No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 555 



WORCESTER COUNTY WEST AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1851, Acts of 1851, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,175 ; now has $13,600 

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

 etc. Total assets, $14,234.96: real estate, $12,600; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $1,000 ; cash on hand, $634.96. Receipts in 

 1899, $3,666.77 : bounty, $600 ; new members, $42 ; dona- 

 tions, $43.58 ; other sources, $2,981.19. Expenditures in 

 1899, $3,251.55: premiums and gratuities paid, $1,617.47; 

 current running expenses, $1,207.08 ; interest, $27 ; note 

 paid, $400. The society offered $1,867.50 in premiums, 

 awarded $1,661.05 in premiums and gratuities and paid 

 $1,617.47, which went to 29 cities and towns. Twelve dol- 

 lars and twenty-five cents went to parties outside the State. 

 One hundred and fifty-six persons received premiums and 50 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $31 was awarded and $28.50 

 paid ; under farm and pet stock $626 was awarded and $590.50 

 paid; under farm and garden products $98.95 was awarded 

 and $97.22 paid; under dairy products $9 was awarded and 

 $7.50 paid ; under domestic manufactures $46.35 was awarded 

 and $44 paid ; under trotting $840 was paid ; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $9.75 was awarded and 

 paid. The society reports 494 members, — 436 males and 

 58 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at Hub- 

 bardston, January 20, on "The practical management of a 

 dairy farm;" at Oakham, January 24, on "Apple culture 

 for profit ;" and at Barre, February 3, on "Twenty years' 

 experience in peach growing in Massachusetts." 



