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paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $18 was awarded and paid. The society reports 1,802 mem- 

 bers, — 924 males and 878 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at AVarren, January 30, on "Dairying" 

 and "Milk testing;" at Southbridge, March 8, on " Culti- 

 vation of small fruits " and " Some of the causes of the 

 depression of farming in New England ; " at Sturbridge, 

 December 20, on " The cultivation of small fruits." 



WORCESTER COUNTY WEST AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1851, Acts of 1851, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,175 ; now has $13,600 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, tables, 

 etc. Total assets, $13,651.66 : real estate, $12,600 ; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $1,000; bills due, $35.50; cash, $16.16. 

 Total liabilities, two notes, $1,400. Receipts in 1893, 

 $3,030.05 : bounty, $600 ; new members, $45 ; donations, 

 $35.73; other sources, $2,349.32. Expenditures in 1893, 

 $3,098.23; premiums and gratuities paid, $1,397.67; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $1,638.06; interest, $62.50. The 

 society offered $1,644.50 in premiums, awarded $1,433.40 in 

 premiums and gratuities, and paid $1,397.67, which went 

 to 27 cities and towns. One hundred and fifty-five persons 

 received premiums and 39 gratuities. Under head of farms 

 $75 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $613 

 was awarded and $601 paid ; under field and experimental 

 crops $34 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $49.65 was awarded and $46.45 paid; under dairy 

 products $12 was awarded and $11 paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $47.05 was awarded and $46.95 paid; under 

 agricultural implements $9.50 was awarded and $3 paid; 

 under trotting $570 was awarded and paid : under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $47.75 was awarded 

 and $46 paid. The society reports 551 members, — 498 

 males and 53 females. Three farmers' institutes were held 

 at Barre : January 27, on " Dairying" and " Milk testing; " 

 February 10, on "The ideal life of farmers;" February 

 21, on " The normal school : why the farmer should 

 favor it." 



