EETUMS OF SOCIETIES. 



AMESBURY AND SALTSBURY AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1881, Acts of 1881, chapter 204. 



Originally raised by contribution $1,002.32 ; now has 

 $6,610 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $6,735.28: real estate, $6,500; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,100 ; bills due, $47.50 ; cash, $77.78. 

 Total liabilities, $2,106.17: premiums unpaid, $40; out- 

 standing bills, $166.17; mortgages or like liabilities, 

 $1,900. Receipts in 1892, $3,046.73: bounty, $525.75; 

 notes, $42; new members, $90; donations, $685.80; other 

 sources, $1,703.18. Expenditures in 1892, $1,717.10: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $766,70; current running 

 expenses, $95.25; interest, $3.75; other expenses, $851.40. 

 The society offered $1,500 in premiums, awarded $806.70 in 

 premiums and gratuities, and paid $766.70, which went to 

 14 cities and towns. Eighty-three dollars and sixty-five 

 cents went to 4 towns outside the State. Two hundred and 

 seventy-five persons received premiums and 237 gratuities. 

 Under head of fiirms $16 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and pet stock $289.75 was awarded and $280.75 paid ; under 

 field and experimental crops $5 was awarded and paid ; under 

 farm and garden products $170.10 was awarded and $164.10 

 paid; under dairy products $3.25 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $169.15 was awarded and $151 

 paid ; under agricultural implements $7 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 

 $19 was awarded and $13 paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, $127.45 was awarded and $126.60 

 paid. The society reports 161 members, — 148 males and 

 13 females. Three farmers' institutes were held at Ames- 

 bury : January 5, on "Poultry for profit" and "Atrip 

 through the Rockies;" January 26, on "Dairying" and 

 " Unequal taxation ; " February 23, on " How to make our 



