EETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 



AMESBURY AND SALISBURY AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1881, Acts of 1881, chapter 204. 



Originally raised by contribution $1,002.32; now has 

 $7,474.62 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $7,474.62 : real estate, $7,273.18 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $201.44. Total liabilities, $2,253.49 : 

 outstanding bills, $74.13; notes, $2,179.36. Keceipts in 

 1893, $3,699.62: bounty, $600; notes given, $1,200; 

 new members, $112; donations, $139.80; other sources, 

 $1,647.82. Expenditures in 1893, $4,131.59: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $855.35 ; current running expenses, 

 $120.74; interest, $78 ; other expenses, $3,078.40. The 

 society offered in premiums $1,500 and awarded and paid 

 in premiums and gratuities $855.35, which went to 14 cities 

 and towns. Sixty-one dollars and thirty-five cents went to 

 6 towns outside the State. Two hundred and eighty-eight 

 persons received premiums and 165 gratuities. Under head 

 of farms $34 was awarded and paid ; under form and pet 

 stock $381 was awarded and paid ; under field and experi- 

 mental crops $18 was awarded and paid; under farm and 

 garden products $136.55 was awarded and paid ; under dairy 

 products $3 25 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $152.20 was awarded and paid; under agricultural 

 implements $2 was awarded and paid ; under objects strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $15 was awarded and paid; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $113 35 

 was awarded and paid. The society reports 204 members, 

 — 187 males and 17 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held at Amesbury : January 12, on "Market Gardening;" 

 February 15, on " How to make small farms pay " and " A 

 trip to California ; " and April 7, on " Road building." 



