Agricultural exhibits were represented by the riaapden County Fruit 

 Grovers Association, Americen Dairy Associfrtion, Mass;'ChU£5ettE Council 



I of Milk Gost Br^edars Associations, Ocean t>pp"y*s cranberry museum, 



Massachusetts Poultry Association, ^nd Mjxsis icnu^etts Federation of Bee- 

 keepers. Tn^ University of Massachusetts had three 5x ;ibitsi a vegetaM© 

 displs^.y, an old-fsshion kitchen by the Coll?«e of Agriculture, and a 

 centennial ex. i bit. The 4-H booth tnis year vas for tr.s purpose of pre- 

 paring and cooking home state products. Cr«fts ^'ere rep re -in ted by silk 

 screening, pottory and weaving. St^te Dep? rtm^jnts exiiibiting ■•?ere the 

 Department of Correction and the Hssyschu^etta Strte Police, The Mt. Tom 

 Ski .Area depicted vlnter sports in Massachusetts, Other exMbits in- 

 cluded Dinos&ur Land und the Clarke tchool for the De^if. 



Xhe Director andAvision person; al attended the Kp.se' chui»etts Agri- 

 cultural ^airs Association annual meeting held in Nortlau^pton on 

 January 7 and 8. The i^irecfcor spoke at the afternoon session on sug- 



* gestions regarding legisiitive committee and the contf^ct work to oe done 



Dy the iiicacutive Coruaitte'j to prepare info rias'.t ion to shov the iatportgnce 



of agriculture. I'hia should include ri;rlculturf-l stfttir:tics end the saany 



people involved in fairs. He f-uoted the followina information r©g.Ardlng 



the report on fairs from July 1 to December 30, 1962 j 144 fairs v-ere 



held, with »n ^.ttendance of 1,662,713. Agricultursl ex; i aits amounted 



to 89,435, 41^^ of which were youth exhibits. The St&te ev&rded 



1^139,270.10, involving the process^ ing of 3,049 checi;s, and fairs them- 



iielves awarded S>ii4,356.7B. 293 riboonfct were av&rded, seven plac;ues, 



tvo Paul ftevere bowls, thirt/-slx medals, and seventy-three 4-H pens. Ee 



announced the publication of "Vihere Soil Is, Hen Grov" by Martin Hunt, 



copiep. of vi.ich vcjra distributed at t:;e meeting- LiBts of 1963 fairs 



ver® also distributed, a workshop for secretaries and managers of fairs 



•we.r, held by Misses Corbett find Griffin, to instn.'ct personnel in ciaK.lng 

 efficient r-.- turns. An snlariied chart of a s^^nple preEiu^a return blank 



