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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



makes it necessary that prize money be paid directly to prize 

 winners, instead of any one payment to the society manage- 

 ment, as was formerly the case. 



An effort has been made by the Department this year to en- 

 courage the sheep industry through the offering of special 

 prizes. A premium list prepared by the Department was sent 

 to the fairs to which these premiums were offered. The socie- 

 ties listed below, which received this money, were selected both 

 with respect to their geographical and economic location as 

 regards the sheep industry. 



Allotment to Fairs of Sheep Prize Money, 1919. 



Name of Society. 



Allotment. 



Brockton, 

 Essex, 

 Franklin, 

 Housatonic, . 

 Martha's Vineyard, 

 Nantucket, . 

 Worcester North, . 

 Worcester South, . 

 Total, 



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$500 00 

 500 00 

 500 00 

 500 00 

 100 00 

 100 00 

 250 00 

 250 00 



S2,700 00 



Fifteen poultry associations have already signified their in- 

 tention to conduct poultry shows during the season 1919-20. 

 The Department expects to devote $2,000 to the payment of 

 poultry prizes through these societies. A certain portion of the 

 prize money regularly allotted to the payment of prizes through 

 agricultural societies is also paid to winners of poultry premiums. 



Chapter 241 of the General Acts of 1918 authorizes the State 

 Department to offer prizes for competitive exhibits of certain 

 agricultural products. There was $35,000 appropriated by the 

 Legislature of 1919 for this purpose. The following list shows 

 the manner in which this money was expended: — 



