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tural and Horticultural Societies is to be commended and should 

 be continued. 



3. The law granting the bounty to the Children's and 

 Youths' Department should be amended so as to permit the 

 society paying premiums in this Department in excess of the 

 $200 bounty to be reimbursed for the excess; provided, that 

 the total reimbursement for all premiums paid to children and 

 adults shall not exceed the amounts now allowed by law. 



4. Local exhibitions of products and demonstrations of work 

 should be encouraged. 



5. It seems inadvisable to hold two State-wide exhibitions 

 the same year. 



6. The work of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs should be broad- 

 ened so as to include Insect Clubs and Bird Clubs. This 

 might be done by amending the law relative to insect control 

 in such a way as to allow bounties to members of these clubs 

 for gathering insect eggs and cocoons. One town cleared itself 

 of tent caterpillars by paying the children at the rate of one 

 cent for ten nests. The function of the Bird Club would be 

 one of preservation rather than of destruction. 



7. The plan of awarding prizes should be so modified that 

 a person who wins a first prize should be required to compete 

 in a different club thereafter, or increase his enterprise by a 

 good margin if he wishes to compete in the same club twice. 



Financial Statement, November 30, 1916. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. R. HART, 



Specialist in Charge of Boys' and Girls' Club Work. 



Amherst, Mas8achx73ETT8, December 4, 1916. 



