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new members, $172; donations, $7.62; other sources, 

 $858.25. Expenditures in 1892, $1,265.75: premiums 

 paid, $678.90; current running expenses, $442.99; other 

 expenses, $143.86. Tlie society oflered in premiums $750, 

 awarded $703.65, and paid $678.90, which went to 26 

 cities and towns. Tliree dollars went to 3 cities and towns 

 outside the State. Three hundred and live persons received 

 premiums. Under head of farms $7.50 was awarded and 

 paid ; under farm and pet stock $444.05 was awarded and 

 $428.45 paid; under field and experimental crops $44.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $79.80 was awarded and $75.60 paid; under dairy products 

 $15.50 was awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures 

 $83.30 was awarded and $79.35 paid; under agricultural 

 implements $4.50 was awarded and paid; under objects 

 strictly agricultural, not specified. $4 was awarded and paid ; 

 under objects other than agricultural $21 was awarded 

 and $19.50 paid. The society reports 565 members, — 

 543 males and 22 females. Six formers' institutes were 

 held: at Goshen, January 6, on "Fertilizers" and "The 

 results of some experiments at the Agricultural College 

 farm;" at West Chesterfield, February 13, on "Co-opera- 

 tive creameries;" at Ashfield, February 17, on "Fer- 

 tilizers" and " Our Alaskan farm; " at Cummington, March 

 18, on "Fertilizers," "Brain food for farmers' boys " and 

 " Our country: its phenomenal growth and present magni- 

 tude; " at Cummington, August 24, on "General sub- 

 jects ; " at Cummington, September 27, on "The Creamery," 

 "What the State Board is doing for agriculture" and 

 "The silo." 



HINGHAM AGRICULTURAL AND 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, $22,284.50: real estate, $20,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $2,000; cash, $284.50. Total liabil- 

 ities consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the amount 



