584 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 315. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000 ; now has $35,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $37,350.25 : real estate, $35,000 ; bank funds, $900 ; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $350; bills due and unpaid, $1,025; cash 

 on hand, $75.25. Total liabilities, $9,126.10 : premiums due 

 and unpaid, $76.10; outstanding bills, $50; mortgages or 

 like liabilities, $9,000. Receipts in 1898, $3,410.85 : bounty, 

 $600 ; new members, $16 ; other sources, $2,794.85. Ex- 

 penditures in 1898, $4,388 : premiums and gratuities paid, 

 $770; current running expenses, $1,710; interest, $405; 

 other expenses, $1,503. The society offered $1,491.25 in 

 premiums, awarded $848.10 in premiums and gratuities and 

 paid $770, which went to 10 cities and towns. Two hun- 

 dred and ninety-four persons received premiums and 63 

 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $394.25 

 was awarded; under field and garden crops $11.50 was 

 awarded; under farm and garden products $324.45 was 

 awarded ; under dairy products $5 was awarded ; under do- 

 mestic manufactures $116.10 was awarded; under agricult- 

 ural implements $6 was awarded ; under trotting $410 was 

 paid. The society reports 1,446 members, — 1,053 males 

 and 393 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Chelmsford, January 6, on "Economic summer and winter 

 feeds for milch cows;" at Tyngsborough, February 11, on 

 "The Channel Islands and their agriculture;" and at Bil- 

 lerica, March 3, on " General fruit culture." 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1854, Acts of 1854, chapter 84. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000 ; now has $13,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $13,400: real estate $13,000; crockery, tables, etc., $200; 

 bills due and unpaid, $200. Total liabilities, $7,993.81 : 

 premiums due and unpaid, $169.70; outstanding bills, 

 $74.11; mortgages or like liabilities, $7,750. Receipts in 

 1898, $2,497.71: bounty, $600; new members, $61.41; 



