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and pet stock $834.25 was awarded and $816.50 paid ; under 

 field and experimental crops $40 was awarded and $37.25 

 paid; under farm and garden products $85.50 was awarded 

 and $75.47 paid ; under dairy products $10 was awarded and 

 paid; under domestic manufactures $49.50 was awarded and 

 paid ; under trotting $775 was awarded and paid ; under ob- 

 jects other than agricultural, not specified, $20 was awarded 

 and paid. The society reports 963 members, — 537 males 

 and 426 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Spencer, January 10, on "The advantages of New England 

 farming as compared with the South and West" and 

 "Horses;" at Oakham", February 14, on "How to make 

 small farms pay " and ' ' Co-operative farming ; " at Spencer, 

 March 23, on " Bringing up the farm" and " What educa- 

 tion does the farmer require ? " 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,447.23 ; now has 

 $9,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $9,303.17: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash, $303.17. Total lia- 

 bilities, $2,390.75: premiums and gratuities unpaid, 

 $140.75; mortgages or like liabilities, $2,250. Receipts in 

 1893, $3,069.75 : bounty, $600 ; new members, $128 ; other 

 sources, $2,341.75. Expenditures in 1893, $2,766.58 : pre- 

 miums and gratuities paid, $1,117.95; current running 

 expenses, $824.94; interest, $89.86; other expenses, 

 $733.83. The society offered $1,817.55 in premiums, 

 awarded in premiums and gratuities $1,258.70 and paid 

 $1,117.95, which went to 22 cities and towns. Six dollars 

 and fifty-one cents went to four towns outside the State. 

 Two hundred and one persons received premiums and 109 

 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $553.90 was 

 awarded and 1518.45 paid; under field and experimental 

 crops $36.50 was awarded and paid; under fiirm and garden 

 products $45.50 was awarded and $44.50 paid; under dairy 



