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California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 



Animals must be of pure blood to be quali- 

 fied for admission (trotting stock, fat and 

 draught cattle excepted), and even those of 

 pure blood must be highly meritorious. 



The exhibition being open to the whole 

 world, it is of the iirst importance that we 

 bring forward the best of their kind only, as 

 the character of our stock will be judged by 

 the general average of those exhibited. 



Exhibitors will be expected to provido for 

 feeding their stock. .„ , , . , •■ 



All forage and other food will be furnished 

 at coat prices at depots conveniently located 

 within the grounds. , . , 



Exhibitors will also be expected to furnish 

 their own attendants, on whom all responsi- 

 bility of the care of feeding, watering and 

 cleaning the animals, and also of cleaning the 

 stalls will rest. 



Though the Commission will erect ample 

 accommodation for the exhibition and protec- 

 tion of live stock, contributors who may de- 

 sire to make special arrangements for the dis- 

 play of their stock, will be afforded facilities, 

 at their own cost. 



All animaJs will be under the supervision of 

 a veterinary surgeon, who will examine them 

 before admission to guard against infection, 

 and who will also make a daily inspection and 

 report. . 



In case of sickness, the animal will be re- 

 moved to a suitable enclosure, specially i)re- 

 pared for its comfort and medical treatment. 



Kings will be provided for the display and 

 exercise of horses and cattle. 



It is highly important that all who design 

 exhibiting should now make application, as 

 the extent of preparation necessary can only 

 be regulated by an estimate based upon actual 

 demands. 



Inquiries may be addressed to the Chief of 

 the Bureau of Agiiculture, Philadelphia. 



AGBICULTUKAL MACHINEEY. 



The Centennial Commission is making 

 thorough provision for the reception and dis- 

 play of agricultural machinery and imple- 

 ments. 



A section of the agricultural hall, an impos- 

 ing structure covering ten acres, vrill be set 

 aside for the exhibition of farm appliances, 

 and it is anticipated that this feature will be 

 second to none in the agricultural department 

 of the International Exhibition. 



It will be evident to the manufacturers of 

 agricultural machinery that as this our na- 

 tional exhibition, is also open to the competi- 

 tion of the whole world, which has been 

 invited to participate, our past progress and 

 present position will be closely scrutinized, 

 and we shall be judged by the general aver- 

 age. Tlierefore, the admission of any object 

 will be granted only when it possesses a char- 

 acter of unquestionable worth, and in the ease 

 of machinery, under the ruling of the Com- 

 mission, the elements of merit are held to 

 include considerations relating to "originality, 

 invention, utility, quaUty, skill, workman- 

 ship, fitness for puri)ose intended, adaptation 

 to public wants, economy, and cost." 



Within the agricultural hall will be steam 

 power, and all the necessary appliances for 

 driving all such machinery as cotton gins, 

 sugar jiresses, plantation mills, threshers, 

 fanning mills, etc. 



It is contemplated to test in the field, plows 

 for animal and steam power, reapers, mowers, 

 tedders and hay rakes. 



Manufacturers, designing to compete in the 

 field will be required to use the same ma- 

 chines as they offer on exhibition. 



The reception of articles within the hall 

 commences on January 5th, DSTil, and encls 

 on April I'Jth, the exhibition opening on May 

 loth, and continuing six months. 



luijuiries may be addressed to the Chief of 

 Bureau of Agriculture, Philadelphia. 



rOMOLOGY. 



It is the purpose of the Centennial Com- 



mission of the International Exhibition, and 



an especial object of interest to the Bureau of 

 Agriculture, which has been charged with the 

 reception of fruits for exhibition, to afford 

 every inducement and facility for a full and 

 comjjlete display of the fruits of our varied 

 climates, and also those of more northern and 

 tropical regions. 



Ii being questionabla as to the practicability 

 of exhibiting many perishable fruits, the pro- 

 ducts of the tropics, models in was and plas- 

 ter will be acceptable. 



Such a display of pomological products as 

 herein designated will, it is expected, cover 

 the entire period during which the Exhibition 

 will be open,, though at all times varying in 

 importance and extent. For instance, berries 

 and other small fruits will be included in this 

 department, and of these there will be certain 

 classes, as strawberries from the South, ready 

 for exhibition on the opening day; and the 

 variety and quantity will be presented in an 

 increasing scale as the season advances. 



It will be perceived readily that the most 

 important display will be made during the 

 months of September and October. 



The classification, and arrangement of lo- 

 cation of fruits sent for exhibition, will be 

 according to their species and variety; all of 

 similar character being assembled together, 

 that a more satisfactory conclusion may be 

 reached as to the respective merits of like 

 products from different soils and States; thus 

 all grapes, from whatever source, will be 

 placed in one position; the same with api^les, 

 pears, and the entire list of cultivated and 

 wild fruits, and nuts. 



Exhil>itors may be assured that the proper 

 arrangements will be made for the united in- 

 terests of themselves, and pomological science. 



