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members, $46 ; donations, $20.50 ; other sources, $2,956.67. 

 Expenditures in 1899, $2,210.78 : premiums paid, $1,394.33 ; 

 current running expenses, $250; other expenses, $566.45. 

 The society oifered $1,800 in premiums, awarded $1,443.25 

 and paid $1,394.33, which went to 19 cities and towns. One 

 hundred and twelve persons received premiums. Under 

 head of farms $45 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 pet stock $643 was awarded and $613.47 paid; under field 

 and garden crops $46 was awarded and $39.40 paid; under 

 farm and garden products $24.50 was awarded and $21.09 

 paid ; under dairy products $8 was awarded and $6.50 paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $28 was awarded and $22.80 

 paid ; under trotting $635 was paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $13.75 was awarded and 

 $11.07 paid. The society reports 627 members, — 345 

 males and 282 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held : at Auburn, January 27, on " How to make New 

 England agriculture more profitable ; " at Sutton, April 12, 

 on "Japan and Japanese farming;" and at Oxford, No- 

 vember 28, on " Fruits." 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Agricultural Society in the County of Plymouth, 

 1819, Acts of 1819, chapter 2 ; name changed to Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society in 1870, Acts of 1870, chapter 251. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $9,550 ; 

 now has $1,595.12 invested as a capital stock in notes, bank 

 funds, bills due, crockery, tables, etc., and cash on hand. 

 Total assests, $1,595.12: notes, $50; bank funds, $1,313; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $37 ; bills due and unpaid, $100 ; cash 

 on hand, $95.12. Total liabilities consist of outstanding bills 

 to the amount of $171.29. Receipts in 1899, $8,898.22 : 

 bounty, $600; donations, $730.90 ; other sources, $7,567.32. 

 Expenditures in 1899, $7,453.10: premiums paid, $337.70; 

 current running expenses, $437.60 ; interest, $508.96 ; other 

 expenses, $6,168.84. The society ofi'ered $828.50 in pre- 

 miums, awarded $330.20 and paid $337.70 (including $7.50 

 awarded in 1898), which went to 6 cities and towns. Sev- 



