No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 535 



miums paid, $1,436.75 ; current running expenses, $674.06 ; 

 interest, $509.80; other expenses, $266.39. The society 

 awarded $1,552.45 * in premiums and paid $1,509.50,* which 

 went to 30 cities and towns. Four hundred and fifty-three 

 persons received premiums. Under head of farms $40 was 

 awarded and $50 paid; under farm and pet stock $776.50 

 was awarded and $738.50 paid ; under field and garden crops 

 $36 was awarded and $104 paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $408.50 was awarded and $360 paid; under dairy 

 products $8 was awarded and $1 paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $102.95 was awarded and $140.25 paid ; under agri- 

 cultural implements $64 was awarded and $47 paid ; under 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified, $116.50 was 

 awarded and $68.75 paid. The society reports 1,273 mem- 

 bers, — 1,258 males and 15 females. Five farmers' institutes 

 were held: at Essex, January 13, on "How to feed the 

 dairy cow" and "Economic summer and winter feeds for 

 milch cows;" at Newbury, February 3, on "The demands 

 of the future on the New England farmer "and " Inducements 

 for sticking to the old farm ; " at Beverly, February 24, on 

 "Practical poultry culture" and "How to make the farm 

 pay ; " at West Newbury, March 3, on " The constituents of 

 commercial fruit culture" and " Market gardening and how 

 it is practised on the large vegetable farms of Rhode Island ; " 

 and at Andover, March 17, on "Silos and ensilage" and 

 " How to feed the milch cow." 



FRANKLIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1850, Acts of 1850, chapter 104. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $3,768 ; 

 now has $8,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 stocks, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $8,342.96 : real 

 estate, $7,000; stocks, $1,000; bills due and unpaid (esti- 

 mated), $300; cash on hand, $42.96. Total liabilities, 

 $3,189: outstanding bills, $889; mortgages or like liabili- 

 ties, $2,300. Receipts in 1899, $5,168.88: bounty, $600; 



* Amounts awarded for 1899 ; paid for 1898. 



