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amount of $700. Receipts in 1897, $2,852.45 : bounty, 

 $600; bank funds, $15; new members, $18; donations, 

 $335.86; other sources, $1,883.59. Expenditures in 1897, 

 $3,743.31: premiums and gratuities paid, $1,717.23; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $1,047.89 ; other expenses, $978.19. 

 The society offered $2,500 in premiums, awarded $1,950 in 

 premiums and gratuities and paid $1,717.23, which went to 

 22 cities and towns. Sixty-five dollars went to 2 towns 

 outside the State. One hundred and sixty-five persons re- 

 ceived premiums and 22 gratuities. Under head of farms 

 $43 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $795.05 was awarded and paid ; under field and garden 

 crops and fixrni and garden products $89.75 was awarded and 

 paid; under dairy products $11 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $56 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $770 was paid ; under objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $20 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 958 members, — 530 males and 428 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held at Spencer : January 

 20, on "The introduction of agriculture into our common 

 schools " and " The reflections of a modern hayseed ; " Janu- 

 ary 21, on " The farmer's economic need of bees ; " and 

 January 22, on " Common plant diseases." 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,447.23 ; now has 

 $9,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $9,099.65: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash on hand, $99.65. 

 Total liabilities, $1,673.20: premiums due and unpaid, 

 $23.20; mortgages or like liabilities, $1,650. Receipts in 

 1897, $3,161.92: bounty, $600; new members, $73; other 

 sources, $2,488.92. Expenditures in 1897, $3,062.27 : pre- 

 miums and gratuities paid, $1,152; current running ex- 

 penses, $832.05; interest, $92.87; other expenses, $985.35. 

 The society offered $1,848.55 in premiums, awarded $1,175.20 

 in premiums and gratuities and paid $1,152, which went 



