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awarded, and $43.50 paid ; under farm stock $491 was 

 awarded, and $472.40 paid; under field and experimental 

 crops $45 was awarded, and $44.06 paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $22.25 was awarded, and $21.88 

 paid; under dairy products $11 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $27 was awarded, and 

 $23.94 paid; under agricultural implements $3 was awarded 

 and paid ; under trotting $425 was awarded and paid ; under 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified, $25.25 was 

 awarded, and $23.87 paid. The society reports 620 mem- 

 bers, — 333 males and 287 females. Three farmers' institutes 

 were held: at Sutton, February 26, on "An Outlook on 

 the Situation, the Farmer as a Citizen" and "The Sheep 

 Industry;" at Oxford, March 26, on "Road Making," 

 "Formation of Soils," "Best Breeds of Dairy Cows" and 

 " Observations of Western Farming ; " at Oxford, Decem- 

 ber 10, on " Horses and Sheep " and " Care of Dairy Stock." 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1819, Acts of 1819, chapter 2. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

 reported its permanent fund ( par value ) to be $9,550 and 

 it now has $30,317.96 invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate, cash on hand, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, 



),317.96: real estate, $30,000; crockery, tables, etc., 

 ; cash on hand, $117.96. The liabilities of the society 

 consist of notes to the amount of $1,700. Receipts 

 in 1891, $16,642.33: bounty from the State, $600; 

 new members, $45 ; donations, $4 ; all other sources, 

 $15,993.33. Expenditures in 1891, $16,524.37 : premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $3,283.60; current running expenses, 

 $2,719.16; interest, $454.34 ; other expenses, $10,067.27. 

 The society offered $3,847.50 in premiums, and awarded and 

 paid in premiums and gratuities, $3,283.60, which went to 

 27 cities and towns, 2 of which were outside the State. 

 Three hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents went to 

 parties not resident of the State. Two hundred and 



