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$801.50 was awarded and $791.50 paid; under field and 

 experimental crops $30 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $67 was awarded and $65.50 paid; 

 under dairy products $10 was awarded and paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $63.10 was awarded and $59.38 paid ; 

 under agricultural implements $10 was awarded; under 

 trotting $480 was awarded and paid ; under ol)jects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $200 was awarded and paid. 

 The society reports 957 members, — 532 males and 425 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at Oakham, 

 January 19, on " Milk and its production," and " Potatoes ; " 

 at Spencer, February 18, on "The tarift' as it aftects the 

 farmer" and " Road building and maintenance ; " at Brook- 

 field, March 11, on "Taxation," and " Contagious diseases 

 of animals." 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,447.23 ; now has 

 ),632.89 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $10,659.04: real estate, 

 $9,000; crockery, ta])les, etc., $1,632.89; cash, $26.20. 

 Total liabilities, $1,694.20: premiums unpaid, $44.20; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $1,650. Receipts in 1892, $4,- 

 166.52: bounty, $600; new members, $166; d(mations, 

 $143; other sources, $3,257.52. Expenditures in 1892, 

 $4,140.32 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,105.50* ; current 

 running expenses, $815.40; interest, $6.25; other expenses, 

 $2,213.17. The society oftered $1,777.55 in premiums, 

 awarded in premiums and gratuities $1,139.65 and paid 

 $1,070.75, which went to 23 cities and towns. Eleven dollars 

 and seventy-five cents went to 3 towns outside the State. 

 One hundred and eighty-one persons received premiums 

 and fifty-six gratuities. Under head of farms $5.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $472.25 was 

 awarded and $434 paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $41 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 



* Thirty-four dollars and seventy-five cents were for premiums of 1891. 



