No. 123.] RECLAMATION, ETC. 123 



necessity of State supervision over any drainage district. Local 

 drains must be kept clear and the areas must be properly fed 

 and cultivated in order to warrant the expenditure of public 

 funds. 



Summary of Expenditures for Year. 



Appropriation SI, 000 00 



Cost of work of Drainage Board for year 970 20 



Balance unexpended $29 80 



Leslie R. Smith, 

 Secretartj, Drainage BoarU. 



Soil Survey. 



During the year the Department has co-operated with the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, as 

 before. 



The survey has been conducted in Worcester County, and the 

 work is three-fifths completed in that county. Cost of the 

 work for the year, $805.43. 



Fairs and Exhibits. 



The Department of Agriculture offered prizes at 76 agri- 

 cultural fairs this last year. The Department also made special 

 exhibitions at the union agricultural meeting in Boston; at the 

 State Building at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield; 

 at the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Fair 

 in Northampton; at the Franklin County Agricultural Fair at 

 Greenfield; at the Brockton Agricultural Society in Brockton, 

 and the New England Fruit Show in Concord, New Hampshire; 

 at two corn shows, — the Essex County Agricultural School 

 Corn Show and the Massachusetts Corn Show. The Depart- 

 ment awarded prizes to 15 poultry associations and two rabbit 

 associations, and conducted a window display contest in Spring- 

 field. The Department also awarded medals at various fairs 

 and at the Eastern States Exposition, and financed the boys' 

 and girls' Club Camp at Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



Of the 76 fairs mentioned, 28 may be classed as major fairs, and 

 these are managed by the old, incorporated agricultural societies of 



