ENCOURAGEMENT OF DAIRYING PRIZE CONTESTS, 1916. 



p. M. HARWOOD, GENERAL AGENT, DAIRY BUREAU. 



Prizes offered. 



The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has placed at the 

 disposal of the State Board of Agriculture a sum not exceeding 

 $5,000 annually for three years to be expended in the encour- 

 agement of practical dairying and the production of milk and 

 dairy products of superior cleanliness, and in developing the 

 live stock industry of the State. 



Massachusetts has an enviable reputation as regards the 

 character of her milk supply. It is the purpose of the State 

 Board of Agriculture to do all that it can to maintain and 

 improve the character of the milk produced and offered for sale 

 in this Commonwealth. Realizing the importance of "clean 

 milking" as the basic factor in producing clean milk, and to 

 encourage farmers to become more proficient in this work, the 

 Board through its Dairy Bureau offered prizes aggregating 

 S2,700 for 1916, as follows: — 



(a) Owners. Com'petition open to Practical Dairymen. 



For superior merit, SI, 000 divided, no competitor to receive more than 



S40. 

 For merit, SoOO dix-ided, no competitor to receive more than S20. 

 For honorable mention, certificate. 

 For best single result, special sweepstakes certificate. 



(6) Juniors. Competition open to the Boys and Girls, under Eighteen 

 Years of Age, on Farms Eligible in (a). 



For superior merit, S400 di\ided, no competitor to receive more than .S20. 



For merit, $200 divided, no competitor to receive more than SIO. 



For honorable mention, certificate. 



For best single result, special sweepstakes certificate. 



