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$8,141.29 ; now has $3,153.63 in personal property. Total 

 assets, $3,153.63 : real estate lease, $2,800 ; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $300; bills due, $50; cash, $3.63. Total liabilities, 

 $125 : premiums due, $25 ; outstanding bills, $100. Receipts 

 in 1893, $3,118.13 : bounty, $600 ; new members, $63 ; other 

 sources, $2,455.13. Expenditures in 1893, $3,182.76 : pre- 

 miums and gratuities paid, $741.75 ; current running ex- 

 penses, $980.91; interest, $58; other expenses, $1,402.10. 

 The society offered $1,127.35 in premiums, awarded $877.03 

 in premiums and gratuities, and paid $741.75, which went 

 to 15 cities and towns. Two hundred and fifty persons 

 received premiums and gratuities. Under head of farms 

 $25 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $470 was awarded ; under field and experimental crops 

 $18 was awarded; under farm and garden products $158 

 was awarded; under dairy products $15 was awarded; 

 under domestic manufactures $19.50 was awarded; under 

 agricultural implements $20 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $670.50 was awarded and paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $164 was awarded. 

 The society reports 819 members, — 665 males and 154 

 females. Three fiirmers' institutes were held ; at North- 

 ampton, January 4, on "A trip to the farms and fruit 

 plantations of California and the far West ; " at Williams- 

 burg, January 20, on " Dairying; " at Northampton, Feb- 

 ruary 16, on " Tobacco culture." 



HIGHLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 145. 



Originally raised l)y contribution, $3,262 ; now has $3,- 

 100 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $3,141.76: real estate, $3,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $100; cash, $41.76. Receipts in 

 1893, $1,638.97: bounty, $582.45; new members, $28; 

 donations, $4; other sources, $1,024.52. Expenditures in 

 1893, $1,597.21: premiums and gratuities paid, $670.60; 

 current running expenses, $923.61 ; interest, $3. The society 

 offered in premiums $806.05, and awarded and paid in premi- 



