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crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $12,803.88 : real es- 

 tate, $11,000; crockery, tables, etc., $400; cash on hand, 

 $1,403.88. Liabilities consist of mortgages or like lia- 

 bilities to the amount of $2,000. Receipts in 1895, 

 $6,496.74: bounty, $600; new members, $365; other 

 sources, $5,531.74. Expenditures in 1895, $5,694.10: 

 premiums paid, $2,618.94; current running expenses, 

 $2,955.16; interest, $120. The society offered in pre- 

 miums $3,371, awarded $2,652.20 and paid $2,618.94,* 

 which went to 36 cities and towns. Five hundred and 

 seventy-eight dollars and forty-two cents went to 6 cities 

 and towns outside the State. One hundred and eighty- 

 three persons received premiums. Under head of farms 

 $29 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $779.50 was awarded and $766.50 paid; under farm and 

 garden products $159.50 was awarded and $155.92 paid; 

 under dairy products $19 was awarded and paid; under 

 domestic manufactures $53.70 was awarded and $47.19 

 paid; under agricultural implements $12 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $52.50 was awarded and $42.33 paid; $1,547 was paid for 

 trotting. The society reports 996 members, — 654 males 

 and 342 females. Four farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Templeton, January 29, on "Tuberculosis;" at North 

 Orange, February 8, on "Grasses and forage crops;" at 

 Gardner, February 27, on "Growing and feeding forage 

 crops for market" and "Profitable breeding of dairy 

 cows;" and at Athol, March 8, on "The management of 

 milch cows" and " An hour with the weather man." 



WORCESTER SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,127.40; now has 

 $8,500 invested as a capital stock in real estate and 

 personal property. Total assets, $8,695.06 : real es- 

 tate, $8,000; crockery, tables, etc., $500; cash on hand, 

 $195.06. Total liabilities amount to $973.25. Receipts in 

 1895, $3,653.50: bounty, $600; new members, $67; other 



* Of this amount $1,547 was for trotting. 