It is hoped that the pomological societies of 

 the several States, and individual cultivators 

 generally, will co-operate in an effort to place 

 before tie world creditable evidence of the re- 

 sources and capacity of our country in respect 

 to fruit culture and products. 



The Exhibition will open in Philadelphia 

 on the 10th of May, 1S70, and close the 10th 

 day of November following. 



FOEESTRY. 



The Bureau of Agi-iculture of the Centen- 

 nial International Exhibition, to be opened in 

 Philadelphia, May 10th, 1876, comprises 

 within its department a display of all the 

 products of the forest, both in primary and 

 secondary form. 



It is earnestly requested by the Commis- 

 sion that foresters of all sections of the Union 

 forward samples of the trees of their respec- 

 tive districts. These samples or specimens 

 may be presented in any convenient and port- 

 able form; as, for example, it is suggested that 

 the bark of one or more of the giant trees of 

 California (Washiugtonia gigantea) be taken 

 off' the trunk in segments and sections, to be 

 placed on arrival on a skeleton frame of the 

 same dimensions as the original. The agri- 

 cultural hall having an extreme elevation of 

 seventy-five feet, will afford ample room for 

 at least a partial exhibit of one of these mons- 

 sters of primeval forests. Thus also with 

 other trees of the Pacific coast, hardly secon- 

 dary to it, as Abies Douglasii and nobilis, 

 Librocedrus decurrens, Pinus Lambertiaua. 

 The White Pine and Hemlock of the North. 

 The Yellow I'ine in their several species, the 

 Live Oak, the Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 

 of the South, aiid a long list from every sec- 

 tion of our broad territory. 



In addition to speciments of trunks of trees 

 should be exhiliited timber and lum- 

 ber in all forms; as samjiles of masts and 

 spars, large and small; knees and sipiare tim- 

 ber, as prepared for naval purposes; planks 

 and boards exhibiting lUiusual breadth and 

 character of cell and fibre. In brief, every 

 description, quahty, and form of wood used 



in construction and decoration. 



Foreign specimens are confidently expected 

 — let us not fail to place ours side hy side 

 with them. 



It can hardly be necessary to add another 

 word. The lumber interests of this country 

 are too inportant not to be fully represented 

 at the International Exhibition. Few of us, 

 it may be assumed, comprehend and appreci- 

 ate the lumber resources of the Union, and 

 we can only do so by such an exhibit as is 

 herein proposed, and by the study of statisti- 

 cal tables expressive of value, now in course 

 of preparation. 



Communications in connection with this 

 and kindred subjects, may be addressed to the 

 Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture. 



HOW SHALL WE CELEBRATE ? 



As the annual return of our national birth- 

 day is so near at hand, perhaps it will be well 

 to say a word in regard to the way in which 

 it should be celebrated. There has been a 

 tendency, for the last few years, to ridicule 

 and burlesque the day, more than to celebrate 

 and honor the act or our patriotic and noble 

 forefathers who risked their lives and fortunes 

 in giving us the Declaration of Independence 

 that spoke our nation into existence. This 

 is not as it should be. Then let us see to it 

 that the coining Fourth of July shall be cele- 

 brated in a manner that will not only show 

 our gratitude and thanks to our worthy sires, 

 but that will have a tendency to elevate and 

 refine the rising generation. Is there a man, 

 woman or child, with one drop of true, pat- 

 riotic blood in their veins, that did not feel 

 insulted and disgraced by the caricatures of 

 Miss Sallie Hart and other temperance work- 

 ers which were paraded through the streets of 

 San Jose on last Fourth of July ? just be- 

 cause she had been brave and true enough to 

 try to stay the tide of intemperance that is 

 not only blighting the prospects of oiu- lovely 

 city, but has proved the greatest curse the 

 world has ever known, even as our forefathers 

 worked against oppression. Parents, "be 

 not deceived ; whatsoever ye sow, that shall 

 ye also reap." If we do not proride public 

 entertainment that will elevate and refine the 

 young, that will lead them to a higher phase 

 of civilization, we must not complain if they 

 find and .are demoralized by entertainments 

 of the descending phase of civilization ; and 

 if we permit decency to be insulted and pat- 

 riotism to be dishonored upon our streets on 

 our natal day, what must be the result ? 



Why Eaes Should Not Be Boxed. — In 



Phynmloiji/ for F radical Use (D. Appleton & 

 Co.) we find the following: 



There are several things very commonly 

 done which are extremely injurious to the 

 ear, and ought to be carefully avoided. * " 

 And first, children's ears ought never to be 

 boxed. Wo have seen that the passage of the 

 car is closed by a thin membrane, especially 

 that adapted to be influenced by every impulse 

 of the air, and with notliing but the air to 

 support it internally. What, then, can bo 

 more likely to injure this membrane than a 

 sudden and forcible compression of the air in 

 front of it? If any one designed to break or 

 overstretch the membrane he could scarcely 

 devise a more elliciont means than to bring 

 the hand suddenly and forcibly down upon 

 the passage of the ear, thus driving the air 

 violently before it, with no possibility for its 

 escape but by the membrane giving way. 

 Many children are made deaf by boxes on the 

 ear in this way. 



