The financial condition of the society can be ascertained by an 

 examination of the Treasuier's Report. The society were obliged to 

 borrow $200, $100 of which was expended in shingling one side of 

 the hall, the balance, with the amount subscribed by a few energetic 

 citizens, in repairing the track, and we can now truly boast of the 

 finest half mile track in the State. One hundred dollars of the sum 

 borrowed has been repaid. The expenses have been unavoidably 

 large this year, yet the officers have endeavored to be prudent and 

 practiced strict economy. 



During the winter the required number of Institutes were held. 

 They were well attended and proved profitable and beneficial to all. 

 I trust that the members and alVothers interested in agriculture will 

 be in attendance at the institutes this winter. Nothing can be of 

 more profit to the farmer than these, as it affords a meeting where 

 farmers can compare the labors of the past year, relate experiments 

 which they have tried, so that others may profit by them, suggest new 

 ideas and thoughts, propound new questions and theories, and above 

 all, it tends to stir up a spirit of sociability, which farmers as a rule 

 lack. 



In conclusion I desire to urge every member of the society and all 

 others interested in it to contribute something to our next Fair, see 

 to it that your neighbor and all in your immediate vicinity do so, 

 attend the institutes, and by your acts and deeds show to all that 

 you are interested in agriculture and in the best welfare of the 

 Hampshire Agricultural Society. 



Thanking all who have aided us in our last Fair, either as members, 

 officers, or contributors, and trusting they will continue so to do, 



I am, yours truly, 



FRANK E. PAIGE, 



Secretary. 



