BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF DAIRY PRIZES. 



MR. P. M. HARWOOD, GENERAL AGENT, DAIRY BUREAU, STATE BOARD OP 



AGRICULTURE. 



Two or three years ago the former secretary of the Board 

 of Agriculture made a suggestion that something be done in 

 the way of encouraging the dairy farmer, and after two or 

 three years of effort a bill was passed by the Legislature 

 which empowered the Board of Agriculture to expend a sum 

 not exceeding $5,000 per year for three years, for the en- 

 couragement of dairying. Now, any one who knows anything 

 about the dairy business knows that it is a very intricate 

 business; that there are many ramifications; and that it is 

 practically impossible to entirely perfect the dairy business 

 or to do any one thing that will bring about a millennium 

 in the production of clean milk. 



The Legislature was asked for $25,000, and only $5,000 

 was appropriated, and with that meager sum, — for it is a 

 very meager sum when you come to distribute it among so 

 many milk producers, — with that meager sum you can ex- 

 pect to do but a few things at a time. Now, don't expect too 

 much. What the Dairy Bureau of the Board of Agriculture 

 has done in this matter is simply this : a step has been taken 

 whereby it is hoped to awaken a real interest, a real enthusi- 

 asm, in the production of clean milk and in the keeping of 

 flies away from milk products. To that end prizes have been 

 offered. For convenience the State was divided into two sec- 

 tions. The eastern section consists of the territory lying east 

 of the line between Middlesex and Worcester counties, and 

 that west of this line is called the western section. 



Tn September the contest was on in the eastern section, 

 and the first prize was won by Mr. E. B. Hutchins of 

 Stoughton, a man of modest means, who had lost his barn 



