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cash on hand, $125.64. Receipts in 1897, $1,923.46: 

 bounty, $600; bank funds, $40 ; new members, $128 ; dona- 

 tions, $22.43; other sources, $1,133.03. Expenditures in 

 1897, $1,397.82: premiums paid, $737.65; current running 

 expenses, $630.33; other expenses, $29.84. The society 

 oifered $720 in premiums, and awarded and paid $737.65, 

 which went to 28 towns. Three hundred and thirty-eight 

 persons received premiums. Under head of farm and pet 

 stock $457.50 was awarded and paid; under field and gar- 

 den crops $42.50 was awarded and paid; under farm and 

 garden products $63.35 was awarded and paid; under dairy 

 products $14.25 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $64.50 was awarded and paid; under agricult- 

 ural implements $6.50 was awarded and paid; under trot- 

 ting $21 was paid; under objects otlier than agricultural, 

 not specified, $50 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 640 members, — 608 males and 32 females. Four 

 farmers' institutes were held: at Chesterfield, January 17, 

 on "Common diseases of animals and their treatment;" at 

 Ashfield, February 6, on "The work and influence of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College" and " Eastern v. West- 

 ern Farming;" at Cummington, February 25, on "Con- 

 tagious diseases which now threaten our stock " and " Fruit ; " 

 and at Cummington, September 28, on " Market gardening" 

 and " The postal service." 



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, $22,002.45 : real estate, $20,000 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $2,000; cash on hand, $2.45. Total 

 liabilities consist of notes to the amount of $700. Receipts 

 in 1897, $3,162.15: bounty, $600; new members, $11; 

 donations, $85 ; other sources, $2,466.15. Expenditures in 

 1897, $2,651.54: premiums and gratuities paid, $647.50; 

 current running expenses, $764.47 ; interest, $48.76 ; other 

 expenses, $1,190.81. The society offered $1,533.35 in pre- 



