No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 289 



WORCESTER NORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Fitchburg Agricultural Society, 1852, Acts of 

 1852, chapter 79; name changed to Worcester North Agricult- 

 ural Society, 1853, Acts of 1853, chapter 359. 



Originally raised by contribution $2,128; now lias 

 $2,806.05 invested as a capital stock in real estate, fixtures 

 and cash. Total assets, $2,806.05 : real estate, $2,500 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $800; cash on hand, $6.05. Re- 

 ceipts in 1895, $2,043.15: bounty, $600; bank funds, 

 $52.40; donations, $24; other sources, $1,366.75. Ex- 

 penditures in 1895, $3,137.57 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $994.25 ; current running expenses, $2,143.32. The 

 society offered no fixed sum in premiums, awarded in pre- 

 miums and gratuities $1,012.25 and paid $994.25, which 

 went to 11 cities and towns. One hundred and sixty-eight 

 persons received premiums and 20 gratuities. Under head 

 of farms $24 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet 

 stock $498 was awarded and paid ; under field and garden 

 crops $58.50 was awarded and paid ; under form and garden 

 products $208.60 was awarded and paid; under dairy prod- 

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

 ures $35.50 was awarded and $37.75 paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $45 was awarded and 

 paid ; $385 was paid for trotting. The society reports 795 

 members, — 734 males and 61 females. Six farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Lunenburg, January 11, on "San- 

 itary condition of country homes" and "An hour with 

 the weather man; " at Ashburnham, January 24, on "The 

 dairy cow;" at Westminster, February 1, on "Tubercu- 

 losis" and " Cattle breeding ; " at North Leominster, Feb- 

 ruary 12, on " Small fruits for family use" and "Spraying 

 for insects and fungi;" at Ashbv, February 14, on "The 

 forms and formers of Japan ; " and at Townsend, February 

 22, on " Fertilizers " and " The farmer as a citizen." 



WORCESTER NORTHWEST AGRICULTURAL AND 

 MECHANICAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 117. 

 Originally raised by contribution $3,400; now has 

 $10,803.88 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 



