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priation of .$20,000 was made to carry out the provisions of 

 this act. The law limited the objects for which the money 

 could be offered to the following: fruit, flowers, vegetables, 

 grasses, grains or other farm crops, dairy products, honey, 

 horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and poultry products and 

 farm operations. As canned goods were unintentionally left 

 out last year, I would recommend that they be included this 

 year by an amendment to the statute. 



The money was offered through the societies which were 

 represented on the Board of Agriculture and a few other 

 organizations which made application. The following table 

 shows how the money was distributed in detail. 



The inspection of the fairs this year has been conducted 

 largely by members of the office force in order to get, as near 

 as possible, a single point of view, so that definite comparison 

 could be made between the societies looking toward a more 

 helpful method of assistance to these organizations. As a 

 result of this work the adoption of a more uniform premium 

 list will be recommended to the societies, placing particular 

 emphasis upon some specialty in each section, and it would be 

 advisable for the Department to encourage this specialty to 

 the limit of its appropriation. 



Agricultural Prize Money, 1918. 



Name of Organization. 



Amount of 

 Prizes paid 

 by State. 



Number 



of 

 Winners. 



Amesbury and Salisbury Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 



Barnstable County Agricultural Society, 



Blackstone Valley Agricultural Society, 



Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society, 



Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society, 



Franklin County Agricultural Society, 



Greater Lynn Fair, 



Highland Agricultural Society, 



Hillside Agricultural Society ' . 



Hingham Agricultural Society, 



Hoosac Valley Agricultural Society, 



Housatonic Agricultural Society 



S279 50 

 649 50 

 721 50 

 653 50 

 643 00 

 725 00 

 117 00 

 541 00 

 686 00 

 484 50 

 462 50 

 717 00 



83 



113 



50 



105 



39 



18 



7 



47 



123 



88 



69 



94 



