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under farm and pet stock $551 was awarded and paid; 

 under field and experimental crops $190 was awarded and 

 paid; under farm and garden crops $126.50 was awarded 

 and paid ; under dairy products $3 1 was awarded and paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $179 was awarded and paid ; 

 under agricultural implements $20 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $1,74G was awarded and paid ; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $85.50 was awarded 

 and paid. The society reports 947 meml)ers, — 932 males 

 and 15 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Cheshire, December 10, on " Sheep and sheep raising and 

 management ; " at North Adams, December 17, on " Feeding 

 of stock;" at Williamstown, December 24, on "Dairy 

 cows " and " Roads." 



HOUSATONIC AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1848, Acts of 1848, chapter lOl. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 re- 

 ported the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $6,335.33; now has $12,661.04 invested as a capital stock 

 in real estate, stocks and bank funds. Total assets, $13,- 

 049.61: real estate, $11,000; stocks, $1,000 ; bank funds, 

 $661.04; crockery, tables, etc., $200; cash, $188.57. Total 

 liabilities, $550 : outstanding bills, $250 (estimated) ; mort- 

 gages or like liabilities, $300. Receipts in 1892, $9,262.43 : 

 bounty, $600; from stocks, $52.75; from bank funds, 

 $23.71 : new members, $188.67 ; other sources, $8,397.30. 

 Expenditures in 1892, $9,048.26 : premiums paid, $2,- 

 786.86; current running expenses, $2,535.97; interest, 

 $26.88; other expenses, $3,698.55. The society offered 

 in premiums $2,342, awarded $2,798.36, and paid $2,- 

 786.86, which went to 24 cities and towns. Five dollars 

 went to two towns outside the State. Four hundred and 

 twenty persons received premiums. Under head of farms 

 $25 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $951 was awarded and $950 paid; under field and experi- 

 mental crops $259 was awarded and $253 paid ; under farm 

 and garden crops $270.50 was awarded and $269 })aid ; 

 under dairy ])roducts $33 was awarded and paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $412 was awarded and $408.50 paid ; 



