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which it slides, and the load is dumped quickly and without any labor, 

 further than the light pressure upon the lever. 



Laauser & Schafer, of Sacramento, showed some very creditable speci- 

 mens of cooperage in the lower hall, including a wine cask of the 

 capacity of a thousand gallons, and two smaller ones of eight hundred 

 and five hundred gallons capacity, respectively. 



I. X. Hoag, of Yolo County, made a very interesting exhibition of the 

 silk business, from the mulberry tree to reeled silk. The collection 

 included four or five different varieties of cocoons, worms two days old, 

 ten daj'S old, and worms feeding and spinning. Of a hybrid variety of 

 cocoons, Hoag has raised one million five hundred thousand. A bale of 

 reeled silk produced by his cocoons was shown in Neumann's collection. 

 Watching the animals in their various stages of progress afforded amuse- 

 ment to those who are merely curious, while those who were more 

 directly interested in the industrial greatness of California bestowed 

 upon the exhibition very close observation, in order to learn the lessons 

 it imparts. 



Joseph Neumann, of San Francisco, the enthusiastic and indefatigable 

 pioneer silk manufacturer, exhibited fort}- pounds of raw silk in hanks, 

 reeled in California, out of which he intends to manufacture two national 

 flags, one for the National and one for the State Capitol, each to be 

 twenty by thirty-two feet. Neumann informed us that his factory in 

 San Francisco is now in successful operation. The spinning department 

 is running three hundred and fifty spindles, and four hands are employed 

 in reeling raw silk in the reeling department. Judging from the samples 

 of cocoons exhibited in the Pavilion, Neumann expected that from four 

 to five thousand pounds of raw silk will be produced in California this 

 year. 



Strahle & Hughes, of San Francisco, exhibited a fine California oak 

 billiard 4 table, with Phelan cushions, and several slabs of polished Cali- 

 fornia wood, showing the high polish which even some of our most com- 

 mon woods are capable of attaining. 



Ed. Mailer, of Nevada City, showed a fine case of cocoons and samples 

 of floss silk, including the first and second crops of a hybrid variety of 

 cocoons, French Annual, Japanese and other varieties. 



Eev. I. S. Deihl contributed a very interesting cabinet, containing a 

 Cashmere cape, specimens of Cashmere wool, Oriental embroidery, 

 Oriental silkwork from Bagdad, Angora goats' cloth, Angora socks, 

 Cashmere tassels, etc. All the articles were well worthy close inspec- 

 tion. 



The Pacific Pottery, of Sacramento, exhibited samples of their manu- 

 facture in the shape of jars, demijohns, pipes and fire brick. 



Brittan, Holbrook & Co., of San Francisco, in the lower hall, made 

 quite a large and fine exhibition of Peerless and other stoves and ranges, 

 and kitchen ware and utensils of various descriptions, of copper and 

 tinware. 



Gillig, Mott & Co., of Sacramento, also exhibited, in the lower hall, the 

 Buck and Good Samaritan cooking stoves and ranges, and various 

 kitchen utensils of tin and copper, and the Danford lamp. 



E. C. Terry & Co , of Sacramento, were not behindhand, but also 

 showed, in the lower hall, ranges of various kinds, cooking utensils and 

 lamps. 



