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now has $8,520 invested as a capital stock in real estate and 

 bank stock. Total assets, $8,770.69: real estate, $7,500; 

 stock, $1,020 ; bank funds, $114.69 ; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $75; cash on hand, $61. Total liabilities, $1,121.81 : pre- 

 miums due and unpaid, $48.90; outstanding bills, $172.91 ; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $900. Receipts in 1895, 

 $4,954.70: bounty, $600; stocks, $32.11; new members, 

 $5; donations, $312.38; other sources, $4,004.21. Ex- 

 penditures in 1895, $5,571.94: premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $2,717.90; current running expenses, $1,823.54; in- 

 terest, $13.75; other expenses, $1,016.75. The society 

 offered in premiums $3,179.50, awarded in premiums and 

 gratuities $2,766.80* and paid $2,717.90,* which went to 23 

 towns. Twenty-five cents went to 1 town outside the 

 State. Three hundred and forty-three persons received 

 premiums and 18 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet 

 stock $952.50 was awarded and $921 paid; under farm and 

 garden products $178.30 was awarded and $167.65 paid; 

 under dairy products $10 was awarded and $3 paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $133.50 was awarded and $128 paid; 

 under trotting $1,460 was awarded and paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $29.50 was awarded 

 and $28.25 paid. Diplomas were awarded for agricultural 

 implements. The society reports 1,800 members, — 1,500 

 males and 300 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : 

 at Greenfield, February 21, on "The horse for to-morrow ; " 

 at Greenfield, March 2, on "Manures and fertilizers and 

 their use;" and at Montague, March 15, on "The manage- 

 ment of a dairy farm." 



HAMPDEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1844, Acts of 1844, chapter 56. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $4,860 ; 

 now has $1,678.28 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 crockery, tables, etc., bills due and unpaid and cash on 

 hand. Total assets, $1,678.28: real estate, $800; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $150 ; bills due and unpaid, $225 ; cash on 



* Of these amounts $1,160 was for trotting and pacing for premiums. 



