ADVERTISEMENT. 



Date of Incorpora- 

 tion. 



Date of 1st Pay- 

 ment. 



Total amount 

 received. 



Massachusetts Society for promoting Ag- 

 riculture, s March 7, 1792 



Western Soc. of Middlesex Husbandmen, Feb. 28, 1803^ 



Nairn cl gi lo S ciel} ol Middles* x ; 



Husbandmen and Manufacturers, - Jan. 24,1820} 



Berkshire Agricultural Society,* - - Feb. 25,1811 



Hamp hire, Franklin and Hampden Ag- 

 ricultural Societies, - - - - Feb. 19, 1818 



Worcester Agricultural Society, - - Feb. 23, 1818 



Essex Agricultural Society, ... June 12, 1818 



Agricultural Society in the County of 



Plymouth, June 11, 1819 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, - | June 14, 1823 



Agricultural Society of the County of 



Hampden, ! March 5, 1844 



Barnstable County Agricultural Society, March 15. 1344 



Oct. 29, 1817 



Jan. 12, 1820 



Oct. 29, 1817 



Oct. 13, 1819 

 Jan. 12, 1820 

 Jan. 12, 1820 



Oct. 27, 1820 

 Nov. 9,1824 



Nov. 21, 1844 

 Feb. 11,1845 



§18,300 00 



14,340 80 



13,736 60 



16 200 00 

 16,200 00 

 15,140 40 



12,884 49 

 7,346 32 



1,200 00 

 468 00 



5115,816 61 



The following- Societies have also been incorporated at the dates annexed, 

 but are not known to have gone into operation ; viz; — 



Farmers' Association, ... February 13, 1821 

 Hampshire Agricultural Society, - June 11, 1814 



Suffolk Agricultural Society, - - April 10, 1839 



In 1837, Resolves (chap. 67) were passed of the following tenor; viz. 



" Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of 

 the Council, is hereby authorized and requested to appoint some suitable and 

 competent person, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of His Excel- 

 lency the Governor, to make an Agricultural Survey of the Commonwealth, 

 collect accurate information of the state and condition of its agriculture, and 

 every subject connected with it, point out the means of improvement, and 

 make a detailed report thereof, with as much exactness as circumstances will 

 admit. 



" Resolved, That a summary of such survey and examination shall be fur- 

 nished to His Excellency the Governor every six months, until the whole shall 

 be completed, and at such other times as shall be required, to be published in 

 such way and manner as he, with the advice of the Council, shall deem to be 

 expedient and useful; and he is authorized to draw his warrants, from time to 

 time, upon the treasurer, for such sums as may be necessary to defray the 

 expenses of said survey, and to enable the person, so appointed, to proceed in 



* The Cattle Show and Fair of lliis Society, at Pittsfield, in 1S14, was the first held in this country. 



