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hand, $503.28. Liabilities consist of outstanding hills to 

 the amount of $500. Receipts in 1895, $1,650.65 : bounty, 

 $228.80; new members, $27.50 ; donations, $95.38 ; other 

 sources, $1,298.97. Expenditures in 1895, $1,286.72: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $384.53; current running 

 expenses, $397.50; other expenses, $504.69. The society 

 offered in premiums $1,378 ; awarded in premiums and 

 gratuities $485.60* and paid $384.53,* which went to 14 

 cities and towns. One dollar and fifty cents went to 1 

 town outside the State. Eighty persons received premiums 

 and 5 gratuities. Under head of farms $40 was awarded 

 and $10 paid; under farm and pet stock $195.50 was 

 awarded and $131.75 paid; under field and garden crops 

 $2 was awarded; under farm and garden products $120.75 

 was awarded and $71.25 paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $28.50 was awarded and $21.63 paid; under objects strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $15 was awarded and paid; 

 under trotting $160 was paid ; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $17.50 was awarded and $17.25 

 paid. Diplomas were awarded for agricultural implements 

 and for certain farm stock. The society reports 619 mem- 

 bers, — 478 males and 141 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Springfield, January 2, on "Tuber- 

 culosis;" at Agawam, January 31, on "Feeding dairy 

 stock" and " Profitable garden crops ; " and at Wilbraham, 

 February 27, on " Small fruits." 



HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1814, Acts of 1814, chapter 19. 

 The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

 stated the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $3,255.26; now has $4,352.43 invested as a capital stock in 

 real estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,408. Hi: 

 real estate, $4,200 ; crockery, tables, etc., $152.43 ; cash on 

 hand, $55.73. Total liabilities amount to $967. Receipts 

 in 1895, $1,268.80: bounty, $600 ; new members, $32.50; 

 donations, $43.10; other sources, $593.20. Expenditures 



* Of these amounts $160 was for trotting. 



