554 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



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

 at Pliillipston, February 25, on "Commercial fertilizers v. 

 stable manure " and ' ' The best sources of nitrogen for the 

 farmer ; " and at Gardner, April 18, on " Now or never" and 

 " The new farmer." 



WORCESTER SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,127.40; now has 

 $10,925 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $11,101.33 : real estate, $10,600; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $325; cash on hand, $176.33. Total 

 liabilities, $2,227.25: premiums due and unpaid, $24.75; 

 outstanding bills, $2.50 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $2,200. 

 Receipts in 1899, $3,669.08: bounty, $600; new members, 

 $31; donations, $2; other sources, $3,036.08. Expendi- 

 tures in 1899, $3,373.61 : premiums and gratuities paid, 

 $1,735.79; current running expenses, $1,277.84; interest, 

 $125 ; other expenses, $234.98. The society offered $2,138.75 

 in premiums, awarded $1,735.79 in premiums and gratuities 

 and paid $1,711.04, which went to 24 cities and towns. 

 Fifty dollars went to 1 city outside the State. One hun- 

 dred and two persons received premiums and 43 gratuities. 

 Under head of farms $40 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and pet stock $621 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $106.36 was awarded and paid; under 

 dairy products $17 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $52.85 was awarded and $50.15 paid; under 

 agricultural implements $11 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $865 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $22.58 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 1,676 members, — 834 males and 842 females. Four 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Sturbridge, January 14, on 

 " Running a small farm on a large scale ; " at West Brook- 

 field, February 18, on "Dairy farming " and " Commercial 

 fertilizers v. farm manures ; " at Southbridge, March 2, on 

 ' ' The doings of the Farmers' National Congress at Fort 

 Worth, Tex. ; " and at Brookfield, March 11, on " Roads and 

 roadside improvements" and " The doings of the Farmers' 

 National Congress at Fort Worth, Tex." 



