No. 123.] REPORT OF COMMISSIONER. 



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Club. 



Corn, 



Potato, 



Market garden, . . 



Pig 



Poultry, 



Canning, 



Home economics, .... 



Home and school gardens, . 



Enrollment. 



425 

 562 

 1,085 

 3,358 

 758 

 3,732 

 3,095 



13,015 

 109,117 



122,132 



Over 4,000 pigs were distributed, and there was a marked 

 increase in the number and membership in canning clubs and 

 conservation chibs. The money for prizes was offered as 

 follows: — 



Washington trip 



Camp week at Massachusetts Agricultural College 



War saving stamps 



Books 



Banners 



Pins 



State fairs 



The interest in this work seems to continue to a very marked 

 degree, and the boys and girls of Massachusetts are being given 

 a very definite opportunity to profit by work in agriculture. 



The Fairs. 

 The relation existing between the Department and the Agri- 

 cultural societies has been entirely changed as a result of the 

 anti-aid amendment. The last bounty under the old fair law 

 (Revised Laws, chapter 124) was paid in August, 1918. The 

 societies to which it was paid and the amounts are shown in 

 the following table: — 



