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|1G ; cash, $75.21. Total liabilities consist of mortgages 

 or like liabilities to the amount of $16,000. Receipts in 

 1893, $17,788.60: bounty, $600; new members, $160; other 

 sources, $17,028.60. Expenditures in 1893, $18,615.55: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $4,197.95; current running 

 expenses, $640.50; interest, $1,021.50; other expenses, 

 $12,755.60. The society ofiered $4,919.40 in premiums, 

 awarded $4,345.42 in premiums and gratuities and paid 

 $4,197.95, which went to 26 cities and towns. Fortj^-nine 

 dollars and fifty cents went to 4 cities and towns outside the 

 State. Eight hundred and eleven persons received pre- 

 miums and 43 gratuities. Under head of farms $60 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $928 w^as 

 awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops $62.25 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $233 was awarded and paid ; under dairy products $38 was 

 awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures $315.27 

 was awarded and paid; under trotting $2,150 was awarded 

 and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $423 was awarded and paid. The society reports 895 

 members, — 695 males and 200 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Taunton, January 10, on " Poultry 

 and how to make it profitable " and ' ' The horse for to-mor- 

 row : where shall we find it?" at Dighton, March 3, on 

 "Botany of the farm and fungous diseases of plants" and 

 ' ' Our fruits and the insects attacking them ; " at New 

 Bedford, March 24, on "Injurious insects aiad their 

 remedies." 



DEERPIELD VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1871, Acts of 1871, chapter 208. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,094.01 ; now has 

 $9,200 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $9,505: real estate, $9,200; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $250 ; cash, $55. Liabilities consist of a note for $1,075. 

 Receipts for 1893, $2,062.69 : bounty, $600 ; new members, 

 $105; donations, $14.25; other sources, $1,343.44. Ex- 

 penditures for 1893, $2,007.69: premiums paid, $870.05; 

 current running expenses, $772.14; interest, $44.50 ; other 



