No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 319 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1844, Acts of 1844, chapter 114. . 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 re- 

 ported the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to 

 b $1,740 ; now has $8,300 invested as a capital stock 

 in real estate and -bonds. Total assets, $8,300.43 : real 

 estate, $7,500; bonds, $800; cash, $0.43. Total liabilities, 

 $2,613.05: outstanding bills, $113.05; note, $2,500. Re- 

 ceipts in 1892, $3,183.85: bounty, $600; bonds, $38; new 

 meml)ers, $50 ; donations, $5 ; other sources, $2,490.85o 

 Expenditures in 1892, $3,183.42: premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $1,341.20; current running expenses, $911.98; in- 

 terest, $156.25 ; other expenses, $773.99. The society 

 offered $1,374.90 in premiums, and awarded and paid 

 $1,341.20 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 14 

 cities and towns. Two hundred and twenty-nine persons 

 received premiums and gratuities. Under head of farms $18 

 was awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $611.25 

 was awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $49 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $140.30 was awarded and paid ; under dairy products $11.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $90.65 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $400 was awarded 

 and paid. The society reports 605 members, — 365 males 

 and 240 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 Barnstable, July 26, on " What ways shall be devised for 

 improving the highways of Barnstable County?" at Barn- 

 stable, September 15, on " What means shall be devised for 

 improving the financial standing of the society ? " at West 

 Barnstable, December 22, on "The best soiling crops to 

 raise on Cape Cod." 



BAY STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1886, General Law^s. 



The society in its first report (1888) stated the amount 

 raised by contribution to be at that time $2,177.16 ; now has 

 $343.48 invested as a capital stock in cash. Receipts in 

 1892, $310 : new members, $10 ; other sources, $300. 



