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Under head of farm and pet stock $494.75 was awarded and 

 $467.50 paid; under field and garden crops $48.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and garden products $46.15 

 was awarded and $43.69 paid; under dairy products $13.50 

 was awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures $85.55 

 was awarded and $80.54 paid; under agricultural imple- 

 ments $5.25 was awarded; under objects strictly agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $82 was awarded and paid ; under 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified, $62.05 was 

 awarded and $35.94 paid; $415 was paid for trotting. The 

 society reports 1,258 members, — 584 males and 674 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held at Blandford: 

 January 24, on " Co-operation among farmers ; " February 

 15, on "Composition of milk ; " and April 11, on " Balanced 

 rations for butter and milk." ' 



WEYMOUTH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1891, Acts of 1891, chapter 77. 



Amount originally raised by contribution had increased 

 in 1891 to $10,270, invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $10,325.15 : real estate, 

 $10,000 ; crockery, tables, etc., $270 ; bills due and unpaid, 

 $50 ; cash on hand, $5.15. Liabilities consist of mortgages 

 or like liabilities to the amount of $2,000. Receipts in 

 1895, $4,474.62: bounty, $600; other sources, $3,874.62. 

 Expenditures in 1895, $4,568.15: premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $667 ; current running expenses, $2,383.40 ; interest, 

 $117.75 ; notes paid, $1,400. The society awarded in pre- 

 miums and gratuities $998 and paid $667, which went to 

 18 cities and towns. Three hundred and twenty persons 

 received premiums and gratuities. Under head of farm and 

 pet stock $406.35 was awarded and $378.35 paid; under 

 farm and garden products $155.15 was awarded and $148 

 paid; under dairy products $1.50 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $114.25 was awarded and 

 $94.50 paid; under objects strictly agricultural, not spec- 

 ified, $35.75 was awarded and $34.25 paid; $727.50 was 



