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crockery, tables, etc., $475.47 ; bills clue and unpaid, $15; 

 cash on hand, $123.32. Total liabilities, $4,182 : premiums 

 due and unpaid and outstanding bills, $150; notes, $4,032. 

 Receipts in 1898, $10,802.23: bounty, $600; stocks, 

 bank funds, $43.06 ; new members, $188 ; donations, 

 other sources, $9,841.17. Expenditures in 1898, $10,078.91 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $2,163.75; current running 

 expenses, $3,599.52; interest, $162.50; insurance, $188; 

 other expenses, $3,965.14. The society offered $2,589.50 

 in premiums, awarded $2,250 in premiums and gratuities 

 and paid $2,163.75, which went to 17 cities and towns. 

 Four hundred and ninety-eight persons received pre- 

 miums and gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock 

 $1,155.05 was awarded; under field and garden crops 

 $245 was awarded ; under farm and garden products, $306 

 was awarded ; under dairy products $42 was awarded ; 

 under domestic manufactures $389.55 was awarded; under 

 trotting $1,885 was paid; under objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, including sports, $971.91 was 

 awarded. The society reports 1,700 members, — 1,659 

 males and 41 females. Three farmers' institutes were held: 

 at Sheffield, March 4, on "The demands of the future 

 upon the New England farmer ; " at Great Barrington, April 

 26, on "The profitable production of potatoes;" and at 

 Great Barrington, December 23, on "The business side of 

 farminof." 



MANUFACTURERS' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH. 



Incorporated 1896, Acts of 1896, chapter 260. 



Originally raised by contribution, $10,000 ; now has 



1,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $10,053.65: real estate, $9,500; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $500; cash on hand, $53.65. Re- 

 ceipts in 1898, $4,394.31 : bounty, $600 ; other sources 

 $3,794.31. Expenditures in 1898, $4,394.31 : premiums and 

 gratuities paid, $744; current running expenses, $3,296.54; 

 other expenses, $353.77. The society offered $1,215.55 in 

 premiums, and awarded and paid $744 in premiums and 



