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premiums ; awarded $2,051.50, and paid $2,030, which went 

 to 26 towns, 3 of which were outside the State. Two 

 hundred and fifty-five dollars went to parties not resi- 

 dent of the State. Four hundred and seventeen persons 

 received premiums. Under head of farms $18 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm stock $1,034 was awarded, and 

 $1,027 paid; under field and experimental crops $2.63 

 was awarded, and $2.57 paid; under farm and garden 

 products $283 was awarded, and $277.50 paid; under dairy 

 products $42 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $336 was awarded, and $333 paid ; under trotting 

 $672 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $128 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 1,693 members, — 1,656 males and 37 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held at Great Barrington : 

 January 28, on "How shall the Awarding Committee be 

 Appointed ? " and ' ' Ought the Society to discontinue Pre- 

 miums on Farms and Growing Crops;" February 11, 

 on "The True Principles of Breeding;" February 25, on 

 " The Raising of Small Fruits and House Plants." 



MARSHFIELD AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 116. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,755.43 and now has 

 $20,580.08 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $20,580.08: real estate, 

 $19,072.78 ; crockery, tables, etc., $1,507.30. Total liabili- 

 ties, $5,323.72: premiums due and unpaid, $119.25; out- 

 standing bills, $204.47 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $5,000. 

 Receipts in 1891, $3,251.11 : bounty from the State, $600; 

 new members, $45 ; donations, $10 ; all other sources, 

 $2,596.11. Expenditures in 1891, $3,526.15: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $1,432.43 ; current running expenses, 

 $1,748.72 ; interest, $345. The society offered in premiums, 

 $1,749.50; awarded in premiums and gratuities, $1,551.68, 

 and paid, $1,432.43, which went to 32 cities and towns, 1 of 

 which (amount $0.25) was outside the State. One hundred and 



