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$24; donations, $29.71; other sources, $1,940.53. Ex- 

 penditures in 1898, $2,540.53 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $594.67; current running expenses, $1,727.86; in- 

 terest, $90.50 ; other expenses, $127.50. The society offered 

 $900 in premiums, awarded $648.38 in premiums and gra- 

 tuities, and paid $594.67, which went to 15 cities and towns. 

 Two dollars went to one town outside the State. One hun- 

 dred and twenty-nine persons received premiums and 20 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $68 was awarded ; under 

 farm and pet stock $442.03 was awarded ; under field and 

 garden crops $18 was awarded ; under farm and garden 

 products $60 was awarded ; under dairy products $3 was 

 awarded ; under domestic manufactures $24.50 was awarded ; 

 under trotting and bicycle race $47 was paid ; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $35.85 was awarded. 

 The society reports 551 members, — 280 males and 271 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held at Uxbridge : 

 February 5, on "How to make New England agriculture 

 more profitable ; " March 8, on " The cultivation and market- 

 ing of fruit; " and April 5, on " Which are the most prof- 

 itable to the farmer, ducks or hens ? " 



BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1823, Acts of 1823, chapter 32. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 stated 

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $3,240 ; 

 now has $32,000 invested as a capital stock in real es- 

 tate. Total assets, $33,225 : real estate, $32,000 ; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $400; cash on hand, $825. Total liabilities, 

 $11,048.75; premiums due and unpaid, $48.75; mortgages 

 or like liabilities, $11,000. Receipts in 1898, $15,105.12: 

 bounty, $600 ; new members, $60 ; other sources, $14,445.12. 

 Expenditures in 1898, $14,987.88 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $5,631.65; current running expenses, $7,658.82; in- 

 terest, $573.50; other expenses, $1,123.91. The society 

 offered in premiums $7,075, awarded $5,680 in premiums 

 and gratuities, and paid $5,631.65, which went to 49 cities 

 and towns. Seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars and 



