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of exhibits in display. I believe that a strong emphasis should be placed 

 upon exhibits of work in agriculture, domestic science and manual train- 

 ing, and that inducements ought to be offered which will bring exhibitors 

 in these lines from a greater number of schools. 



EARLY ISSUE OF PREMroM LIST. 



4. The school work exhibited at the state fair is prepared almost en- 

 tirely during the school year ending about June 1st. A great proportion 

 of the work should be that which is done during the year. Unless teachers 

 are expecting to make an exhibit, in most cases, the work of the pupils 

 which might well contribute to such an exhibit is not preserved to the 

 end of the year in a condition which would justify its exhibition. The 

 exhibit necessarily must be planned during the school year. If the 

 premium list for the education department could be issued in pamphlet 

 form about the first of the year, it would enable schools to make better 

 representations of their work. 



LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS. 



5. As a drawing feature of value, I believe that a series of educational 

 lectures and demonstrations could be arranged with very little expense, 

 where at certain times each day people interested in the subjects announced 

 could come for a brief period and listen to lectures and witness demonstra- 

 tions in educational lines which would be of value. I am quite sure that 

 the series of lectures could be arranged for if a suitable space for an 

 audience of limited size could be provided. It need not be a large space, 

 but should be easily accessible. 



In the demonstration work, I believe it would be possible to arrange 

 each day to have in operation one of the garden and tomato canning clubs 

 which we are now organizing, where the regular work would be carried 

 out, the young people taking the fruit or vegetable as they come from 

 the garden or orchard, preparing them for canning, and completing the 

 work by sealing the cans, labeling them and presenting them for inspec- 

 tion, use or marketing. 



If your board favors this idea I shall be pleased to contribute any 

 services which I am able in carrying it out. We are now working under 

 the co-operative arrangement with the department of agriculture in these 

 courses and expect to have sufficient help to facilitate the work in every 

 county in the state. If any of the above recommendations seem worthy 

 of attention and you desire anything further as to detail in application 

 of any one of them, I am at your service for whatever I may be able to 

 do in furthering the interests of the work. 



Very truly yours, 



E. C. BISHOP. 



Mr. Johnston moved that the appropriation in the school ex- 

 hibits department be the same as in 1912, and that the recom- 

 mendations and classification be left to the secretary and the 

 superintendent of the department. Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Johnston moved that the matter of music and attractions 

 for the 1913 fair, and all unfinished business, be delegated to the 



