288 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [PubrDoc. 



12, on " Market gardening in connection with dairying" and 



" The composition of milk ; its food value ; " and at Graf- 

 ton, March 15, on "Fruit culture in Massachusetts" and 

 " Profitable poultry culture." 



WORCESTER EAST AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1890, Acts of 1890, chapter 41. 

 Originally raised by contribution $1,015; now has 

 $4,061.03 invested as a capital stock in real estate, bank 

 funds, cash, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,061.03 : 

 real estate, $3,410 ; bank funds, $426.03 ; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $225. Liabilities are estimated to be $75 in out- 

 standing bills. Receipts in 1895, $3,872.68 : bounty, $600 ; 

 bank funds, $18.02; new members, $96; donations, $143; 

 other sources ,$3,015.66. Expenditures in 1 8 9 5 , $4 , 7 2 . 7 1 : 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,549.25; current running 

 expenses, $2,523.46. The society offered in premiums 

 $1,600, awarded in premiums and gratuities $1,575.50 and 

 paid $1,549.25, which went to 21 cities and towns. Seven 

 dollars and fifty cents went to 1 town outside the State. 

 Two hundred and nineteen persons received premiums and 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $22 was awarded and paid ; 

 under farm and pet stock $895.20 was awarded and paid; 

 under farm and garden products $239.50 was awarded and 

 paid; under dairy products $77 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $70.75 was awarded and paid; 

 under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $89 was 

 awarded and paid ; under committee reports $20 was 

 awarded ; under grange exhibits $160 was awarded and paid ; 

 $297.50 was paid for trotting. The society reports 685 

 members, — 464 males and 221 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held : at Clinton, January 10, on "Tuber- 

 culosis and tuberculin;" at Clinton, January 31, on "The 

 business side of fertilizers ; " and at Lancaster, February 

 20, on " The cultivation of small fruits." 



