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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



premium list, offering sixteen hundred and fifty dollars, and speed pro- 

 gramme, amounting to fourteen hundred dollars (to which was afterwards 

 added another purse of one hundred and fifty dollars), was published 

 and widely circulated. 



The fairs of preceding years having been held in temporary buildings, 

 it was decided to build a permanent Pavilion, and one was erected, 

 eighty feet by ninety-six feet, at a cost of about four thousand five 

 hundred dollars, on a block of land in Chico, donated to the society by 

 Genei*al J. Bidwell. 



The fair held from September twenty-eighth to October second was 

 very successful — a show of stock not excelled by any district society in 

 the State, and a display of produce, fruit, vegetables and manufactures 

 that filled the Pavilion. 



The following is a summary of the entries of leading animals and 

 articles : 



Horses — Thoroughbred 



Eoadsters 



Draught 



Of all work 



Saddle 



Mules 



Jacks.. 



Cattle — Thorough bred 



Grades .• 



Sheep — Thoroughbred 



Grades 



Goats — Cashmere or Angora 



Swine 



Poultry 



Whole number entries of stock 



Produce 



Produce — Manufactured 



Manufactured articles 



Mining products 



Cabinet minerals 



Agricultural implements 



Needle and fancy work 



Works of art 



Miscellaneous 



Whole mini ber , 



17 



26 



5 



to 



8 



7 



5 



15 



13 



28 



25 



8 



9 



11 



250 



89 



124 



49 



7 



1 



18 



194 



36 



32 



550 



The larger part of the animals on exhibition were the best stock in 

 the State, of their respective varieties, many of them having taken pre- 

 miums at the State and Northern District Fairs. 



In addition to the articles for which premiums were offered by the 

 society were fine exhibits of silkworms and cocoons, by Messrs. J. Sie- 

 bert, of Marysville, and A. P. Smith, of Sacramento ; woollen goods, 



