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$722 ; current running expenses, $1,125.01 ; interest, $65. 

 The society offered in premiums $962.55, and awarded $785 

 in premiums and gratuities, of which amount $722 was paid 

 to 21 cities and towns. Eleven dollars went to 1 city 

 and 2 towns outside the State. One hundred and thirty-five 

 persons received premiums and 21 gratuities. Under head 

 of farms $96 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet 

 stock $479 was awarded and paid ; under field and garden 

 crops $46.75 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $73.50 was awarded and paid; under dairy prod- 

 ucts $8 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufact- 

 ures $56.35 was awarded and paid; $49.35 was awarded for 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified. Eighty-five 

 dollars was paid for trotting. The society reports 502 

 members, — 285 males and 217 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held at Uxbridge : January 11, on " Tuber- 

 culosis in cattle ; " February 28, on " History of organized 

 agriculture in the United States;" and April 6, on "The 

 horse's foot and its diseases." 



BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1823, Acts of 1823, chapter 32. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 re- 

 ported the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $3,240; now has $32,000 invested as a capital stock in 

 real estate. Total assets, $34,388.87 : real estate, $32,000 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200; cash on hand, $2,188.87. 

 Total liabilities, $14,073.45 : premiums due and unpaid, 

 $73.45; mortgages or like liabilities, $14,000. Receipts 

 in 1895, $17,565.74: bounty, $600; new members, $60; 

 all other sources, $16,905.74. Expenditures in 1895, 

 $15,376.87: premiums and gratuities paid, $5,287.97; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $6,910.45; interest, $843.08; other 

 expenses, $2,335.37. The society offered $6,546.23 in 

 premiums, awarded $5,361.42 in premiums and gratuities 

 and paid $5,287.97, which went to 49 cities and towns. 

 Five hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-live cents 

 went to 6 cities and 9 towns outside the State. Six hun- 



