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Dunstable, $15; Dennis, $8; Eastham, $9; Fairhaven, $20; Granby, $12; 

 Hanover, $8; Hilltop, $27*; Holden, $8; Holliston, $8; Leicester, $15; Lex- 

 ington, $20; Ludlow, $15 Lunenburg, $12; Mansfield, $11.25; Merrimac, $15; 

 Mattapoisett, $5.50; Nauset, S8; Nemasket, $26.50*; Norfolk Pomona, $8; 

 Northboro, $12; Norton, $8; Palmer, $12; Richmond, $12; Riverdale, $20; Rut- 

 land, $12; Rochester, $15; Stockbridge, $12; Sherborn, $8; Sturbridge, $12; 

 Swansea, $8; Thrifty, $15; Waltham, $8; Warren, $20; Westboro, $12; West 

 Boylston, $8.50; Westford, $20; West Newbury, $8; West Springfield, $7.75; 

 West Stockbridge, $11.75; West Wareham, $8; Weymouth, $8; Wilbraham, 

 $20; Williamstown, $20; Wilmington, $20; Worthington, $8; total $725.65. 



* Prize money paid for two fairs during fiscal year. 

 (9 Poultry and Rabbit Shows) 



Athol Poultry and Pet Stock Association, $288.75*; Springfield Poultry 

 Club, $175; Massachusetts Federation of Poultry Associations, $74; Boston 

 Poultry Exposition, $499; Massachusetts State Show Circuit, $99; Essex 

 County Poultry Association, $63; Essex County Rabbit Breeders' Association, 

 $51.50; Holyoke Poultry and Rabbit Breeders' Association, $149.75; New 

 England Poultry Association, $200; total $1600.00. 



Summary of State Agricultural Prize Money Payments 



Agricultural and Horticultural Societies $17,233.89 



Community Fairs and Exhibitions 2,616.20 



Grange Fairs 725.65 



Poultry and Rabbit Associations 1,600.00 



Boys' and Girls' Club Work 1,796.80 



Badges, medals, cups, etc 903.69 



Special Exhibitions 3,794.19 



Miscellaneous payments 354.55 



* Two shows held during fiscal year. 

 Financial Statement Verified. 

 Approved. 



$29,024.97 



Geo. E. Murphy, 



Comptroller. 



REPORT OF THE STATE RECLAMATION BOARD 



The State Reclamation Board, which is the successor to the old Drainage 

 Board, was evidently put- into the Department of Agriculture because its 

 original purpose was to hear petitions on problems affecting lowlands and to 

 create reclamation or drainage districts where it was found advisable to 

 drain wet lands to make possible their use for agricultural purposes. The 

 Drainage Board, which was created in 1918, was authorized to perform func- 

 tions previously exercised by the Superior Court. In 1929 when the demand 

 became general for legislation which would be helpful in carrying on the 

 war against the mosquito, the Reclamation Law (Chapter 252 of the General 

 Laws), was amended. This amended act provided that towns and groups of 

 towns could petition the Reclamation Board, requesting a survey of mosquito 

 breeding conditions in their vicinity. It also provided that after such a 

 survey and report, if funds were appropriated or contributed to carry out 

 the suggestions of the report, the Reclamation Board should create projects 

 for mosquito control work along somewhat the same lines as they had for- 

 merly been created in districts for drainage purposes. 



Since the enactment of this so-called Mosquito Control Act in 1929, the 

 supervising of these mosquito control projects and the making of surveys for 

 municipalities requesting same has been the principal activity of the State 

 Reclamation Board. During the year 1939, mosquito control activities in 

 Massachusetts carried on under the supervision of the State Reclamation 

 Board were: 



