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imder a^Ticultural implements $6. -50 was awarded and 

 paid; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $6.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $25 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects otlier than agricultural, not specified, 

 $17.55 was awarded and paid. The society reports 571 

 members, — 548 males and 23 females. Four farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held : at Ashfield, February 24, on " Education " 

 and "Taxation ; " Goshen, March 17, on "Work of the Dairy 

 Bureau" and "Tuberculosis in cattle;" at Cummington, 

 September 25, on general subjects ; and at Cummington, 

 November 13, on " The unemployed " and " Farm labor." 



HINGHAM AGRICULTURAL AISTD HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated. 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 99. 



Originally raised by contribution $17,406.15; now has 

 122,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $22,374.06 : real estate, $20,000 ; 

 crocker\% tables, etc., $2,000; cash on hand, $374.06. 

 Liabilities consist of mortgages or like liabilities, to the 

 amount of $500. Receipts in 1894, $4,337.24: bounty, 

 $600; notes, $1,200; new members, $183; dtmations, 

 $147.35; other sources, $2,206.89. Expenditures in 1894, 

 $4,449.62: premiums and gratuities paid, $714.50 ; current 

 running expenses, $1,937.78 ; interest and notes, $1,744.85 ; 

 other expenses, $52.49. The society offered in premiums 

 $1,950.15 and awarded and paid $714.50, which went to 16 

 cities and towns. Seventy-five cents went to one town 

 outside the State. One hundred and ninety-eight persons 

 received premiums and 270 gratuities. Under head of farms 

 $20 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $323.75 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden prod- 

 ucts $142.25 was awarded and paid; under dairy products 

 $9 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $95.30 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $35.35 was awarded and paid. 

 The society reports 752 members, — 540 males and 212 

 females. Four farmers' institutes were held at Hingham : 



