No. 4.] EETUENS OF SOCIETIES. 269 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 25. 



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

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

 $9,363.66; now has $20,533.05 invested as a capital stock 

 in real estate, stocks, bonds, crockery, tables, etc. Total 

 assets, $20,533.05 : real estate, $5,000 ; stocks, $14,333.05 ; 

 bonds, $1,000; crockery, tables, ete., $200. Receipts' in 

 1895, $2,151.98: bounty, $600; stocks, $858.84; bonds, 

 $59.50; new members, $69; other sources, $564.64. Ex- 

 penditures in 1895, $2,922.33 : premiums paid, $1,732.75 ; 

 current running expenses, $1,013.33; interest, $176.25. 

 The society offered in premiums $2,319.75, awarded 

 $1,844.50* and paid $1,732.75,* which went to 32 cities 

 and towns. Three hundred and twenty-four persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farms %GQ was awarded 

 and $107 paid; under farm and pet stock $382 was awarded 

 and $693 paid; under field and garden crops $91 was 

 awarded and $155 paid; under farm and garden products 

 $308 was awarded and $494.50 paid; under dairy products 

 $24 was paid; under domestic manufactures $133.25 was 

 awarded and $142.50 paid; under agricultural implements 

 $30 was awarded and $50.50 paid; under objects strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $73 was paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $67.75 was awarded 

 and $93 paid. The society reports 1,520 members, — 1 ,503 

 males and 17 females. Four farmers' institutes were held : 

 at Dan vers, January 5, on "Rural hygiene" and "Cook- 

 ing;" at Topsfield, January 25, on "Fruit growing and 

 small fruits," "Flowers" and " Agriculture and trade ;" at 

 Newbury, February 15, on "Tuberculosis in cattle;" and 

 at Beverly, March 8, on " Cattle and cattle feeds." 



FRANKLIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1850, Acts of 1850, chapter 104. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 stated 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $3,768 ; 



* Amounts paid for 1894; awarded for 1895. 



