ANNUAL REPORT 



July 1, 1970 - June 30, 1971 



DIVISION OF FAIRS 

 £• Gerry Mansfield, Director 



One hundred and twenty-nine fairs had an attendance of 2,229,643, an 

 increase over last year of nearly four percent. Fairs were grouped as follows: 

 Major, twenty; Community, eighteen; Youth, twenty-three; Livestock, twenty; 

 Grange, forty-eight. All Major fairs and many of the smaller fairs were 

 inspected. The Director and Supervisor of Fairs visited as many fairs as possible. 

 Agricultural exhibits amounted to 77,052 and the nvmiber displayed by youth was 

 30,563. Nine fairs held pari-mutuel racing and contributed $1,333,432.92 to the 

 Agricultural Purposes Fund, which provides money for agriciiltural prizes at 

 fairs, exhibits in the State Building at West Springfield and repairs and main- 

 tenance of the State Buildings at Brockton and West Springfield, inspection of 

 fairs, special awards, promotional activities, etc* Of the amount contributed, 

 the Division was allotted $300,483.00 in the budget for the 1970-71 fiscal year. 

 Fairs received $203,677.53 and these fairs contributed $105,513.44 making a 

 total of $309,190.97 awarded to exhibitors of agricultural products. 



The following awards were made: three hundred fifteen State Award 

 Ribbons, sixty-eight Special Rosettes, nine Plaques, thrity-two F.F.A. Medals, 

 four thousand 4-H Membership Pins, eighty-seven 4-H Pens, and ten Trays. Awards 

 were made at agricultural fairs and shows, flower shows, vocational agricultural 

 F.F.A. and 4-H agricxiltural contests. Honorariims in the amount of $1,010,00 

 were granted for speakers at the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Meeting, the 

 Massachusetts Dairy Assoc-'ation Meeting, the Massachusetts Dairy Farmers' Seminar, 

 the New England Vegetable Association and the Farm Bureau Association Annual 

 Meeting, 



Although the Brockton Fair was held as usual this year, the Division 

 was not able to participate by having exhibits in the Massachusetts Building on 



