No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 579 



HOOSAC VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1860, Acts of 1860, chapter 56. 



Originally raised by contribution $2,006 ; now has 

 $17,260.49 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $17,626.58 : real estate, 

 $16,760.49; crockery, tables, etc., $500; cash on hand, 

 $366.09. Receipts in 1898, $6,773.90 : bounty, $600 ; other 

 sources, $6,173.90. Expenditures in 1898, $7,050.95 : pre- 

 miums paid, $1,477.90 ; current running expenses, $3,071.95 ; 

 interest, $281.50; other expenses, $2,219.60. The society 

 offered $4,249.25 in premiums, awarded $2,745.50 and paid 

 $2,512.80, which went to 21 cities and towns. One hundred 

 and fifty-five dollars and seventy-five cents went to 8 cities 

 and towns outside the State. Two hundred and forty- 

 three persons received premiums. Under head of farms 

 $18 was awarded; under farm and pet stock $625.50 was 

 awarded; under field and garden crops $161 was awarded; 

 under farm and garden products $149.75 was awarded; 

 under dairy products $20.50 was awarded; under domestic 

 manufactures $312.50 was awarded; under agricultural im- 

 plements $20 was awarded; under trotting $1,320 was 

 paid; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $118.25 was awarded. The society reports 983 

 members, — 967 males and 16 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held : at Williamstown, January 28, on 

 "Fertilizers and materials from which they are made;" 

 at Cheshire, December 15, on " How to feed the milch cow 

 and the soil ; " and at South Williamstown, December 22, 

 on " The cost of a quart of milk" and " The cultivation of 

 Indian corn." 



HOUSATONIC AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1848, Acts of 1848, chapter 101. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $6,335.33 ; 

 now has $23,178.53 invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate, stocks and bank funds. Total assets, $23,792.32: 

 real estate, $21,000; stocks, $1,000 ; bank funds, $1,178.53 : 



