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bers. Four farmers' institutes were held at Palmer : January 

 13, on "Market Gardening;" February 3, on "Care, 

 Breeding and Management of Horses;" February 17, on 

 "Building and Repair of Highways;" and March 3, on 

 " An Outlook on the Situation ; the Farmer as a Citizen." 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 25. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853, 

 reported the amount of its permanent fund ( par value ) to 

 be $9,363.66, and it now has $19,390.86 invested as a 

 capital stock in real estate, stocks, and bonds. Total assets, 

 $19,648.67 : real estate, $5,000; stocks, $13,390.86; bonds, 

 $1,000; bank funds, $57.81; crockery, tables, etc., $200. 

 Receipts in 1891, $2,885.31 : bounty from the State, $600; 

 stocks, $1,030.51 ; bonds, $60 ; new members, $222 ; all 

 other sources, $972.80. Expenditures in 1891, $2,650.49 : 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,711; current running 

 expenses, $880.99 ; interest, $15 ; other expenses, $43.50. 

 The society offered in premiums $3,697, awarded in pre- 

 miums and gratuities $1,859.25,* and paid $l,711,f which 

 went to 31 cities and towns. Three hundred and twenty- 

 three persons received premiums and 244 received gratuities. 

 Under head of farms, $129 was awarded and $115 paid; 

 under farm stock $794 was awarded and $693 paid ; under 

 field and experimental crops $110 was awarded and $80 

 paid ; under farm and garden products $432.50 was awarded 

 and $466.50 paid; under dairy products $28 was awarded 

 and $18 paid; under domestic manufactures $125.50 was 

 awarded ; under agricultural implements $76 was awarded 

 and $58 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $210 was awarded and $158 paid. The society 

 reports 1,512 members, — 1,501 males and 11 females. 

 Eight farmers' institutes were held : at Peabody, January 

 2, on "Permanent Location of Fair," and "The New 

 South;" at Newbury, January 16, on "Fertilizers," and 

 *' Lookout Mountain, Cave of Luray and the Natural 



* Premiums awarded are for 1891. f Premiums paid are for 1890. 



