No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 321 



$4,651.97: premiums and gratuities paid, 11,385.72; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $2,868.25 ; interest, $398. Tlie 

 society offered in premiums $1,640.50, awarded in premiums 

 and gratuities $1,415, and paid $1,385.72, which went to 30 

 cities and towns. Three dollars and sixty cents went to one 

 city outside the State. Sixty persons received premiums 

 and 250 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $295 

 was awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $7.75 was awarded and paid; under farm and garden 

 products $143.65 was awarded and $75.95 paid; under 

 dairy products $18.75 was awarded and, paid ; under domes- 

 tic manufactures $78.06 was awarded and paid; under 

 trotting $787 was awarded and paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $23.70 was awarded and 

 paid. The society reports 862 members, — 556 males and 

 306 females. Four farmers' institutes were held at Marsh- 

 field : January 12, on " The future of agricultural societies ; " 

 January 25, on "Practical farming and poultry raising;" 

 March 3, on " The embellishment of grounds by means of 

 trees and shrubs " and " The anatomy, functions and diseases 

 of the horse's foot; " December 19, on " Raising and selling 

 of fruits and veo;etables." 



MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 33. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,552.17 ; now has 

 $4,105.70 invested as a capital stock in real estate, notes, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,134.07 : 

 real estate, $2,750; notes, $550; bank funds, $605.70; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200; bills due, $27; cash, $1.37. 

 Total liabilities consist of premiums due and unpaid to the 

 amount of $18. Receipts in 1893, $1,237.92 : bounty, 

 $600 ; notes, $41 ; bank funds, $30.70 ; new members, $30 ; 

 other sources, $536.22. Expenditures in 1893, $1,543.80: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $622.37 ; current running 

 expenses, $227.72 ; other expenses, $693.71. The society 

 ofiered $814.85 in premiums and awarded and paid $622.37 

 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 5 towns. Sixty- 

 nine persons received premiums and 120 gratuities. Under 



