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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[P. D. 4. 



Summary of Work done in 1917. 

 One of the most interesting pieces of work done this year has 

 been that in conservation done by club members in community 

 canneries. The figures speak for themselves. 



Community. 



Workers. 



Quarts canned. 



Brockton, . 

 Gardner, 

 Fitchburg, . 

 Harvard, 



Northborough, 



One little girl in Berkshire County canned 1,016 quarts of 



vegetables, fruits and greens. The total number of quarts 

 canned was 70,756. 



Hatne Economics Clubs. 



Total number enrolled, 2,006 



Number of boys in club, 232 



Number of girls in club, 1,774 



Total number of loaves of bread made, 24,916 



Largest number made by one person, 244 



Total number of garments made: — 



Hand, 355 



Machine, 409 



Hand and machine, 1,099 



Egg-laying Contest. — One hundred and thirty-three members, 

 — a report shows profit of $1.04 per hen. 



Market Garden. — Seventy-one members show a profit of 

 $40.66 per garden of one-twentieth of an acre. 



Corn Club. — Average yield of 79 bushels. 



Potato Club. — Best report of 45 bushels from one-eighth of 

 an acre at a profit of $55.11. 



Pig Club. — Two thousand, two hundred and fifty members 

 raised 2,800 pigs. One boy showed $13.38 profit and a daily 

 gain of 1.06 pounds. 



A rather unique piece of work was done at Lowell. Children 

 from the first to the fourth grade were each given pumpkin 



