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insane were shown by the Commission in Lunacy. Institutions 

 reporting to the Fiscal Supervisor showed articles made by in- 

 mates, and their exhibit included also a group of blind at work in 

 iLseful ways, as taught in an institution maintained by the state. 

 The Department of Agriculture showed high-class agricultural 

 products that are being raised on some of our farm lands popularly 

 supposed to be unproductive or even abandoned. The Barge Canal 

 office, with working models of locks, the Water Supply Commis- 

 sion, with devices for utilizing water power on farms, the Excise 

 Department, office of Sealer of Weights and Measures, the State 

 Education Department, with pictures such as are loaned to 

 schools, also contributed toward the educational value of the fair 

 in a manner comparable with the great government exhibits at 

 the national expositions which have attracted attention through- 

 out the world. 



That the fair is meeting the expectations of the people of the 

 state and is increasing in popularity is shown by the reputation 

 it bears, but more exactly by the treasurer's report of numbers 

 of visitors, and his statement showing the large balance turned 

 into the state treasury. 



Kaymond a. Pearsois^, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



