No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 541 



$3,581.14. Expenditures in 1899, $6,562.62: premiums 

 paid, $1,257.61; current running expenses, $1,079,38; in- 

 terest, $334.80; other expenses, $3,890.83. The society 

 offered $2,905 in premiums and awarded and paid $1,257.61, 

 which went to 22 cities and towns. Two hundred thirty- 

 three dollars and seventy-five cents went to 5 cities and towns 

 outside the State. Two hundred and fifty-three persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farms $18 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm and pet stock $648 was awarded and 

 paid; under field and garden crops $177 was awarded and 

 paid ; under farm and garden products $154 was awarded 

 and paid; under dairy products $22.50 was awarded and 

 paid; under domestic manufactures $332.25 was awarded 

 and paid ; under agricultural implements $20 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $135.50 was awarded and paid. The society reports 980 

 members, — 964 males and 16 females. Three farmers' in- 

 stitutes were held : at Williamstown, February 16, on " Tax- 

 ation" and " The management and improvement of country 

 roads;" at Clarksburg, December 27, on "Profitable farm- 

 ing ; " and at Cheshire, December 28, on * ■ The gypsy moth." 



HOUSATONIC AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1848, Acts of 1848, chapter 101. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $6,335.33 ; 

 now has $24,275.11 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 stocks and bank funds. Total assets, $25,044.98: real 

 estate, $22,000; stocks, $1,000; bank funds, $1,275.11; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $475 ; bills due and unpaid, $50 ; cash 

 on hand, $244.40. Total liabilities, $5,961.50: premiums 

 due and unpaid and outstanding bills (estimated), $50; notes 

 and interest, $5,911.55. Receipts in 1899, $11,028.83: 

 bounty, $600; stocks, $50; bank funds, $46.58; new mem- 

 bers, $223; other sources, $10,109.28. Expenditures in 

 1899, $10,788.39 : premiums and gratuities paid, $4,869.55 ;* 



* Premiums for 1898, $76.50 ; for 1899, $2,126.50 ; for trotting, $1,805 ; for sports, 

 etc., $866.55. 



