84 Cow and Pig Clubs in Lincolnshire, [may, 



The total fee payable to the Valuing Committee is 5s. ; and as 

 in this case the Committee comprises property owners and 

 farmers of a considerable acreage of land, it will be seen that 

 the fee is an extremely modest one, having regard to the fact 

 that cows entered in the Society are distributed over parts of no 

 less than eleven parishes within an area of about twelve square 

 miles, Moulton Chapel being the centre. 



Any person wishing to become a member of the Society must 

 be proposed at a quarterly meeting. The entrance fee is 2s. 6d. 

 for the first cow and is. for each subsequent cow. The sub- 

 scription is 6s. per annum for each cow and is payable in four 

 quarterly instalments of is. 6d. ; the cost of marking is 6d. 

 per cow. Hence, after the first year the cost of insuring three 

 cows would be 18s., while the value of the cows might be any 

 sum between £36 and £6$. A member on entering a cow and 

 describing its age and colour, pays the full annual subscription 

 and forthwith becomes entitled to the benefits of the Club. 

 Promptness in payment of subscriptions is insisted upon under 

 penalty of forfeiting all advantages. 



The Society above referred to commenced business with thirty- 

 five members and fifty -one cows ; there are now 112 members 

 and 225 cows, an average of two cows to each member. The 

 majority of the members have from one to two cows, while some 

 have three and four, and even six cows insured. 



About 3 per cent, on the average of the insured cows die 

 during the year, milk fever being the principal cause of death. 

 The Society sustained a loss of £7 during one year only of the 

 series. There was no epidemic amongst the cows (nor has there 

 been since the formation of the Society), but, as it happened, 

 nine cows died during that year, and the disbursements of the 

 Society were about ^"100, requiring a small draft to be made 

 upon the Reserve Fund. 



During the twenty years the funds have accumulated as 

 follows : — 



Funds in hand. 

 I s. d. 



At the end of 1884 .... n 12 2 



» 1887 ... 54 2 2 



}, I89O 119 I5 IO 



» 1893 ... I46 12 3 



i> 1896 _ .... 140 12 6 



