278 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



DEERPIELD VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated. 1871, Acts of 1871, chapter 208. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,094.01 ; now has 

 $9,200 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $9,519.40: real estate, $9,200; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $250; bills due or unpaid, $69.40. Liabilities con- 

 sist of mortgages and like liabilities to the amount of 

 $1,144.40. Receipts in 1894, $1,825.11: bounty, $600; 

 new members, $86; donations, $5.90; other sources, $1,- 

 133.21. Expenditures in 1894, $1,825.11 : premiums paid, 

 1978; current running expenses, $792.70; interest, $54.41. 

 The society ofiered in premiums $1,125.75, awarded $978 

 and paid $973, which went to 27 cities and towns. One 

 dollar and fifty cents went to one town outside the State. 

 Two hundred and twenty-five persons received premiums. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $625.65 was awarded and 

 $624.15 paid; under farm and garden products $70 was 

 awarded and $Q8 paid ; under dairy products $17 was awarded 

 and paid; under domestic manufactures $71.10 v/as awarded 

 and $68.70 paid ; under trotting $150 was awarded and paid ; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $44.25 was 

 awarded and paid. The society reports 1,330 members, — 

 1,220 males and 110 females. Three farmers' institutes 

 were held: at Charlemont, January 20, on "How to im- 

 prove our schools " and " Roads ; " at Ashfield, February 24, 

 on " Education " and " Taxation ; " and at Buckland, March 

 10, on "Tuberculosis in cattle." 



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, 

 $7,089.09 : real estate, $7,000; cash, $89.09. Total liabili- 

 ties consist of a note for $2,800. Receipts in 1894, 

 $1,928.61: bounty, $600; new members, $23; donations, 

 $48.46; other sources, $1,321.15. Expenditures in 1894, 

 $1,839.52 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,067.07 ; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $489.85 ; interest, $151.93 ; other 



