No. 4.] EETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 321 



1,089 males and 105 females. Three farmers' institutes 

 were held : at Cheshire, Noveml)er 18, a dairy school by the 

 State Dairy Bureau ; at Pittsfield, November 19, on "The 

 qualities of milk;" at Hinsdale, November 25, on "Does 

 farming pay as well now as thirty years ago?" and "Im- 

 provement of roads." 



BLACKSTONE VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1884, Acts of 1884, chapter 48. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has $3,100 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, etc. 

 Total assets, $3,468.97 : real estate, $3,000 ; bank funds, 

 $368.97; crockery, ta])les, etc., $100. Receipts in 1892, 

 $1,835.41; bounty, $600; new members, $53 ; donations, 

 $33.60; other sources, $1,148.81. Expenditures in 1892, 

 $2,016.58; premiums and gratuities paid, $925.05; current 

 running expenses, $1,091.53. The society offered in pre- 

 miums $925.05, and awarded and paid $925.05, which went 

 to 18 cities and towns. Thirty-seven dollars went to 4 cities 

 and towns outside the State. One hundred and eight per- 

 sons received premiums and 74 gratuities. Under head of 

 farms $104 was awarded and i)aid ; under farm and pet 

 stock $607 was awarded and paid ; under field and experi- 

 mental crops $45 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $76.25 was awarded and paid; under 

 dairy stock $10 w^as awarded and paid ; under domestic 

 manufactures $58.25 was awarded and paid; for objects 

 other than agricultural, $72.25 was awarded and paid. 

 The society reports 473 members, — 261 males and 212 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at Uxbridge, 

 March 2, on "Stock raising;" at Uxbridge, March 9, 

 on "Poultry raising;" at Mendon, April 13, on "Corn: 

 its value for grain and its use in the silo." 



BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1823, Acts of 1823, chapter 32. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

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



