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factures $77.75 was awarded and paid; under agricultural 

 implements $16 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $806 

 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $83.75 was awarded and paid. The society reports 698 mem- 

 bers, — 465 males and 233 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Lancaster, February 21, on "Plant 

 food;" at Harvard, March 25, on "Fungoid diseases and 

 their remedies" and "The home garden;" and at West 

 Boylston, December 20, on "Good, better, best, methods 

 of producing and selling milk." 



WORCESTER NORTH-WEST AGRICULTURAL AND 

 MECHANICAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 117. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,400 ; now has $12,600 

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

 Total assets, $12,705.39: real estate, $12,000; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $600; cash on hand, $105.39. Total liabilities 

 consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the amount of 

 $3,600. Receipts in 1899, $4,014.92 : bounty, $600 ; new 

 members, $12.50; other sources, $3,402.42. Expenditures 

 in 1899, $3,909.53: premiums paid, $1,935.64; current 

 running expenses, $1,800.98 ; interest, $172.91. The society 

 offered $2,501.25 in premiums, awarded $2,022.95 and paid 

 $1,935.64, which went to 20 cities and towns. Three dollars 

 and seventy-five cents went to 2 towns outside the State. One 

 hundred and forty-three persons received premiums. Under 

 head of farms $19 was awarded and $18 paid ; under farm and 

 pet stock $723.50 was awarded and $705.69 paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $99.50 was awarded and $98.50 paid; 

 under dairy products $14 was awarded and paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $35.45 was awarded and $32.45 paid ; 

 under agricultural implements $1 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $1,058 was paid; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $9.50 was awarded and $8 paid. 

 The society reports 1,043 members, — 668 males and 375 

 females. Four farmers' institutes were held : at Athol, Feb- 

 ruary 8, on "Why I like the farm " and " Poultry for profit ; " 

 at Petersham, February 18, on "A rotation of crops" and 



