No. 4.] EETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 307 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1844, Acts of 1844, chapter 114. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 re- 

 ported the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be 

 $1,740; now has $8,300 invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate and bonds. Total assets, $8,454.59 : real estate, 

 $7,500; bonds, $800; cash, $154.59. Total liabilities con- 

 sist of mortgages or like liabilities amounting to $3,175. 

 Receipts in 1893, $3,914.73: bounty, $600; bonds, $38; 

 new members, $15 ; donations, $218.30 ; other sources, 

 $3,043.43. Expenditures in 1893, $3,760.14: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $1,375; current running expenses, 

 $1,306.88; interest, $195.50; other expenses, $882.76^. 

 The society offered $1,125.65 in premiums, and awarded 

 and paid $1,375 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 

 10 cities and towns. Three hundred and fifty-three persons 

 received premiums and gratuities. Under head of farms $23 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $372.40 

 was awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $32 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden prod- 

 ucts $150.50 w^as awarded and paid ; under dairy products 

 $7 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $135.60 was awarded and paid; under agricultural imple- 

 ments $1 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $600 was 

 awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $18.50 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 611 members, — 368 males and 243 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Hyannis, January 12, on 

 "Foreign market for cranberries ; " at Barnstable, February 

 23, on " How to make small farms pay ; " at Barnstable, 

 November 25, on " What shall farmers have for roads, to 

 get their crops to market ? " 



BAY STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1886, General La"ws. 



The society in its first report (1888) stated the amount 

 raised by contribution to be at that time $2,177.16 ; now has 

 $173.73 in cash on hand. Expenditure in 1893, for cook- 



