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articles used for school work mentioned in the following 

 paragraph. 



Prizes won by schools may be O'Wned by the school as 'a 

 whole or by the grade or department deserving the credit. 

 If the prize be cash, it may be used to promote the garden 

 work. 



School Collections. — Individual prizes are sometimes 

 offered for special collections suitable for use in school, such 

 as, (1) collections of grains and seeds in uniform bottles, (2) 

 weed seeds in bottles properly labelled, (3) roots of legumes 

 showing noduks, (4) garden insects, (5) samples of plant 

 diseases mounted on cards and labelled, (6) collection of 

 woods showing grain on end and side, (7) mounted specimens 

 of wild flowers properly named, (8) garden and field weeds 

 mounted and labelled, (9) bottles and materials showing the 

 composition of various human foods and animal feeds, such as 

 corn, eggs and potatoes. 



Such collections in the fair will arouse much interest. 



Commercial Packages. — In the school and club fair work 

 it is best to have as many of the products as possible shown in 

 packages of commercial size, and the best forms of packages 

 for each line of product should be chosen. Uniformity of 

 package in each line is very desirable and will make the ex- 

 hibits much more attractive. Articles shown without carriers 

 or containers should be tied with ribbons or colored tape into 

 bundles or groups. Ten ears of corn tied with colored tape 

 will show much better in a large collection than if laid flat. 

 Figure 154 shows how some articles have been displayed. 



Decoration. — Exhibit committees and superintendents of 

 exhibits should have supplies of colored paper or cheap cloth 

 for considerable decoration of all packages as they are brought 

 to the fair. Tables should be covered with plain wrapping 

 paper or other cheap material, and the sides of the tables 

 draped with colored goods. Walls and tables may all be 



