334 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



HIGHLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 145. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,262, and now has 

 $1,100 invested as a capital stock in buildings, land, fences 

 and track. Total assets, $1,120.07: real estate, $1,000 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $100 ; cash on hand, $29.97. Receipts 

 in 1891, $1,746.66: bounty from the State, $600; new 

 members, $37; all other sources, $1,109.06. Expenditures 

 in 1891, $1,716.69 : premiums and gratuities paid, $602.55 ; 

 current running expenses, $901.12; interest, $18.02; other 

 expenses, $195. The society offered in premiums $756.80; 

 and awarded and paid $602.55, which went to 18 cities and 

 towns. One hundred and sixty-eight persons received 

 premiums. Under head of farm stock $386.05 was awarded 

 and paid ; under field and experimental crops $34 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and garden products $39.70 

 was awarded and paid; under dairy products $7.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures $51.85 

 was awarded and paid ; under agricultural implements $2 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $32 was awarded 

 and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $49.45 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 458 members, — 327 males and 131 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Hinsdale, February 25, on 

 "Dairying" and "Market Gardening;" at Becket, May 8, 

 on "Some of the Best Ways to help the Farming Interests 

 of Massachusetts;" and at Middlefield, September 9, on 

 "Abandoned Farms." 



HILLSIDE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1883, Acts of 1883, chapter 112. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,113.32 and now has 

 $4,416.18 invested as a capital stock in real estate, fixtures 

 and cash. Total assets, $4,416.18: real estate, $4,027.53 

 crockery, tables, etc., $268.96; bills due and unpaid, $5 

 cash on hand, $114.69. Receipts in 1891, $1,438.16 



