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paid; under farm and garden products $80.50 was awarded 

 and $78.75 paid; under dairy products $10 was awarded and 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $70.50 was awarded and 

 $63.91 paid; under trotting $790 was paid. The society 

 reports 953 members, — 520 males and 427 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held at Spencer : January 29, on 

 *'The management of agricultural fairs;" January 30, on 

 "General fruit culture;" and January 31, on "Grasses 

 and forage crops." 



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, $9,627.01: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash, $627.01. Total liabil- 

 ities, $2,211.04: premiums due and unpaid, $61.04; mort- 

 gages or like liabilities, $2,150. Receipts in 1896, $2,745.92 : 

 bounty, $600 ; new members, $54 ; donations, $5 ; other 

 sources, $2,086.92. Expenditures in 1896, $2,118.91 : pre- 

 miums and gratuities paid (including $34.25 due for pre- 

 miums awarded in 1895), $1,185.91; current running 

 expenses, $755.58 ; interest, $122.13 ; other expenses, 

 $55.29. The society offered $1,848.55 in premiums, 

 awarded $1,212.70 in premiums and gratuities and paid 

 $1,151.66, which went to 26 cities and towns. Eight dol- 

 lars and seventy-five cents went to 3 towns outside the 

 State. Two hundred and four persons received premiums 

 and S2 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock 

 $472.75 was awarded and $432.50 paid; under field and 

 garden crops $49 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 garden products $47 was awarded and $39.88 paid; under 

 dairy products $11.25 was awarded and paid ; under domes- 

 tic manufactures $107.41 was awarded and $94.36 paid; 

 under agricultural implements $5.25 was awarded and $5.13 

 paid; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $105 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $3.90 was paid ; un- 

 der objects other than agricultural, not specified, $25.04 was 

 awarded and $24.54 paid. The society reports 1,281 mem- 



