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association. The first annual meeting of this association was 

 held in Worcester, January 4, and of the thirty large associ- 

 ations or societies in the State eighteen were reported to have 

 joined. Dates were fixed for the holding of different fairs, and 

 a chance given to the director of fairs to analyze the score 

 cards of 1919, and make suggestions for general improvement 

 along certain lines. It is believed that the societies through 

 the State organization will be of mutual benefit. 



Agricultural Exhibition at the National Grange Session. 



At the annual session of the National Grange, held in Bos- 

 ton, NoVember 10 to 19, inclusive, 1920, an agricultural exhibit 

 was held in the basement of Mechanics Hall; admission free 

 to the public for four days. This exhibition consisted of a 

 display from each of the New England States, and was a 

 distinct success in proving the quality of New England products. 

 The Massachusetts Department was responsible in many ways 

 for the success of the display. Director Munson of the Di- 

 vision of Markets was chairman of the committee which had 

 this display in charge, and Mr. Lombard, assistant director of 

 the Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs, was in 

 charge of the whole lower hall, exhibit space, etc., while the 

 director of the Division, Mr. Leslie R. Smith, as master of 

 the State Grange, together with his executive committee, had 

 charge of the details of the whole session. It was to the 

 untiring energy and enthusiasm of Mr. Smith that much of 

 the success of the meeting was due. The exhibition was a 

 wonderful demonstration of the co-operation of different agri- 

 cultural organizations of the Commonwealth. 



Association of Former Members of State Board of 



Agriculture. 



At the time of the Union Meeting last year all former mem- 

 bers of the State Board of Agriculture were asked to attend a 

 dinner at the Boston City Club for the purpose of renewing 

 acquaintances and devising ways and means of assisting in the 

 general program of agricultural development in Massachusetts. 

 The meeting was very satisfactory. A permanent organization 



