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objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $5 was awarded 

 and paid ; for trotting $500 was awarded and paid ; for 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified, $92.55 was 

 awarded and $86.10 paid. Diplomas were awarded for 

 agricultural implements. The society reports 1,802 mem- 

 bers, — 1,484 males and 318 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Greenfield, January 17 on " Corn" and 

 " Potatoes ; " at Montague, January 31, on " Small Fruits " 

 and "Market Gardening;" at Greenfield, February 14, on 

 "The Construction and Ventilation of Stables," and 

 " Tuberculosis." 



HAMPDEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1844, Acts of 1844, chapter 56. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853, stated 

 the amount of its permaEent fund (par value) to be $4,860, 

 and it now has $1,425.07 invested as a capital stock in bank 

 funds and cash. Total assets, $1,425.07 : bank funds, 

 1,059.49; cash on hand, $365.58. Eeceipts in 1891, 

 $1,957.72: bounty from the State, $600; bank funds, 

 $41.12: new members, $45; donations, $164.30; all other 

 sources, $1,107.30. Expenditures in 1891, $1,731.53; 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $683.11 ; current running ex- 

 penses, $633.42 ; other expenses, $415. The society offered 

 in premiums $1,964; awarded $845.90 in premiums and 

 gratuities; and paid $683.11, which went to 13 towns. 

 One hundred and sixty-six persons received premiums and 

 32 received gratuities. Under the head of farms $10 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm stock $333 was awarded 

 and $260.50 paid; under field and experimental crops $16 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $189 was awarded and $158.15 paid; under 

 dairy products $6 was awarded and $3.50 paid; under 

 domestic manufactures $77.10 was awarded and $42.27 paid; 

 under agricultural implements $20 was awarded and $10 

 paid; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $100 

 was awarded and $95.25 paid; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $94.80 was awarded and $87.44 

 paid. The society reports 960 members, — 778 males and 



