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strictly agricultural, not specified, $20 was awarded and 

 $16.70 paid; under trotting $25 was awarded and paid; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $15 was 

 awarded and $18.25 paid. The society reports 610 mem- 

 bers, — 585 males and 25 females. Five farmers' institutes 

 were held : at "Williamsburg, January 25, on " Dairying ; " 

 at Ashfield, February 26, on " Gypsy Moth and other insects 

 injurious to vegetation ; " at Chesterfield, February 17, on 

 "Apples" and "Small Fruits;" at Cummington, August 

 25, on "Education;" at Cummington, September 26, on 

 <' Fruits." 



HINGHAM AGRICULTURAL AWD HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 99. 



Originally raised by contribution $17,406.15; now has 

 $22,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $22,488.44: real estate, $20,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $2,000; cash, $488.44. Total liabili- 

 ties consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the amount of 

 $1,000. Receipts in 1893, $3,277.09: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $312 ; donations, $187.45 ;'other sources, $2,1 77.64. 

 Expenditures in 1893, $3,073.15; premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $779.53; current running expenses, $1,756.51; inter- 

 est and notes, $293.39 ; other expenses, $243.72. The so- 

 ciety offered in premiums $1,960.80, and awarded and paid 

 $668.20 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 15 cities 

 and towns. One hundred and ninety-five received premiums 

 and 250 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock 

 $370.90 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $129.70 was awarded and paid; under dairy 

 products $10 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $83.55 was awarded and paid; under ob- 

 jects other than agricultural, not specified, $59.45 was 

 awarded and paid. The society reports 738 members, 

 — 516 males and 22 females. Six farmers' institutes were 

 held at Hingham : January 2, on " Agricultural experi- 

 ments ;" Fel)ruary 4, on " Cranberries : can they be profit- 

 ably raised in Hingham?" March 4, on "Floriculture, 



