of finest quality, twenty-two inches in 

 length. Fine squash weighing one hundred and thirty pounds from the ranch of Hon. 

 John Boggs. 



DISPLAY FROM AMADOR COUNTY. 



Peculiar and fine, consisting of peaches, apples, papaws, nuts (large variety), black 

 walnuts of enormous size (being eight inches in circumference), hazel nuts, etc., persim- 

 mons, for which we would recommend a special premiu^u. 



D. A. Learned, Stockton, exhibits an excellent and varied display of grapes, both table 

 and raisin; also, a fine assortment of quinces, peaches, oranges, Japanese persimmons, 

 black walnuts, pecans, chestnuts, pomegranates, seedling peaches, etc. 



Thomas E. Ketchum's collection of pomegranates is deserving of special mention, as 

 the specimens are very fine. 



THIRD DEPARTMENT. 



Article Exhibited. 



Exhibitor 



Address. 



Award. 



CLASS I — MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



Best wheat drill 



Best mowing machine 



Best potato digger 



Best plow for all purposes. 



Best gang plow.. 



Best sulky plow 



Best fanning mill 



Best farm gate .. 



Best grain clean'gattachm'tfor thrasher. 



Best grain cleaner, independent 



Best harrow... -. 



Best horse rake 



Best hay and straw cutter - 



Best derrick fork 



Best display of haying and harvesting 

 tools 



Best farm wagon for general purposes, 

 wood or iron 



Iron frame four-furrow gang plow 

 Bain iron wagon 



CLASS II — MACHINERY, BLACKSMITH 

 WORK, ETC. 



Best display of agricultural implements, 

 by any one house, Cal. manufacture.-. 



Best steam engine, Cal. manufacture 



Best windmill 



Tempest windmill. 



Truman, Hooker 



&Co... 



H. C.Shaw 



Grangers Union. . . 

 Grangers Union... 



H. C. Shaw 



M. P. Henderson 



& Son. 



S. C. H. & A.W'ks. 

 Drum & Cameron. 

 S. C.H.& A.W'ks. 

 S. C.H.& A.W'ks. 

 Truman, Hooker 



&Co 



M. P. Henderson 



& Son 



Grangers Union .. 

 Grangers Union .. 



M. P. Henderson 

 & Son. 



M. P. Henderson 

 & Son 



Truman, Hooker 

 &Co 



John Caine 



S. C. H. & A. W'ks 

 Strait & Cadle.... 



R. P.Wilson 



A. L. Davis .. 



San Francisco. 



Stockton 



Stockton 



Stockton 



Stockton 



Stockton 



Stockton 



Sacramento 

 Stockton ..- 

 Stockton 



San Francisco. 



Stockton 

 Stockton 

 Stockton 



Stockton 



Stockton 



San Francisco. 

 Stockton 



Stockton . 

 Stockton . 

 Stockton 

 Stockton 



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