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larger organizations ran about equal in profit and loss. This is undoubtedly due 

 to the small fair having less overhead expenses and especially little if any labor 

 charges as in nearly all cases the work of setting up the exhibits and other de- 

 tails are accomplished by members and friends of the organization without charge. 

 Practically all fairs today are operating on a well planned budget and the cause 

 for those fairs which incurred a financial loss can be attributed to inclement 

 weather. 



Exhibits in State Buildings 

 The Department is responsible for all exhibits installed within the two build- 

 ings which are under its jurisdiction. The building on the Grounds of the Brock- 

 ton Agricultural Society was used in the Spring by the Brockton Garden Club 

 who put on a very fine flower show. At the time of the Brockton Fair the De- 

 partment in cooperation with the Massachusetts State College and the Massachu- 

 setts Department of Correction used the building for setting forth the activities 

 of their Departments. The other building on the Grounds of the Eastern States 

 Exposition was used by this Department and the Department of Conservation. 

 The Department's exhibit in both buildings was somewhat dii^erent in character 

 than formerly, being more of a modernistic type — showing the products of our 

 Agricultural industries by means of not only the products themselves but sup- 

 ported by transparencies, paintings, and the use of indirect lights all of which 

 assisted in setting off the disj^lay in a colorful manner which seemed to be well 

 received by the two hundred thousand or more pex'sons who visited the buildings. 



Special Exhibitions 



At various times throughout the year the Department has cooperated with 

 numerous organizations on matters connected with their fairs and exhibitions. A 

 few of these special exhibitions include a fish display by the Division of Markets 

 at the Food Show in Mechanics Hall and also at the Sportsmen's Show in the 

 Boston Garden. In Worcester the Department cooperated with the poultry in- 

 terests in a Baby Chick ShoAV and also the 16th annual Union Agricultural Meet- 

 ings were arranged, exhibits installed and premiums offered. The Department 

 cooperated in putting on poultry exhibits at Topsfield, Sturbridge, Greenfield, 

 Cummington and the Eastern States Exposition. It also cooperated with the 

 annual meeting of the Fairs Association and special and regular meetings of the 

 various local agricultural societies. 



For the past few years the Department, with the State College and the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural Fairs Association has had constructed and exhibited from 

 time to time, some special mechanical exhibit. One year it was a mechanical hen, 

 then later a mechanical cow and the past year a mechanical apple. This type of 

 exhibit is very popular with the general public as well as with various commercial 

 and agricultural organizations. 



Agricultural Prize Money Payments 

 (18 Agricultural and Horticultural Societies) 

 Franklin County Agricultural Society, $1,900 ; Housatonic Agricultural Society, 

 $1,588.80; Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society, $1,799.75; 

 Essex Agricultural Society, $1,800.40; Hillside Agricultural Society, $999.95; 

 Highland Agricultural Society, $1,000 ; Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society, $999.25 ; Sturbridge Agricultural Association, $800 ; Acton Agricultural 

 Association, Inc. $740.25; Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society, $750; 

 Deerfield Valley Agi-icultural Society, $650 ; Plymouth County Agricultural So- 

 ciety, $650; Groton Farmers' and Mechanics' Club, $481; Mai'tha's Vineyard 

 Agricultural Society, $500 ; Blaekstone Valley Agricultural Society, $500 ; Bristol 

 County Young Farmers' Fair, $500; Littleville Community Fair, $500; Nan- 

 tucket Agricultural Society, $181 ; total $16,340.40. 



(28 Community Fairs and Local Exhibitions) 

 Heath Agi-icultural Society, $152.50; Sterling Farmers' Club, $150; Connecti- 

 cut Valley Onion and Potato Show, $191 ; Cape Cod Horticultural Society, $150 ; 



