152 TRANSACTIONS <>]•' SAN JOAQUIN AGRICULTURAL society. 



Referring to the park, I respectfully recommend that the sheds for 

 cattle, slicc]i. and hogs, be carried to the easl of the horse stalls, and 

 that on the space now occupied by the cattle stalls there be erected 

 new horse stalls. Also, I would suggest thai it would be well to 

 ered a building near the present Location of the horse-power pump, 

 to be devoted exclusively to the display of agricultural implements. 

 Water-tanks and windmills are needed at the half-mile post, and at 

 the present horse-power. Upon the west side of the track a tight 

 board fence would be useful. 



I would also slate, thai the premiums upon stock this year, in 

 many instances, were increased twenty-five per cent., and on the trial 

 of speed, one hundred per cent. This J consider was wise, and I 

 would still recommend a further increase. And now let me say thai 

 to make our fairs what (hey should be it becomes necessary thai 

 every citizen, and especially those who are members of the society, 

 should cooperate with the Board. It is as much your interest as it is 

 that of the managers, that we should maintain a successful fail - at 

 Stockton. 



With a kind appreciation of my fellow officers, who have nobly 

 sustained me in my duties, and with warm congratulations for the 

 members of the society, one and all, let us hope that the new year 

 shortly to dawn will show us light that, while it does not show to 

 some a piece of art painted by a Raphael, may he a beacon to some- 

 thing we may see in the early spring, and call a good and honest 

 season. 



