ANNUAL a;:.PORT 

 July 1, 1962 - June 30, 1963 



DIVISION OF PLAUl Pi:;i3T CONTaOL AND FAIRS 



The drought that threatened M&ss.-chusetts, especially in the 

 iierkshires, the early part of Auguist, cauaed only one fair to cancel. 

 During the latter part of the aonth there was better growing veather, 

 tuad hail exiiibits vore not Bfi'^cted by the veother. There vefe sit-ny 

 cloudy aad rainy days in August, but oaptember weathif, after Labor 

 Day, vas mostly fair e.n<". Wcvrm, 



158 fairs held duriUii th«i fiscal year end had an attendsnce of 

 1,815,337. Fairs were grouped as follovs: seventeen major, thirty 

 community, t<enty-Bix youth, seventeen livestock, si.'ty-eight grange. 

 Eighty-five fc^irs vere inspected, if^j^ri cultural QXi^l iin at these fairs 

 amounted to 92,372, and boys and girir f'.isplf.yed 37,595 of these, 



iii£;ht fi;.irs held pt ri-Eiutuel rccing and contributed $397,799.59 to 

 * the Agricultural Purpo^iezs runa, which provides jaoney for s^ricultural 



prises at f..irs ami shovs, St?te fcwiicling£ exl-iibits, repairs to buixdingf, 

 etc, $50,000 is set aside from the F'und o?.ch year for £Chol&rship£ for 

 atudentf; of agriculture aru^ others at tr>e university of Ma£Si;Chusetts, 



1-211, 850.00 vas allotted in the budget for the 1962-63 fiscal year, 

 Fairti received $149,34-5.33, involving the processing of 8,503 checks. 

 Fairs contriDuted ^185, 476. 4b of their ovn funds, makinji ..^ total of 

 $334>821,79 awarded to exiiibitors of aericultur&l products, for the year. 

 An amount of 1221,350,00 vcs ra niested for the 1963-63 bu-igst. 



The following 5.v?ards vere made: 345 State avar*:! ribbona for out- 

 st^iiiding iigri cultural exi'.i its, tiiirty-one special rosettes, nine placues, 

 fifty-tvo silver roedals, sixty-six 4-H pens, six Pr.ul ftevz,-re bowls, 



3,000 4-H pins, one 4-h c.Aif blKnket, fifteen soil aud water conservation 



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cartificates. Front yard garden contest ribbons were awarded to seven 

 fairs. Awards v.ere made &t aj^ricultural f? irs cnc shows, flower show^e. 



