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$403.50 was awarded; under field and garden erops $74.50 

 was awarded; under farm and garden products $247.50 

 was awarded; under domestic manufactures $118.50 was 

 awarded; under agricultural implements $16 was awarded ; 

 s!>'.>2. 25 was paid for trotting and other attractions. The 

 society reports a membership of 925 males. Four farmers' 

 institutes were held : at Lowell, January 23, on "Tuber- 

 culosis;" at Bedford, January 30, on "Manures and fer- 

 tilizers, and their uses;" at Tewksbury, February 20, on 

 " Plant food; what it is and where it comes from : " and at 

 North Reading, March 20, on " Farming as a business.*' 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1854, Acts of 1854, chapter 84. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has $13,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $13,275.62: real estate, $13,000; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $200; cash on hand, $75.(52. Total liabilities, $7,750: 

 notes, $1,250; mortgages, $6,500. Receipts in 181)5, 

 $3,168.96: bounty, $577.40; amount borrowed, $1,250; 

 new members, $116.93 ; donations, $97.70; other sources, 

 $1,126.93. Expenditures in 1895, $3,093.71 : premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $628.05 ; current running expenses, 

 $564.10; interest, $37S.07 ; other expenses, $1,523.49. 

 The society offered in premiums $1,186.55 and awarded 

 and paid $628.05, which went to 9 towns. One hundred and 

 ten persons received premiums and 56 gratuities. Under 

 head of farms $36 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet 

 stock $311.50 was awarded and paid ; under field and garden 

 crops $88 was awarded and paid; under farm and garden 

 products $119.15 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $59.45 was awarded and paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $13.95 was awarded 

 and paid; $425 was paid for trotting. Diplomas were 

 awarded for agricultural implements. The society reports 

 560 members, — 366 males and 194 females. Four farm- 

 ers' institutes were held: at Framingham, January 16, on 

 " Poultry raising and how to make it profitable ; " at Slier- 



