No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 539 



of hay making and feeding" and " Good roads, with or with- 

 out State aid; " at Middlefield, February 25, on " Breeding 

 dairy stock;" and at Middlefield, September 6, on "Mixed 

 farming." 



HILLSIDE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1883, Acts of 1883, chapter 112. 

 Originally raised by contribution, $3,113.32; now has 

 $5,614.09 invested as a capital stock in real estate, bank 

 funds, cash, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $5,614.09 : 

 real estate, $4,500 ; bank funds, $515 ; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $350 ; cash, $249.09. Receipts in 1899, $1,527.67 : bounty, 

 $600; bank funds, $33.26 ; new members, $105; donations, 

 $16.99 ; other sources, $772.42. Expenditures in 1899, 

 $1,223.04: premiums paid, $777.85; current running ex- 

 penses, $445.19. The society offered $800 in premiums, and 

 awarded and paid $777.85, which went to 17 cities and towns. 

 Two hundred and seventy-one persons received premiums. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $451 was awarded and 

 paid ; under field and garden crops $41.75 was awarded and 

 paid; under farm and garden products $73.65 was awarded 

 and paid ; under dairy products $12.50 was awarded and 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $46.15 was awarded and 

 paid ; under agricultural implements $3 was awarded and 

 paid ; under trotting $50 was paid ; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $40.65 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 669 members, — 633 males and 36 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Ashfield, January 14, 

 on " The advantages of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege" and "The hundred-dollar cow;" at Plainfield, Jan- 

 uary 21, on " A trip to Europe " and " Reminiscences of the 

 Orient;" and at Williamsburg, March 1, on "Apple cult- 

 ure " and " The resources of a New England farm." 



HINGHAM AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 99. 



Originally raised by contribution, $17,406.15; now has 

 $22,000 invested as a capital stock in real and personal 

 estate. Total assets, $22,002.59: real estate, $20,000; 



