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not specified, $26.50 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 461 members, — 260 males and 201 females. Three 

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

 " The horse ; " February 14, on " Small fruits and flowers ; " 

 March 10, on "The work of the Board of Agriculture " and 

 "Roads." 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 25. 



The societ}' in its first report to the Board in 1853 reported 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $9,363.66 ; 

 now has $21,966 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 stocks, bonds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $19,- 

 533.05: real estate, $5,000; stocks, $13,333.05; bonds, 

 $1,000; crockery, tables, etc., $200. Receipts in 1893, 

 $2,346.57: bounty, $600; stocks, $952.01 ; bonds, $60; 

 new members, $69 ; other sources, $665.56. Expenditures 

 in 1893, $3,244.79: premiums paid, $2,014.50; current 

 running expenses, $1,188.01 ; interest, $42.28. The society 

 ofiered in premiums $3,408.50, awarded $2,090.75* and 

 paid $2,014.50,* which went to 30 cities and towns. Three 

 hundred and sixty persons received premiums. Under head 

 of farms $123 was awarded and $143 paid; under farm and 

 pet stock $659 was awarded and $744 paid ; under field and 

 experimental crops $C^5 was awarded and $80 paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $433.25 was awarded and $489.50 paid ; 

 under dairy products $9 was awarded and $18 paid; under 

 domestic manufactures $148,50 was awarded and $168.25 

 paid; under agricultural implements $57.50 was awarded 

 and $50 paid ; under objects strictly agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $61 was awarded ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $53 was awarded and $105 paid. The society 

 reports 1,511 members, — 1,502 males and 9 females. Six 

 farmers' institutes were held : at AVest Xewbury, January 13, 

 on " Poultry and how to make it profitable" and "Cook- 

 ing; " at Rockport, January 27, on " Advantages of special 

 and general farming" and "A brief history of organized 



* Amounts paid for 1892 ; awarded for 1893. 



