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offered 11,436.25 in premiums, awarded $1,169.67 and paid 

 $1,149.99,* which went to 27 cities and towns. Four dollars 

 and thirty-five cents went to 1 city and 1 town outside the 

 State. Two hundred and thirty-four persons received 

 premiums. Under head of farm and pet stock $538.75 was 

 awarded and $528.75 paid ; under farm and garden products 

 ► .72 was awarded and $60.82 paid; under dairy products 

 was aw^arded and $23 paid ; under domestic manufact- 

 ures $87.70 was awarded and $86.05 paid; under trotting 

 $400 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $53.50 was awarded and $51.37 paid. The society 

 reports 1,084 members, — 843 males and 241 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Charlemont, January 

 25, on "Tuberculosis;" at Ashfield, February 15, on "The 

 horse's foot, care and diseases," and " Japan ; its farms and 

 farmers;" and at Buckland, December 16, on "Economic 

 summer and winter feed for milch cows." 



EASTERN HAMPDEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1856, Acts of 1856, chapter 156. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000 ; now has $7,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $7,053.25: real estate, $7,000; bills due and unpaid, $51; 

 cash on hand, $2.25. Total liabilities, $3,920.51 : outstand- 

 ing bills, $861.60 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $3,059.56. 

 Receipts in 1896, $2,110.73: bounty, $600; new members, 

 $40; donations, $63.51; other sources, $1,407.22. Ex- 

 penditures in 1896, $2,110.73 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $1,748.85; other expenses, $745.91. The society 

 offered $2,426.75 in premiums, and awarded and paid $1,- 

 748.85 f in premiums and gratuities, Avhich went to 21 cities 

 and towns. One hundred and thirty-five persons received 

 premiums and gratuities. Under head of farms $10 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $668.75 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $161.80 was awarded and paid ; under dairy products $7 was 

 awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $56.30 

 was aw^arded and paid ; under trotting $830 was paid ; under 



* Of this amount, f 400 was paid for trotting, 

 t Of this amount, $830 was paid for trotting. 



