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$75 was paid; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $38.25 was awarded. The society reports 558 

 members, — 219 males and 339 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held at Nantucket: November 7, on farm 

 topics ; November 14, on ' ' Our agricultural fair ; " and De- 

 cember 28, on " Our native products." 



OXFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1888, Acts of 1888, chapter 93. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,400; now has 

 $8,291.75 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $8,291.75 : real estate, 

 $7,650 ; crockery, tables, etc., $200 ; cash on hand, $441.75. 

 Receipts in 1898, $3,718.18: bounty, $600; new members, 

 $44; donations, $127.25; other sources, $2,946.93. Ex- 

 penditures in 1898, $2,676.43: premiums paid, $1,433; 

 current running expenses, $300 ; other expenses, $943.43. 

 The society offered $1,800 in premiums, awarded $1,479.25 

 and paid $1,433, which went to 19 cities and towns. One 

 hundred and fifteen dollars went to 3 cities and towns out- 

 side the State. One hundred and twenty-nine persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farms $43 was awarded ; 

 under farm and pet stock $635 was awarded ; under field and 

 garden crops $36.25 was awarded; under farm and garden 

 products $20.50 was awarded; under dairy products $11 was 

 awarded ; under domestic manufactures $36.50 was awarded ; 

 under trotting $670 was paid ; under objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $29 was awarded. The society re- 

 ports 642 members, — 344 males and 298 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held: at Auburn, January 29, on 

 " The care, handling and marketing of milk" and " The care 

 and management of the dairy farm for butter ; " at Sutton, 

 April 13, on " The great economic changes and the necessity 

 of farmers being alert to grasp the situation " and ' ' The 

 agriculture of the Channel Islands ; " and at Oxford, De- 

 cember 9, on " The agriculture of the east." 



