AMESBTJRY AND SALISBURY AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1881, Acts of 1881, chapter 204. 



Originally raised by contribution $1,002.32, and now has 

 $3,864.04 invested as a capital stock in two mortgages, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $3,928.92 : 

 notes, $2,200; bank funds, $1,202.04; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $462 ; bills due and unpaid, $55 ; cash on hand, $9.88. 

 Total liabilities, $7.40: premiums due and unpaid, $3; 

 outstanding bills, $4.40. Keceipts in 1891, $1,235.43: 

 bounty from State, $503 ; income from notes, $134 ; bank 

 funds, $45.74 ; new members, $36; donations, $17.40 ; all 

 other sources, $499.29. Expenditures in 1891, $1,118.07: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $550.25; current running 

 expenses, $55.29; other expenses, $512.53. The society 

 offered $1,200 in premiums, awarded $553.25 in premiums 

 and gratuities, and paid $550.25, $24.50 of which went to 

 parties not resident of the State. Two hundred and nine per- 

 sons received premiums and 105 received gratuities, which 

 went to 6 cities and towns, one of which was outside the State. 

 Under the head of farms $10 was awarded and paid ; 

 under farm stock, $183.25 was awarded and paid ; under 

 farm and garden products $139.90 was awarded and $138.40 

 paid; under dairy products $1.50 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $105.20 was awarded and 

 $103.70 paid ; for agricultural implements $10 was awarded 

 and paid ; for objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 

 $14 was awarded and paid ; for objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $89.40 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 142 members, — 134 males and 8 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held at Amesbury : January 

 14, on "The Grass Crop " and "Breeding of Dairy Cattle ; " 

 February 24, on "General Farm Management" and "Life 

 in the Forest of New Granada; " and March 24, on "The 

 New South " and "Is it profitable for Essex County Farmers 

 to breed the General Service Horse ? " 



