No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 531 



170.75 ; new members, $48 ; other sources, $7,950.37. Ex- 

 penditures in 1899, $8,413.11 : premiums paid, $2,417.75;* 

 current running expenses, $3,509.95; interest, $227.80; 

 other expenses, $2,257.61. The society offered $1,673.25 

 in premiums, and awarded $1,059.75 in premiums and paid 

 $1,059.50, which went to 23 cities and towns. Eighty-four 

 dollars and' seventy-five cents went to 3 cities and towns out- 

 side the State. One hundred and ninety-one persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farm and pet stock $687.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $172.75 was awarded and paid; under dairy products $16 

 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $125 

 was awarded and $124.75 paid; under trotting $1,045 was 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $58.50 was awarded and paid. The society reports 939 

 members — 834 males and 105 females. Three farmers' in- 

 stitutes were held : at Lanesborough, December 15, on 

 ' ' Financial condition of our agricultural societies ; " at Dal- 

 ton, December 22, on "The gypsy moth in the Legislature ; " 

 and at New Lenox, December 29, on "The stabling and 

 care of milch cows, with special reference to health and 

 profit." 



BLACKSTONE VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1884, Acts of 1884, chapter 48. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has $4,500 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, tables, 

 etc. Total assets, $4,529.08 : real estate, $4,400 ; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $100; cash on hand, $29.08. Total liabilities 

 consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the amount of 

 $2,000. Receipts in 1899, $2,356.30: bounty, $592.67; 

 new members, $23; donations, $17.88; other sources, 

 $1,722.75. Expenditures in 1899, $2,327.22 : premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $541.57 ; current running expenses, 

 $1,702.61; interest, $83.04. The society ofifered $900 in 

 premiums, awarded $559.45 in premiums and gratuities and 

 paid $541.57, which went to 10 cities and towns. Eighty- 

 three persons received premiums and 17 gratuities. Under 



* $1,358.25 for 1898. 



