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offered in premiums $2,500, awarded in premiums and 

 gratuities $1,931.10* and paid $1,875.10,* which went to 21 

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

 city outside the State. One hundred and fifty-two persons 

 received premiums and 13 gratuities. Under head of farms 

 $60 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $869 

 was awarded and $860 paid; under field and garden crops 

 $38 was awarded and $30.50 paid; under farm and garden 

 products $81.25 was awarded and $75.25 paid; under dairy 

 products $9 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $69.75 w 7 as awarded and $(51 paid; $780 was paid 

 for trotting. The society reports 915 members, — 493 

 males and 422 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held: at Spencer, January 18, an all-day dairy institute 

 with the Babcock tester; at Oakham, January 25, on 

 "Manures and fertilizers and their use;" and at Brook- 

 field, March 14, on "Market gardening in connection with 

 dairying" and "The relation of botany to agriculture." 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Aets of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,447.23 ; now has 

 $9,000 invested as a capital stock in real and personal 

 estate. Total assets, $9,453.64 : real estate, $8,000 ; crock- 

 cry, fables, etc., $1,000; cash on hand, $453.64. Total 

 liabilities, $2,216.08: premiums due and unpaid, $66.08 ; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $2,150. Receipts in 1895, 

 $2,619.31: bounty, $600; new members, $55; other 

 sources, $1,964.31. Expenditures in 1895, $2,165.67: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,186.67 ; current running 

 expenses, S828.23 ; interest, $108.(55 ; 1894 premiums paid, 

 s 12.1 2. Thesociety offeredin premiums $1,829.05, awarded 

 in premiums and gratuities $l,252.75f and paid $1,186. 67, f 

 which went to 2 1 cities and towns. Five dollars and twenty- 

 four cents went to parties outside the State. Two hundred 

 and nine persons received premiums and 94 gratuities. 



* Of these amounts $780 was for trotting premiums, 

 t Of these amounts $415 was for trotting premiums. 



