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in personal property. Total assets, $3,052.72: real estate 

 lease, $3,020; bills due and unpaid, $20; cash on hand, 

 $12.72. Liabilities consist of premiums due and unpaid and 

 outstanding bills to the amount of $G00. Receipts in 1894, 

 $3,008.80: bounty, $600; new members, $359.50; other 

 sources, $2,049.30. Expenditures in 1894, $3,242.72: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $907.75; current running 

 expenses, $1,108.15; otlier expenses, $1,220.82. The 

 society ofi'ered in premiums $1,523.80, awarded in premiums 

 and gratuities $1,073 and paid $907.75, which went to 19 

 cities and towns. Two hundred and one persons received 

 premiums and 22 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet 

 stock $664.50 was awarded and $616.50 paid; under head 

 of field and experimental crops $43 was aw^arded and $5 paid ; 

 under farm and garden products $211.25 was awarded and 

 $189 paid; under dairy products $22 was aw^arded and $21 

 paid; under domestic manufactures $55.75 was awarded and 

 $38.25 paid ; under agricultural implements $18 was awarded 

 and $13 paid ; under trotting $498.75 was awarded and paid ; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $48.50 

 was awarded and $27 paid. The society reports 1,005 

 members, — 755 males and 250 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Northampton, January 3, on 

 ''Proper care and training of children;" at Northampton, 

 January 25, on "Composition and food value of milk" 

 and " A talk on cooking;" and at Easthampton, March 22, 

 on " The relation of infectious diseases to the milk supply" 

 and "Manures and fertilizers and their use." 



HIGHLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 145. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,262 : now has $3,150 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockeiy, tables, 

 etc. Total assets, $3,152.58 : real estate, $3,0u0 ; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $150; cash on hand, $2.58. Lialnlities consist 

 of outstanding bills to the amount of $10. Receipts in 1894, 

 $1,421.41: bounty, $600; new members, $14 ; other sources, 

 $807.41. Expenditures in 1894, $1,418.83: premiums and 



