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bilities, $3,500. Receipts in 1893, $4,897.03 : bounty, 

 new members, $26; other sources, $4,271.03. Expendi- 

 tures in 1893, $3,204.21 : premiums and gratuities paid, 

 $843.25; current running expenses, $1,405.20; interest, 

 $258.75; other expenses, $697.11. The society ofiered in 

 premiums $1,497.75, awarded in premiums and gratuities 

 $816.96 and paid $843.25, which went to 13 cities and 

 towns. Three hundred and twenty-nine persons received 

 premiums and 118 gratuities. Under head of ftirni and pet 

 stock $420.25 was awarded; under field and experimental 

 crops $15 was awarded ; under farm and garden products 

 $251 was awarded; under dairy products $7 was awarded; 

 under domestic manufactures $119 was awarded. The society 

 reports 931 male members. Three ftirmers' institutes were 

 held : at Lowell, January 18, on "Feeding farm animals ; " 

 at Pepperell, March 29, on " What we know of bacteria, 

 or the cause of contagious diseases " and "Milk and milk 

 testing;" at Westford, May 11, on "Market gardening in 

 the field " and " Gardening under glass." 



9 

 MIDDLESEX SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1854, Acts of 1854, chapter 84. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has 

 $15,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $15,200: real estate, $15,000; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $200. Total liabilities, $7,383.29 : outstanding bills, $83.29 ; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $7,300. Receipts in 1893, 

 $2,935.73: bounty, $600; new members, $92; donations, 

 $16.55; other sources, $2,227.18. Expenditures in 1893, 

 $2,935.73 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,050.83 ; cur- 

 rent running expense*s, $1,489.45; interest, $395.45. The 

 society offered $1,437.68 in premiums, awarded and paid 

 $1,050.83 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 9 cities 

 and towns. One hundred and twenty-eight persons received 

 premiums and 67 gratuities. Under head of farms $24 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $278.25 was 

 awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops $105 

 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $111.95 was awarded and paid; under domestic manufact- 



