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farms $12 was awarded and $8 paid; under farm and pet 

 stock $691.50 was awarded and $664.50 paid; under 

 farm and garden products $161 was awarded and $158 

 paid ; under dairy products $13 was awarded and paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $125.65 was awarded and 

 $121.65 paid; under trotting $500 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $22 was awarded and $21 paid. Diplomas were 

 awarded for agricultural implements. The society reports 

 about 1,800 members, — 1,500 males and 300 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Greenfield, Jan- 

 uary 16, on " Botany of the farm" and " The five secrets 

 of good butter-making ; " at Montague, February 6, on 

 " The Dairy Bureau " and " Country roads j " at Greenfield, 

 February 15, on "Fair management." 



HAMPDEN AGEICULTURAL 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 $794.79 invested as a capital stock in bank funds 

 and cash. Total assets, $794.79 : bank funds, $580.67 ; cash, 

 $214.12. Receipts in 1892, $1,904.77 : bounty, $600; bank 

 funds, $21.18; new members, $22.50; donations, $206.95; 

 other sources, $1,054.14. Expenditures in 1892, $2,535.05 : 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $687.47 ; current running 

 expenses, $1,001.69 ; other expenses, $845.89. The society 

 offered in premiums $2,075, awarded $892.45 in premiums 

 and gratuities, and paid $687.47, which went to 14 cities 

 and towns. Eighty-three persons received premiums and 

 25 received gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock 

 $384.25 was awarded and $329.01 paid; under field and 

 experimental crops $63.25 was awarded ."nd i)aid ; under 

 farm and garden products $108.95 was awarded and $102.33 

 paid ; under dairy products $6 was awarded and paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $118.75 was awarded and $99.63 paid ; 

 under agricultural implements $32 was awarded and paid ; 

 under other objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $28.50 



