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head of farm and pet stock $373 was awarded and $324.50 

 paid ; under farm and garden products $263 was awarded 

 and $237.80 paid ; under dairy products $5 was awarded and 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $78 was awarded and 

 $68.50 paid; under agricultural implements $5 was awarded 

 and paid; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 

 $20 was awarded and paid; under trotting $510 was paid; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $18 was 

 awarded and paid. The society reports 922 male members ; 

 number of female members not known. Four farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held : at AVestford, January 11, on " Grasses and 

 forage crops ; " at Dracut, February 8, on " Practical poultry 

 culture " and ' ' Home : its surroundings and influences ; " at 

 Tewksbury, February 24, on "Necessities of to-day " and 

 " Flowers for amateurs, in doors and out ; " and at Billerica, 

 October 25, on " The new agriculture ; or, a system of farm- 

 ing for success." 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH AGRICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1854, Acts of 1854, chapter 84. 



Originally raised by contrilmtion, $3,000 ; now has 

 $13,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $13,200: real estate, $13,000; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $200. Total liabilities consist of mortgages or like 

 liabilities to the amount of $7,700. Receipts in 1899, 

 $1,585.86: bounty, $300.90; donations, $45.25; other 

 sources, $1,239.71. Expenditures in 1899, $1,552.12: pre- 

 miums and gratuities paid, $759.25; current running 

 expenses, $585.37; interest, $207.50. The society offered 

 $1,523.75 in premiums, and awarded and paid $759.25 in 

 premiums and gratuities, which went to 8 cities and towns. 

 Ninety-one persons received premiums and 22 gratuities. 

 Under head of farms $17 was awarded and paid; under farm 

 and pet stock $203.75 was awarded and paid; under farm 

 and garden products $87.65 was awarded and paid; under 

 domestic manufactures $43 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $400 was paid ; under objects other than agricult- 

 ural, not specified, $7.75 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 561 members, — 355 males and 206 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Sudbury, February 



