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gates the eating places, sanitary conditions, general fair management and 

 other matters pertaining to the welfare of the public. The data secured 

 in this manner is tabulated and records kept on file in the Department. 

 The Department is not alone concerned that Massachusetts Fairs be pop- 

 ular, progressive and prosperous, but that they be energetic and enthusi- 

 astic in making their fairs educational in the broadest sense of the word. 



Quality of Horses Improving 

 Members of the Department superintended the Commercial Horse 

 Show at the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield. During the three 

 years that this Commercial Horse Show has been held there has been a 

 marked improvement in the quality of delivery horses in use in the City 

 of Springfield, and also in the care and appearance of the delivery outfits. 

 Assistance was given in conducting the Dynamometer Contest at the 

 Springfield, Worcester, Barre and Brockton Fairs. 



The Spread of State Prize Money 

 During the year 1928, 108 fairs and associations received allotments of 

 agricultural prize money to the amount of $19,910.00. Checks made pay- 

 able to the individual winning the prize were sent out by the Department 

 of Agriculture. This means that all prize money is paid directly to win- 

 ners and not through the treasurer of any fair association. 



Prize Money Awards — 1928 

 Coimty Fairs 



Acton Agricultural Association, $600.50; Barnstable County Agricul- 

 tural Society, $600 ; Blackstone Valley Agricultural Society, $600 ; Bristol 

 County Young Farmers' Fair, $200; Deerfield Valley Agricultural So- 

 ciety, $600; Essex Agricultural Society, $1,000; Franklin County Agri- 

 cultural Society, $1,200; Gardner Agricultural Association, $230.50; Gro- 

 ton Farmers' and Mechanics' Club, $550 ; Hampshire, Franklin and Hamp- 

 den Agricultural Society, $1,200; Heath Agricultural Society, $150; 

 Highland Agricultural Society, $700; Hillside Agricultural Society, $700; 

 Housatonic Agricultural Society, $1,200; Littleville Community Fair, 

 $125; Lunenburg Fair, $150; Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society, $650; Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society, $400; Nantucket 

 Agricultural Society, $282; Oxford Agricultural Society, $448; Plymouth 

 County Agricultural Society, $550; Southboro Farmers' Fair, $225; Stur- 

 bridge Agricultural Association, Inc., $495; Union Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society, $700; Weymouth Agricultural Society, $400.25; 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, $1,500; Worcester County West Agricul- 

 tural Society, $800; Worcester Northwest Agricultural Society, $849; 

 total $17,105.25. 



Granges 



Abington, $15; Acushnet, $35; Anawan, $15; Ashburnham, $20; Asso- 

 net, $15; Bedford, $40; Becket, $20; Braintree, $30; Brimfield, $23.50; 

 Chelmsford, $15; Dunstable. $20; Dracut, $15; Eastham, $2; East 

 Bridgewater, $15; Fairhaven, $12; Grafton, $15; Granby, $20; Hilltop, 

 $15; Holliston, $20; Hopkinton, $20; Lexington, $10; Mansfield, $35; 

 Merrimac, $17; Needham, $16; New Salem, $15; Norton, $30; Northboro, 

 $14; Oak Hill, $15; Otis, $18.75; Palmer, $9; Plainville, $15; Ponkapoag, 

 $10; Princeton, $16.50; Randolph, $15; Reading, $20; Rochester, $15; 

 Southboro, $20; Stockbridge, $28; Stoughton, $15; Swansea, $15.50; 

 Thrifty, $20; Tyngsboro, $6.75; Warren, $40; Wendell, $25; Westford, 

 $15; Westboro, $12; West Newbury, $5.50; West Stockbridge, $30; Wil- 

 liamsburg, $26; total, $912.50. 



Community Fairs, Clubs, etc. 

 Ashby Community Fair, $15; Chester Junior Fair, $29; East Long- 

 meadow Community Fair Association, $25 ; Franklin County Fruit Show, 



