No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 333 



HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN AGRICULT- 

 URAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acta of 1818, chapter 125. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $8,141.29, and it now has $9,015 invested as a capital stock 

 in real estate, bills due, crockery, tables, etc. Total 

 assets, $9,015 : real estate and lease, $8,800 ; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $150; bills due and unpaid, $65. Total 

 liabilities, $5,207 : premiums due and unpaid, about $35 ; 

 outstanding bills, $172 ; mortgages or like liabilities 

 $5,000. Receipts in 1891, $3,326.07: bounty from the 

 State, $600 ; new members, $65 ; all other sources, 

 $2,661.07. Expenditures in 1891, $3,326.07: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $707.55; current running expenses, 

 $2,418.52 ; interest, $200. The society offered $1,253.50 in 

 premiums, and awarded in premiums and gratuities, $856.35, 

 of which $707.55 was paid, and which went to 23 cities 

 and towns. One hundred and sixty-two persons received 

 premiums. Under head of farm stock $426.60 was awarded 

 and $386.80 paid; under field and experimental crops $20 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $169.75 was awarded and $132 paid; under dairy products 

 $24 was awarded and $21 paid; under domestic manufact- 

 ures $113,75 was awarded and $96 paid; under agricultural 

 implements $15 was awarded and $7 paid ; under objects 

 strictly agricultural, not specified, $40 was awarded and 

 paid; under trotting $770 was awarded and $762.50 paid; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $15 was 

 awarded and $4.75 paid. The society reports about 1,000 

 members, — 700 males and 300 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Northampton, January 7, on "The 

 Tariff Question ; " at Northampton, January 29, on "Co- 

 operation in Farming," and " Sheep and Lambs for Mar- 

 ket ; " at Hadley, February 20, on "Potatoes," and "An 

 Outlook on the Situation ; the Farmer as a Citizen." 



