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crockery, tables, etc., $2,000; cash on hand, |2. 59. Total 

 liabilities consist of notes to the amount of |340. Receipts 

 in 1899, $2,167.60: bounty, $600; new members, $20; 

 donations, $54.55 ; other sources, $1,493.05. Expenditures 

 in 1899, 12,298.83 : premiums and gratuities paid, $656.60 ; 

 current running expenses, $771.04; interest, $16.85 ; other 

 expenses, $854.34. The society offered $1,727.50 in premi- 

 ums, and awarded and paid $656.60 in premiums and gratui- 

 ties, which M^ent to 18 cities and towns. One hundred and 

 sixteen persons received premiums and 128 gratuities. Under 

 farm and garden products $531.25 was awarded and paid; 

 under dairy products $5 was awarded and paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $72.50 was awarded and paid ; under 

 objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $47.75 was awarded 

 and paid. The society reports 671 members, — 478 males 

 and 193 females. Eight farmers' institutes were held at 

 Hingham : January 23, on " Care of lawns," " Varieties of 

 potatoes to cultivate," "About trees in highways" and 

 "Cultivation of cherries ; " March 27, on " Pruning of grape 

 vines," "Raspberry culture" and "Value of sea manure;" 

 April 24, on "General fruit culture;" May 22, on "Gar- 

 dens, fields and woods of Japan;" June 19, on "Native 

 evergreens of Hingham" and "A visit to Virginia;" July 

 17, on "Results from seeds from the agricultural depart- 

 ment," "Varieties of fruits to grow for profit" and "Is it 

 profitable to raise corn in Hingham? " August 14, on "Winter 

 covering of strawberry plants," " Protection of trees in high- 

 ways from electric wires "and "Wood ashes as a fertilizer 

 for vegetables ; " November 13, on " The Hawaiian Islands." 



HOOSAC VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1860, Acts of I860, chapter 56. 



Originally raised by contribution, $2,006 ; now has $15,000 

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

 $15,842.92: real estate, $15,000; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $500; cash on hand, $342.92. Total liabilities, $8,800: 

 outstanding bills, $300 : mortgages or like liabilities, $8,500. 

 Receipts in 1899, $4,181.14: bounty, $600; other sources. 



