EETUENS OF SOCIETIES. 



AMESBURY AND SALISBURY AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1881, Acts of 1881, chapter 204. 



Originally raised by contribution $1,002.32; now has 



$7,392.72 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $8,070.32 : real estate, 

 $7,392.72; crockery, tables, etc., $269.89; bills due, $50; 

 cash on hand, $357.71. Total liabilities consist of notes 

 amounting to $1,900. Receipts in 1895, $2,036.36 : bounty, 

 $000 ; rent, $87 ; new members, $18 ; donations, $60 ; other 

 sources, $1,271.36. Expenditures in 1895, $1,823.92: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $887.03; current running 

 expenses, $123.17 ; interest, $114 ; other expenses, $699.72. 

 The society offered $1,500 in premiums and awarded and 

 paid $887.03 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 16 

 cities and towns. One hundred and twenty-eight dollars 

 and seventy-five cents went 'to 4 towns outside the State. 

 Three hundred and twenty-five persons received premiums 

 and 261 gratuities. Under head of farms $21 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm and pet stock $433 was awarded and 

 paid ; under farm and garden products $174.20 was awarded 

 and paid; under dairy products $3.25 was awarded and 

 paid; under domestic manufactures $93.80 was awarded and 

 paid; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 

 $96.53 was awarded and paid; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $57.25 was awarded and paid. 

 The society reports 22!) members, — 202 males and 27 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held at Amesbury : 

 January 17, on "Animal structure with special reference to 

 purpose " and " The horse and how to measure his value ; " 

 February 6, on "Fruit culture" and "Poultry;" and 

 March 13, on "Progressive farming "and "Farming as a 

 business." 



