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estate, $10,000; crockery, tables, etc., $400; cash on hand, 

 $87.22. A mortgage of $200 is reported. Receipts in 1891, 

 $4,897.44 : bounty from State, $600 ; new members, $100 ; all 

 other sources, $4,197.44. Expenditures in 1891, $4,330.99 ; 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,885.24; current running 

 expenses, $2,391.75; interest, $54. The society offered 

 $2,646.45 in premiums ; awarded in premiums and 

 gratuities, $1,953.50; and paid $1,885.24, which went to 

 176 persons in 35 cities and towns. Thirty-seven dollars 

 and thirty-three cents went to 3 cities and towns outside the 

 State. Under head of farms $28 was awarded, and $27 

 paid; under farm stock $627.75 was awarded and $599.33 

 paid ; under farm and garden products $155.50 was awarded, 

 and $145.50 paid; under dairy products $19 was awarded, 

 and $18.33 paid ; under domestic manufactures $49.25 was 

 awarded, and $46.25 paid; $0.50 was awarded and paid for 

 agricultural implements ; $1,007.50 was awarded and paid for 

 trotting ; and for objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $66 was awarded, and $40.83 paid. The society reports 882 

 members, — 591 males and 291 females. Four farmers' 

 institutes were held : at Royalston, January 28, on " Grass 

 Crop " and " The Breeding of Dairy Cattle ; " at Petersham, 

 February 20, on "Business and Personal Expenses" and 

 "Farm ^Esthetics ; " at Phillipston, March 18, on "How 

 to Improve our Farms" and " Dairy Stock and its Care ; " 

 at Gardner, March 21, on " Indian Corn " and " Poultry." 



WORCESTER SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,127.40 and now has 

 s^.")00 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $8,688.03 : real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $500; cash on hand, $188.03. Total 

 liabilities, $1,578.75 : premiums due and unpaid, $78.75; 

 mortgages or like liabilities $1,500. Receipts in 1891, 

 $4,641.51 : bounty from the State $600 ; new members, $79 ; 

 all other sources, $3,962.51. Expenditures in 1891, 



