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ern States Exposition and the Brockton Fair, agricultural, industrial and educational 

 exhibits. In addition fifteen or twenty other special exhibits were installed at fairs, in 

 railroad stations and in other public places/ 



The Massachusetts Building was also open as a tourist information center from 

 August 15 to September 6 under the direction of the Massachusetts Industrial and De- 

 velopment Commission and between 300 and 400 people were registered during that 

 period. 



Tent Caterpillar Campaign 



General Laws, c.l28, section 2i, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 415 of the Acts 

 of 1937 permitted the Department to offer prizes for and in aid of the elimination and 

 suppression of insect pests, and as a result of this change in the statute, a 4-H Club 

 Tent Caterpillar Contest was carried on most successfully. Boys and girls registered 

 in 4-H Club Work in twelve counties took part in this contest. 



The two hundred towns reporting in the campaign showed that a grand total of 

 1,323.326 egg clusters were collected and destroyed. The prizes were awarded on a 

 county basis and in addition there were special town prizes offered for the town in 

 which the greatest number of egg clusters was collected. 



Summary of Prize Money Allotments and Expenditures 

 (13 Agricultural and Horticultural Societies) 

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

 Society, $1,000; Highland Agricultural Society, $1,000; Franklin County Agricultural 

 Society, $2,000 ; Plymouth County Agricultural Society, $700 ; Hampshire, Franklin 

 and Hampden Agricultural Society, $1,866.50; Union Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society, $1,000; Essex County Agricultural Society, $2,000.90; Littleville Community 

 Fair Association, $750.05 ; Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society. $500 ; Sturbridge 

 Agricultural Association, $1,103; Barrington Fair Association, $1,200; Acton Agri- 

 cultural Association, $600; total, $14,723.45. 



{37 Community Fairs, Shows and Exhibitions) 

 Agawam Community Fair, $49.55 ; Bolton Farmer's Fair, $35 ; Burlington Com- 

 munity Fair, $14.75 ; Cape Cod Horticultural Society, $252 ; Chicopee Garden Club, 

 $24.50 ; Dahlia Society of New England, $35 ; Dalton Community Fair, $10 ; East 

 Blackstone Community Fair, $50 ; East Bridgewater Community Fair, $75 ; East 

 Longmeadow Community Fair, $15; Elizabeth Peabody House Science Fair, $35; 

 Future Farmers of America, $50 ; Granville Community Fair, $75 ; Heath Agricultural 

 Society, $200; Hampden Community Fair, $14.80; Hampden County Boys' and Girls' 

 Club, $198.50; Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society. $100; Lexington 4-H 

 Club, $25 ; Massachusetts Horticultural Society, $79.50 ; Monson Community Fair, 

 $99.95; Montgomery Junior Fair, $15; Natick 'Community Fair, $186.20; Norfolk 

 County Junior Fair. $46.50 ; North Shore Horticultural Society, $85 ; Orange Boys' 

 and Girls' Club, $75; Peabody Garden Club, $10; Public Speaking Contest, $50; 

 Rehoboth Community Fair, $174.25 ; Southwick Community Fair, $125 ; Spencer Driv- 

 ing Club, $123 ; Sterling Farmers' Club, $299 ; Springfield Onion Show, $206.50 ; Suf- 

 folk County Apple Pie Contest, $15; Upton Farmers' Club, $50; Woronoco Harvest 

 Festival, $13.85 ; Westfield Young People's Agricultural Fair, $50 ; West Springfield 

 Junior Fair, $15; total. $2,977.85. 



(48 Grange Fairs) 

 Acushnet, $20; Assonet, $15; Acton, $10.25; Boylston, $7; Boxboro, $15; Brimfield, 

 $38.45; Chelmsford, $10; Cheshire, $20; Cochituate, $10; Dedham, $21 ; Dracut. $14.75; 

 Dunstable, $24.50; Eastham, $10; Fairhaven, $25; Granbury, $12.25; Holden, $10; 

 Leicester, $18.50; Lexington, $17; Ludlow, $20; Mansfield, $15.25; Marlboro, $17; 

 Merrimac, $20; Nauset, $10; Needham, $10; Norfolk Pomona, $10; Northboro, $15; 

 Norton, $10; Palmer, $15; Richmond, $20; Riverdale, $25; Rochester, $24.25; Rock- 

 land, $7.50; Rutland, $12; Seekonk, $13.50; Sherborn, $10; Stockbridge. $13; Stur- 

 bridge, $15; Townsend. $15.15; Tvngsboro $15; Warren. $35; Westboro, $15; West- 

 ford, $25; Westport, $10; West Stockbridge, $9.75; West Wareham, $14; Wilbraham, 

 $25; Wilmington, $24.60; Williamstown, $25; total, $794.70. 



(8 Poultry and Rabbit Associations) 

 Boston Poultry Association, $157.50; Essex County Poultry Association, $42; Essex 

 County Rabbit Breeders Association, $75.50; New England Poultry Association, Inc., 

 $250; Holyoke Poultry and Rabbit Breeders' Association, $185.50; Suburban Rabbit 

 Breeders' Association, $45; Springfield Poultry Club. $175; Massachusetts State Show 

 Circuit, $98; total, $1,028.50. 



