314 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



" Tobacco culture ; " at Conway, March 4, on " An outlook 

 on the situation, or the farmer as a citizen" and "The best 

 feeds for dairy stock." 



HAMPDEN AGRICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1844, Acts of 1844, chapter 56. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 stated 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $4,860; 

 now has $1,144 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $1,144 r 

 real estate, $700; bank funds, $394; crockery, tables, etc.,, 

 $50. Receipts in 1893, $1,431.68: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $2.50; donations, $25.75; other sources, $803.43. 

 Expenditures in 1893, $1,806.72: premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $545.64 ; current running expenses, $946.08 ; other ex- 

 penses, $315. The society offered in premiums $1,793.50, 

 awarded $621.50 in premiums and gratuities, and paid 

 $545.64, which Avent to 12 cities and towns. Eighty persons 

 received premiums and 4 gratuities. Under head of farms $10 

 was awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $315 was 

 awarded and $294 paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $31.50 was awarded and $29 paid; under farm and garden 

 products $128.50 was awarded and $90.86 paid ; under dairy 

 products $5 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $65.50 was awarded and $iB3.78 paid; under agri- 

 cultural implements $26 was awarded and $13 paid; under 

 trotting $315 was awarded and paid; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $40 was awarded and paid. 

 The society reports 1,065 members, — 873 males and 192 

 females. Four farmers' institutes were held : at Noi*tliamp- 

 ton, February 16, on " Tobacco culture ; " at Holyoke, Feb- 

 ruary 24, on " Dairying ; " at Will)raliam, March 16, on 

 "Orcharding, or the cultivation of fruit;" at Springfield, 

 April 20, on " Tlie horse for to-morrow: where shall we 

 find it?" 



