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real estate and bonds. Total assets $8,300.15 : real estate, 

 $7,500; bonds, $800; cash on hand, $0.15. Total liabili- 

 ties, $2,543.15 : outstanding bills, $43.15 ; mortgages or like 

 liabilities, $2,500. Receipts in 1891, $3,733.38: bounty 

 from the State, $600; income from notes, $29.95; bank 

 funds, $18; new members, $30; donations, $236.10; all 

 other sources, $2,819.33. Expenditures in 1891, $3,733.23: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,403.70; current running 

 expenses, $983.69; interest, $180.65; other expenses, 

 $1,165.19. The society offered $1,775.50 in premiums, and 

 awarded and paid $1,403.70 in premiums and gratuities, 

 which went to 11 cities and towns. Three hundred and 

 thirty-five persons received premiums and gratuities. Under 

 farm stock $458 was awarded and paid ; under field and 

 experimental crops $88 was awarded and paid ; under 

 farm and garden products $186.45 was awarded and paid ; 

 under dairy products $18 was awarded and paid ; under do- 

 mestic manufactures $143.25 was awarded and paid; $485 

 was awarded for trotting and running, and $25 was awarded 

 and paid for objects other than agricultural, not specified. 

 The society reports 607 members, — 371 males and 236 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at West 

 Barnstable, December 12, on "Growing Corn and Pota- 

 toes ;" at East Sandwich, December 19, on "Dairying in 

 Barnstable County ;" at Barnstable, December 29, on " How 

 to Handle the Finances of the Society." 



BAY STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1886. General Laws. 



The society, in its first report (1888), stated the amount 

 raised by contribution to be at that time $2,177.16, and it 

 now has $288.40 invested as a capital stock in cash on hand. 

 Expenditures in 1891, $209.70 : current running expenses, 

 $59.70; other expenses (Institutes), $150. The society 

 reports a membership of 440. No regularly organized 

 fair was held in 1891, but the extent of previous fairs held 

 by this society can be best understood by stating 



