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in 1895, $1,762.12 : premiums and gratuities paid, $650.19 ; 

 current running expenses, $566.93; interest, $54.70; other 

 expenses, $490.30. The society offered in premiums $932, 

 awarded in premiums and gratuities $693.29 and paid 

 $650.19, which went to 16 cities and towns. One hundred 

 and nineteen persons received premiums and 13 gratuities. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $258 was awarded and 

 $246 paid; under field and garden crops $48.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and garden products $151 

 was awarded ; under dairy products $8 was awarded and 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $20 was awarded and 

 paid ; under trotting $545 was paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $10 was awarded. The 

 society reports 803 members, — 567 males and 236 fe- 

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

 March 9, on "The dairyman;" at Belchertown, April 20, 

 on ' ' Manures and fertilizers and their use ; " and at Am- 

 herst, December 28, on "The Atlanta exposition and 

 Farmers' National Congress ; what I sa*v and heard there." 



HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN AGRICULT- 

 URAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 125. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

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

 $8,141.29 ; now has $3,316.57 invested as a capital stock in 

 personal property. Total assets, $3,316.57 : real estate 

 lease, $2,000; crockery, tables, etc., $600; cash on hand, 

 $716.57. Total liabilities amount to about $150. Receipts 

 in 1895, $4,050.96: bounty, $600; new members, $62; 

 other sources, $3,388.96. Expenditures in 1895, $3,334.39 : 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $848.50; current running 

 expenses, $859.67 ; interest, $20 ; other expenses, $1,606.22. 

 The society offered in premiums $1,253, awarded in pre- 

 miums and gratuities $923 and paid $848.50, which went to 

 28 cities and towns. One hundred and eighty-seven persons 

 received premiums and 11 gratuities. Under head of farm 

 and pet stock $589.40 was awarded and $552.15 paid; under 



