588 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



SPENCER FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' ASSOCIATION. 



Incorporated 1888, Acts of 1888, chapter 87. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,034.08; now has 

 $8,950 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $8,950 : real estate, $8,000 ; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $950. Total liabilities, $755: outstanding 

 bills, $55 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $700. Receipts in 

 1898, $2,037.19: bounty, $600; new members, $5; dona- 

 tions, $433; other sources, $999.19. Expenditures in 1898, 

 $2,040.98 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,084.72 ; in- 

 terest, $34.02 ; other expenses, $922.24. The society offered 

 $2,000 in premiums, awarded $1,100 in premiums and gra- 

 tuities and paid $1,084.72, which went to 21 cities and 

 towns. Thirty-five dollars went to 1 town outside the State. 

 One hundred and twenty persons received premiums and 5 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $27 was awarded ; under 

 head of farm and pet stock $544 was awarded ; under field 

 and garden crops $50.50 was awarded; under farm and gar- 

 den products $86 was awarded ; under dairy products $9 was 

 awarded ; under domestic manufactures $41.50 was awarded ; 

 under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $23 was 

 awarded ; under trotting $275 was paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $18 was awarded.* Three 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Spencer, January 20, on 

 " Insect enemies of fruit and shade trees ; " at Spencer, Feb- 

 ruary 20, on "The horse's foot and its diseases;" and at 

 North Brookfield, March 10, on "The alkaline test for 

 acidity in milk" and "Animal structure, the foundation of 

 purpose." 



UNION AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 110. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,447.23 ; now has 

 $9,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $9,250.73: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash on hand, $250.73. 

 Total liabilities, $1,702.16: premiums due and unpaid, 



* The membership reported in 1898 was 9;"8. 



