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dred and forty-nine persons received premiums and 45 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $58 was awarded and 

 paid; under farm and pet stock $1,728.25 was awarded 

 and $1,678 paid; under field and garden crops $05 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and garden products 

 $352.75 was awarded and paid; under dairy products 

 $42 was awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures 

 $339.65 was awarded and $31(5.25 paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural $140 was awarded and paid. Eight 

 hundred and twenty dollars was paid for trotting. The 

 society reports 881 members, — (588 males and 193 fe- 

 males. Three farmers' institutes were held: at Dighton, 

 March 7, on "What we know about plant food" and 

 "Labor;" at Raynham, March 13, on "How to keep up 

 the fertility of our farms " and " General farming; " and at 

 New Bedford, March 22, on "Bacteria," "Labor strikes" 

 and " Successful farming." 



DEERPIELD VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1871, Acts of 1871, chapter 208. 

 Originally raised by contribution $4,094.01 ; now has 

 $9,200 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $9,576.24 : real estate, $9,200 ; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $250; cash on hand, $126.24. Liabilities consist of out- 

 standing bills to the amount of $1,075. Receipts in 1J>95, 

 $2,034.94: bounty, $600; new members, $60; donations, 

 $27.95; other sources, $1,346.99. Expenditures in 1895, 

 $1,908.70: premiums paid, $979.40; current running ex- 

 penses, $875.54 ; interest, $53.76. The society offered in 

 premiums $1,23(5.50, awarded $1,007.35 and paid $979.40, 

 which went to 2^) towns. Nine dollars and fifty-five cents 

 went to 4 towns outside the State. Two hundred and fifty- 

 three persons received premiums. Under head of farm and 

 pet stock $556 was awarded and $532.75 paid; under farm 

 and garden products $72 was awarded and $70.(55 paid; 

 under dairy products $28 was awarded and $2(5 paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $77.35 was awarded and $7(5 paid; 

 under trotting $230 was paid; under objects other than 



