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Poultry and Rabbit Shoics 

 Athol Poultry and Pet Stock Association, $199.50; Boston Poultry Show, 

 Inc., .S375; Essex County Rabbit Breeders Association, $50; Fitchburg 

 Poultry Fanciers' Association, $196; Massachusetts State Rabbit Breeders 

 Association, Attleboro Branch, $50; Metropolitan Reading Poultry Asso- 

 ciation, $59.50; Middlesex County Rabbit Breeders Association, $21; 

 New England Poultry Association, $250; New England Rabbit, Cavy and 

 Fur Club, $99.50; Springfield Poultry Association, $200; United Rabbit 

 and Cavy Club, $50; Southern New England Rabbit Breeders' Association 

 $40; South Shore Co-operative Rabbit Breeders Association, $50; West 

 Medway Fur and Feather 4-H Club, $20; total, $1,660.50. 



Subordinate Granges 

 Amherst, $7.50; Assonet, $15; Brimfield, $25; Braintree, $25; Boylston, 

 $15; Bedford, $49; Billerica, $15; Cochituate, $15; Dedham, $15; Dun- 

 stable, $25; East Bridgewater, $25; East Freetown, $20; Fairhaven, $15; 

 Grafton, $25; Groton, $13; Halifax, $14.50; Hilltop, $25; HoUiston, $20; 

 Hinsdale, 11.50; Leicester, $14; Lincoln, $15; Ludlow, $28; Mansfield, 

 $45; Merrimac, $25; Natick, $35; Nemasket, $10; Norton, $45.50; North- 

 boro, $20; North Seekonk, $15; Oak Hill, $20; Plainville, $19.50; Palmer, 

 $15; Ponkapoag, $24; Princeton, $12; Rochester, $24; Rockland, $15; 

 Randolph, $30; Stockbridge, $49; South Middleboro, $8.50; Thrifty, 

 $28.75; Uptoai, $20; Westboro, $20; Wendell, $18; West Stockbridge, $28; 

 Warren, $35.50; Waltham, $15; Westford, $18; Weston, $15; total, 

 $1,043.25. 



Summary of State Prize Money 



Agricultural and Horticultural Fair Exhibitions . . . $20,372 . 20 



1,586.75 



1,660.50 



1,043.25 



1,931.92 



742 . 22 



445.65 



8,499.08 



435.03 



Community Fairs and Local Exhibitions 

 Poultry and Rabbit Shows 

 Subordinate Granges . . . . 



Junior Activities . . . . . 



Badges, Medals, Cups, Ribbons, Trophies 

 Livestock Judging Teams 

 Special Exhibitions . . . . 



Miscellaneous Expenses . . . . 



REPORT OF THE STATE RECLAMATION BOARD 



Reclamation Districts 

 During the fiscal year 1931, practically all of the reclamation districts 

 previously organized under the State Reclamation Board or its predecessor, 

 the Drainage Board, were inactive. During the year, one more reclamation 

 district was formed, in East Boston and Revere, known as the Belle Isle 

 Reclamation District. The area comprising this district is owned by a small 

 group of proprietors, who are planning to reclaim certain lands, presumably 

 for industrial use, and at the same time eliminate mosquito breeding areas. 



Mosquito Control Projects 

 By far the principal activity of the State Reclamation Board during the 

 past year has been in the way of forming and supervising mosquito control 

 projects under the provisions of Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1929. The 

 Cape Cod Project and the Nantucket Project, both formed the previous 

 year, were very active, continuing the work so well started in 1930. The 

 Belmont-Cambridge-Watertown Project was organized in December, 1930, 

 and the Natick Mosquito Control Project was organized in July, 1931. In 

 addition to these two projects, there were formed four State projects, under 

 the provisions of Chapter 112 of the Acts of 1931, which was based on a 

 message to the General Court from His Excellency, Governor Ely, asking 

 for an appropriation of $270,000 for the relief of unemployment, the same to 



