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and given during the year stressing the agricultural and educational value 

 of fairs and their service in improving the agriculture of the state. 



The division has also assisted fairs in revising their premium lists and 

 bringing them up-to-date and has approved proof of these lists before they 

 have been finally printed and distributed. 



The division has also charge of the care, maintenance and upkeep of two 

 State Buildings, one on the Eastern States Exposition grounds, West Spring- 

 field, and the other on the Brockton Fair grounds, Brockton. Each of these 

 buildings, including adjacent grounds, cover an area of approximately one 

 acre which is landscaped and laid out with flower beds, trees, and lawns. The 

 West Springfield building was kept open from June until September as a 

 tourist information center under the supervisoin of the Massachusetts Devel- 

 opment and Industrial Commission and over 1700 people I'egistered. 



Young People's Work 



The division has fostered 4-H club, vocational agricultural school and 

 Future Farmers of America work by cooperating with the state and county 

 4-H club leaders, vocational departments of the Department of Education 

 and the vocational agricultural departments in high schools and with the 

 Future Farmers of America. 



A part of the expense of the Massachusetts 4-H club camp at Amherst has 

 been paid by the Department and 4-H pins have been purchased. Cash prizes 

 have been off'ered to boys and girls exhibiting at fairs and special trophies, 

 medallions and ribbons have been awarded in judging and other contests. 



Vocational school students have been awarded prizes in speaking, judging 

 and other contests and Future Farmers of America have been given prize 

 money to be awarded at their fairs. 



This work with young people is very important and the Depax'tment has 

 cooperated in their activities to the fullest extent, believing that every encour- 

 agement should be given to young people actively engaged in agricultural 

 work. 



Special Exhibitions 



The exhibits in the Massachusetts Building on the Eastern States Exposi- 

 tion grounds. West Springfield, and in the Massachusetts Building on the 

 Brockton Fair grounds, Brockton, are the most comprehensive and elaborate 

 of any special exhibit set up by the Department during the year. 



This year at Springfield the main part of the building was devoted to a 

 combination agricultural and industrial exhibit and in the two wings the 

 Department of Conservation installed in one an exhibit featuring the fish 

 and game activities of the state and in the other forestry and recreational 

 work. The agricultural activities featured were dairying, fruit growing, 

 poultry and poultry products and a special feature, Massachusetts foods, 

 month by month, showing what foods were available either fresh or processed, 

 each of the twelve months in the year. The poultry exhibit featured R.O.P. 

 and certification work while apple storages available was emphasized in the 

 fruit exhibit. Confectionery, sporting goods, rubber and new products were 

 featured in the industrial exhibits and special mention should be made of the 

 new products display collected and arranged by the Associated Industries of 

 Massachusetts. 



The Massachusetts Development and Industrial Commission had a booth 

 and distributed literature and furnished information on the industrial and 

 recreational opportunities in Massachusetts. 



The feature exhibit in the Brockton Building was the World's Poultry 

 Congress exhibit which was shown for the first time in Massachusetts after 

 its return from Cleveland, Ohio, where over 75,000 people stopped to see 

 the exhibit during the World's Poultry Congress, July 28-August 7th. The 

 shoe manufacturers of Brockton installed a fine exhibit of shoes made in the 

 Brockton district and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce put up an exhibit 

 of pi'oducts made in Cambridge. 



