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towns. Under head of farm and pet stock $423.50 was 

 awarded ; under field and garden crops $14 was awarded ; 

 under farm and garden products $154.55 was awarded; 

 under dairy products $3 was awarded ; under domestic 

 manufactures $140.10 was awarded; under children's de- 

 partment $10.30 was awarded ; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $36.60 was awarded. The so- 

 ciety reports 488 members, — 482 males and 6 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Weymouth, January 

 31, on "Milk and its production;" at North Weymouth, 

 February 11, on "Poultry;" and at South Weymouth, 

 August 25, on "Management of an agricultural fair." 



WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 163. 



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

 that the amount of its permanent fund (par value) was 

 $7,730; now has $150,000 invested as a capital stock in 

 real estate. Total assets, $150,902.41 : real estate, $150,000 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $600 ; bills due and unpaid, $70 ; cash 

 on hand, $232.41. Total liabilities, $66,908.44: outstand- 

 ing bills, $5,908.44; mortgages or like liabilities, $61,000. 

 Receipts in 1898, $4,237. 18: bounty, $600; notes, $1,976.25 ; 

 bank funds, $3.87; new members, $20; donations, $124; 

 other sources, $1,513.06. Expenditures in 1898, $2,356.76 : 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $604 ; current running ex- 

 penses, $1,752.76. The society offered $612.50 in pre- 

 miums, and awarded and paid $604, which went to 16 cities 

 and towns. Seventy-two persons received premiums and 5 

 gratuities. Under head of farms $15 was awarded ; under 

 farm and pet stock $241 was awarded ; under field and gar- 

 den crops $145 was awarded ; under farm and garden prod- 

 ucts $203 was awarded. The society reports 1,797 members, 

 — 1,635 males and 162 females. Three farmers' institutes 

 were held: at Worcester, January 20, on "The war against 

 the gypsy moth" and "Rural economy;" at Holden, Feb- 

 ruary 16, on " Economical feeds for dairy cows" and "Fer- 

 tilizers v. stable manure ; " and at Grafton, February 25, on 

 "Following my wife's advice" and "Roads- and roadside 

 improvement." 



