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paid ; under dairy products $10 was awarded and paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $45.25 was awarded and 

 paid ; under agricultural implements $10 was awarded 

 and paid ; under trotting $678 was awarded, and $672 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $6 was awarded and paid. The society reports 951 mem- 

 bers, — 529 males and 422 females. Three farmers' institutes 

 were held: at Oakham, January 20, on "Abandoned 

 Farms " and ' ' Silos and the Treatment of Ensilage ; " 

 at Spencer, February 10, on " Small Fruits for Family Use'* 

 and ' ' How does Taxation affect the Farmer ? " ; at Spencer, 

 February 27, on "Essentials to Success in Farming" and 

 "License as it affects the Farmer." 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,447.23 and now has 

 $9,579.77 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $9,579.77 : real estate, $7,946.88 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,632.89. Total liabilities, $91.73: 

 premiums due and unpaid, $84.47 ; outstanding bills, $7.26. 

 Receipts in 1891, $2,626.01 : bounty from the State, $600; 

 notes, $4.50 ; newmembers, $109 ; all other sources, $1,912.51. 

 Expenditures in 1891, $2,693.27 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $1,162.63 ; current running expenses, $839.69 ; interest, 

 $34; other expenses, $656.95. The society offered $1,756 

 in premiums; awarded $1,247.10 in premiums and gratui- 

 ties ; and paid $1,162.63, which went to 26 cities and towns, 

 2 of which were outside the State. One dollar and seventy- 

 five cents went to parties not resident of the State. Two 

 hundred and nineteen persons received premiums and 96 

 gratuities. Under farms $7.50 was awarded, and $5 paid; 

 under farm stock, $624.75 was awarded, and $569.50 paid; 

 under field and experimental crops $40 was awarded, and 

 $37.50 paid; under farm and garden products $38.75 was 

 awarded, and $36.87 paid; under dairy products $12 was 



