534 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



EASTERN HAMPDEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1856, Acts of 1856, chapter 156. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000 ; now has $7,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $7,095.45: real estate, $7,000; bills due and unpaid, $11; 

 cash on hand, $84.45. Total liabilities, $4,797.99 : out- 

 standing bills, $1,737.99 ; mortgages or like liabilities, 

 $3,060. Receipts in 1899, $2,225.35 : bounty, $600 ; dona- 

 tions, $117.71 ; other sources, $1,507.64. Expenditures in 

 1899, $1,540.90: premiums and gratuities paid, $951.20; 

 other expenses, $589.70. The society offered $1,920 in 

 premiums, and awarded and paid $951.20 in premiums and 

 gratuities, which went to 20 cities and towns. One hundred 

 and thirty-three persons received premiums and gratuities. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $425.75 was awarded and 

 paid ; under farm and garden products $114.60 was awarded 

 and paid; under dairy products $11 was awarded and paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $60.35 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $340 was paid ; under objects other than agri- 

 culture, not specified, $16.50 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 479 members, — 285 males and 194 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Monson, March 8, 

 on ' ' Grasses and forage crops " and ' * The past and present 

 of the Board of Agriculture ; " at Wilbraham, March 24, on 

 *' The restoration of exhausted farms by practical methods ; " 

 and at Palmer, March 30, on "Public care of epileptics in 

 Massachusetts " and " The relation of infectious diseases to 

 the milk supply." 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 25. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $9,363.66 ; 

 now has $27,980 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 stocks, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $27,980 : real 

 estate, $15,300; stocks, $12,480; crocker}^ tables, etc., 

 $200. Receipts in 1899, $4,022.69 : bounty, $600 ; stocks, 

 $748.17; new members, $42; donations, $134.50; other 

 sources, $2,498.02. Expenditures in 1899, $2,867 : pre- 



