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tables, etc., $600. Receipts in 1899, $124,924.60: bounty, 

 $600; bank funds, $413.89; new members, $80; other 

 sources, $123,830.71. Expenditures in 1899, $9,042.34: 

 premiums paid, $601 ; current running expenses, $900.11 ; 

 interest, $3,770.46 ; other expenses, $3,770.77. The society 

 oliered $635.50 in premiums, and awarded and paid $601, 

 which went to 13 cities and towns. Sixty-five persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farm and pet stock $125 

 was awarded and paid; under field and garden crops $176 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $305 was awarded and paid ; under dairy products $75 was 

 awarded and paid. The society reports 1,813 members, — 

 1,651 males and 162 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held: at Worcester, January 26, on " The agricultural and 

 horticultural products of Turkey" and " Good hay crops, 

 and how to secure them;" at Worcester, March 31, on 

 '* Economical dairying;" and at Westborough, April 6, on 

 " Breeding, care and management of domestic poultry " and 

 " The new agriculture : or, a system of farming for success." 



WORCESTER EAST AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1890, Acts of 1890, chapter 41. 



Originally raised by contribution, $2,296.23; now has 

 $6,243.77 invested as a capital stock in real estate, bank 

 funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $6,243.77 : real 

 estate, $5,181.03; bank funds, $754.74; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $308. Receipts in 1899, $5,832.12: bounty, $600 

 bank funds, $40.82; new members, $54; donations, $232 

 other sources, $4,905.30. Expenditures in 1899, $6,420.82 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,278.75 ; current running 

 expenses, $3,999.19; other expenses, $1,142.88. The 

 society ofiered about $1,500 in premiums, awarded $1,291.75 

 in premiums and gratuities and paid $1,278.75, which went 

 to 23 cities and towns. Two hundred and twent}'^ persons 

 received premiums and gratuities. Under head of farm and 

 pet stock $700.50 was awarded and paid; under farm and 

 garden products $243.25 was awarded and paid ; under dairy 

 products $95 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 



