. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. vol. xxxin. no. 11. No. 22# GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1898. CALIFORNIA. STATE FAIR. Auepicioue Opening of the State Agricultural Society's Annual Exposition. It is forty-five years since the first State Fair was held in California. For the first few years the fair had no permanent location, but was held in San Jose, Marys- vill, San Francisco, and other places until the year 1858 when it was permanently located at Sacramento and a pavilion built in which to make an annual display of the State's products. Most of our readers will remem-
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. vol. xxxin. no. 11. No. 22# GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1898. CALIFORNIA. STATE FAIR. Auepicioue Opening of the State Agricultural Society's Annual Exposition. It is forty-five years since the first State Fair was held in California. For the first few years the fair had no permanent location, but was held in San Jose, Marys- vill, San Francisco, and other places until the year 1858 when it was permanently located at Sacramento and a pavilion built in which to make an annual display of the State's products. Most of our readers will remem- ber the old building on Sixth and M streets in the Capital City, and although the entire structure could be hidden in one of the wings of the magnificent pavilion ini which the exhibits are now displayed it served its purpose, and the_annual fair was a nucleus from which has grown the splendid exposition of California pro- ducts now made each year at Sacramento. It is a matter of surprise to the California visitor to the Fair this year, knowing that a very large section of the State has suffered severely from drouth, to see such a magnificent display of fruits and grains and other pro- ducts of the soil. As the lamented "Caxton" said in a poem pronounced at the Fair in Sacramento in 1859, " "Behold bow free the hand ofGod hath rolled A wave of wealth across this land of ; The displays of agricultural, horticultural, viticul- tural and other products of the soil are equal this year to any ever spread before the eyes of Fair visitors. In the machinery department there is a most elaborate and most interesting exhibit. The art gallery is a little ahead of former years in class if not in quantity, and the poultry show in the annex seejns to be more attrac- tive ttian ever. At the park are some splendid specimens of cattle, sheep and swine, while the equine exhibit is of such vast proportions that stall room inside the park is not to be had for more tha
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