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offered in premiums $1,798.25, awarded in premiums and 

 gratuities $1,553.85 and paid $1,528.60,* which went to 

 36 cities and towns. Fifty dollars and seventy-five cents 

 went to 3 cities and towns outside the State. One hundred 

 and seventy-nine persons received premiums and 31 gra- 

 tuities. Under head of farms $34 was awarded and $31.50 

 paid; under farm and pet stock $538.90 was awarded and 

 $524.90 paid; under field and garden crops $25.85 was 

 awarded and $24.75 paid; under farm and garden products 

 $108.10 was awarded and $105.05 paid; under dairy prod- 

 ucts $12 was awarded and $9 paid; under domestic manu- 

 factures $62 was awarded and $60.40 paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $102 was awarded and 

 paid; $671 was paid for trotting. The society reports 528 

 members, — 474 males and 54 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Barre, January 4, on "Tuber- 

 culosis;" at Rutland, January 18, on "How to feed the 

 dairy cow for milk and cream production ; the skim-milk 

 and how to use it, and tests with tester ;" and at Petersham, 

 February 15, on "Tuberculosis." 



* Of this amount $671 was for trotting premiums. 



