282 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY^ 



Incorporated 1814, Acts of 1814, chapter 19. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 stated 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $3,255,26 ; now has $4,150 invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,196.70: real 

 estate, $4,000; crockery, tables, etc., $150; cash on hand, 

 $46.70. Total liabilities, $951: outstanding bills, $51; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $900. Receipts in 1894, 

 $2,135.04: bounty, $600; new members, $60; donations, 

 $203.17; other sources, $1,271.89. Expenditures in 1894, 

 $2,088.34: premiums and gratuities paid, $827.92; current 

 running expenses, $355.35; interest, $50.75; other ex- 

 penses, $854.32. The society offered in premiums $1,006, 

 and awarded and paid in premiums and gratuities $827.92, 

 which went to 16 cities and towns. One hundred and 

 twenty-one persons received premiums and 11 gratuities. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $370 was awarded and 

 paid ; under field and experimental crops $25 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm and garden crops $195.25 was awarded 

 and paid; under dairy products $32 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $107.35 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $465 was awarded and paid ; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $7 was awarded and 

 paid. The society reports 795 members, — 560 males and 

 235 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Sunderland, March 28, on " Taxation and the farmer " and 

 "Manures and fertilizers and their use;" at Sunderland, 

 December 20, on " The unemployed" and *' How to protect 

 fruits and garden crops from insects ; " and at Amherst, 

 December 26, on "Tuberculosis." 



HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIW AND HAMPDEN" AGRICULT- 

 URAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 125. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 stated 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $8,141.29 ; now has $3,032.72 invested as a capital stock 



