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entries in the 1916 clean milk contest, for the greatest number 

 of superior merit cottons the following prizes were offered : — 



First prize, $16 00 



Second prize, 12 GO 



Third prize, 10 00 



Fourth prize, 8 00 



Fifth prize, 4 00 



The following awards were made : — 



First prize, G. W. Stanbridge, Winchendon. 

 Second prize, Fred E. Marsh, Ware. 

 Third prize, George W. Smith, Ipswich. 

 Fourth and fifth prizes not awarded. 



Similar prizes were offered Massachusetts creameries but 

 without results, except in one instance, namely, Hampton Co- 

 operative Creamery of Easthampton, which was awarded a 

 gratuity of $20. 



Prizes offered to Co-operative Creameries. 



Realizing the importance of remunerative outlets for cream 

 in those sections of the State where stock raising requires that 

 the skim milk be kept at home, the Board of Agriculture 

 inaugurated a system of prizes to educate and encourage a 

 better cream product delivered at our creameries. Seven prizes, 

 aggregating $250, were offered. There were four entries in the 

 contest, and three of the contestants attained meritorious 

 results and were awarded prizes. Ashfield Creamery, Ashfield, 

 scoring 96.09, was awarded first prize; Shelburne Creamery, 

 Shelburne, scoring 91.37, was awarded second prize; and Cum- 

 mington Creamery, Cummington, scoring 74.20, was awarded 

 third prize. 



The judge in the clean milk contest was Dr. Charles E. 

 ]\Iarshall, and in the creamery contest. Professor W. P. B. 

 Lockwood, both of Amherst. Our thanks are especially due 

 to these gentlemen who gave their time and efforts free of 

 charge. 



