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than any other display in the same department; that ours is an industry 

 which, it" properly fostered and encouraged, "will grow to be of great 

 e'xtent, keeping money in the State that would otherwise go out of it; 

 that although there may have been more brilliant displays in this depart- 

 ment than ours, there were none of goods that required so large an 

 outlay of capital and time to produce them. Hoping the committee will 

 acknowledge the justness of our claim, we remain, gentlemen, 



Your obedient servants, NICHOLS, FALVY & CO. 



STATEMENT OF HUNTINGTON, HOPKINS & CO., OF SAC- 



EAMENTO. 



To the Committee for Awarding the Gold Medal Premium: 



Gentlemen: As competitors for the gold medal premium, we claim 

 that it should be awarded to us for making the largest and most meri- 

 torious display of goods in the fourth department, having on exhibi- 

 tion a full and complete assortment of hardware, house furnishing 

 goods, and railway supplies, comprising between nineteen hundred and 

 two thousand different pieces, and valued at six thousand five hundred 

 dollars. 



Yours truly, HUNTINGTON, HOPKINS & CO. 



FIFTH DEPARTMENT. 



STATEMENT OF THE SACEAMENTO VALLEY BEET SUGAE 



COMPANY, OF SACEAMENTO. 



To the Gold Medal Committee of the State Agricultural Society for the year 

 eighteen hundred and seventy: 



Gentlemen: The Sacramento Valley Beet Sugar Company was organ- 

 ized in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, for the purpose of pur- 

 chasing lands, raising beets, and manufacturing beet sugar. The com- 

 pany was duly incorporated April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-eight, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, and all its 

 capital stock was subscribed by citizens of Sacramento. 



An agent was sent by the company to Europe in May, eighteen hun- 

 dred and sixty-eight, who was authorized to proceed, at the expense of 

 the company, and examine into and report upon the condition of beet 

 sugar manufacture. This agent was absent several months, visiting the 

 most important sugar districts of Germany and France. On his return 

 he made a lengthy report to the company, which was published and 

 gratuitously distributed among those interested in beet culture and 

 sugar manufacture. 



In the meanwhile, a tract of land of about three hundred and sixty 

 acres was purchased near the City of Sacramento, and immediate steps 

 we're taken to procure seed from Europe suitable for the production of 



