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BOARD OF AGRICITTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



50. West Street School, Hadley, . 



51. Cathei'ine Slein, New Braintree, 



52. Alexander Smith, Westj^ort, 



53. Chester A. Smith, Hadley, 



54. Clifford Stetson, Plainfield, 



55. Wm. P. Strong, Holyoke, 



56. Ralph Walker, Marlborough, 



57. Lloyd White, Ludlow, . 



58. Warren W. Wetherbee, Stow, 



59. Chas. C. Wilson, Warren, 



60. Edward F. Wilson, Warren, 



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The 'New England Fkuit Show. 

 This organization held a very successful show at Horti- 

 cultural Hall this year, and was materially assisted by the 

 Board; which offered prizes for Massachusetts-grown apples, 

 pears, etc. The whole exhibition was the best ever staged in 

 the east, and it is even doubtful if anywhere in this country 

 a better show has ever been brought together. Owing to the 

 late frosts, which reduced the apple crop to a large extent, 

 there was not as much fruit in the halls as at the show of 

 1911, but certainly the better quality and packing of the 

 fruit made up for the lessened amount. The box fruit was 

 particularly fine and showed conclusively that the work begun 

 and maintained by the ^ew England Fruit Show has had 

 its effect to a marked degree in this direction. The Board, 

 in bringing Mr. Castner from the west at the last show, cer- 

 tainly did a splendid thing in demonstrating the great im- 

 portance of proper packing of apples. The Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers' Association also did some splendid work in 

 collecting a noncompetitive exhibit for Massachusetts of over 

 200 boxes, and the expenses of this exhibit were borne by 

 this Board from its special prize appropriation. 



CoEN Show. 

 The Board held a corn show in connection with its winter 

 meeting at Springfield, and while only $300 was offered in 

 prizes, yet a very fine exhibition resulted, in spite of the 

 fact that never has there been in recent years such an un- 

 favorable season for corn growing in Massachusetts. The 



