550 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



National Congress at Fort Worth ; " at North Brookfield, 

 March 16, on "Reminiscences of the Orient" and "The 

 Babcock tester;" and at Spencer, March 19, on "Obstacles 

 to successful farming, and how to overcome them." 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated. 1867. Acts of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,447.23 ; now has 

 $9,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets $9,086.90: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash on hand, $86.90. Total 

 liabilities, $1,843.95: premiums due and unpaid, $35.55; 

 outstanding bills, $158.40 ; mortgages or like liabilities, 

 $1,650. Receipts in 1899, $2,777.71: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $50; other sources, $2,127.71. Expenditures in 

 1899, $2,690.81 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,440.95; 

 current running expenses, $941.82 ; interest, $103.13 ; other 

 expenses, $204.91. The society offered $2,060.70 in pre- 

 miums, awarded $1,476.50 in premiums and gratuities and 

 paid $1,440.95, which went to 24 cities and towns. Seven 

 dollars and sixty-three cents went to four towns outside the 

 State. One hundred and eighty-eight persons received pre- 

 miums and 93 gratuities. Under head of farms $5 was awarded 

 and paid; under farm and pet stock $527.50 was awarded 

 and $506.23 paid ; under field and garden crops $64.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and garden products $48.25 

 was awarded and $46.75 paid; under dairy products $10.75 

 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $112.45 

 was awarded and $100.32 paid; under agricultural imple- 

 ments $7.25 was awarded and paid; under objects strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $97 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $580 was paid ; under objects other than agricult- 

 ural, not specified, $23.80 was awarded and $23.15 paid. 

 The society reports 1,338 members, — 615 males and 723 

 females. Three farmers' institutes w^ere held at Blandford : 

 January 6, on " Successes and failures of the year; " Janu- 

 ary 25, on "The business side of farming;" and May 5, 

 on " The school and the State." 



