306 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



ATTLEBOROUGH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



Incorporated 1887, Acts of 1887, chapter 203. 



Originally raised by contril)ution $20,000, which is now 

 invested as a capital stock in land, Iniildings, furniture, 

 fixtures, etc. Total assets, $25,526.79 : real estate, $24,500 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $500; cash, $526.79. Total liabili- 

 ties, $8,036.86: premiums unpaid, $53.95 ; outstanding bills, 

 $482.91 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $7,500. Receipts in 

 1893, $12,342.39: bounty, $600; donations, $57.20; other 

 sources, $11,685.19. Expenditures in 1893, $11,774 35: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,732.20; current run- 

 ning expenses, $350; interest and note, $6,988.08; other 

 expenses, $2,704.07. The association offered $2,610.70 in 

 premiums, awarded $1,786.15 in premiums and gratuities, 

 and paid $1,732.20, which went to 29 cities and towns. 

 Two hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixtj'^-five cents 

 went to 13 cities and towns outside the State. Three 

 hundred and thirty-seven persons received premiums and 

 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $506.75 was 

 awarded and $483.75 paid; under field and experimental 

 cro})s $20 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $203.05 was awarded and $188.85 paid; under 

 dairy products $6 was awarded and paid ; under domestic 

 manufactures $193.60 was awarded and $176.20 paid ; under 

 agricultural implements $10 was awarded and paid ; under 

 bicycle races $100 was awarded and paid ; under firemen's 

 contests $390 was awarded and paid; under goat races $15 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $758.75 was awarded 

 and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $88 was awarded and $85.25 paid. The association 

 reports 106 members, — 98 males and 8 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held: at Attleborough, January 11, 

 on ' ' The horse of to-morrow : where shall we find it ? " at 

 Attleborough, February 28, on " How to make small farms 

 pay ; " at Franklin, April 2io, on " Plant food." 



