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be $3,240; now has $30,000 invested as a capital stock in 

 real estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $30,904: 

 real estate, $29,800; crockery, tables, etc., $200; cash, 

 $964. Total liabilities, $14,044.10: premiums unpaid, 

 $44.10; mortgages or like liabilities, $14,000. Receipts in 

 1892, $15,151.74: bounty, $600; new members, $110; 

 other sources, $14,441.74. Expenditures in 1892, $16,- 

 245.33: premiums and gratuities paid, $3,998.92; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $6,194.41; interest, $1,067; other 

 expenses, $4,985. The society offered $4,460 in premiums ; 

 awarded $3,797.67 in premiums and gratuities; and paid 

 $3,753.57, which went to 34 cities and towns. Two hun- 

 dred and ninety-two dollars and thirty-five cents went to 5 

 cities and towns outside the State. Eight hundred and forty- 

 nine persons received premiums and 58 gratuities. Under 

 head of farms $216 was awarded and paid; under farm and 

 pet stock $1,260 was awarded and paid; under field and 

 experimental crops $53 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $223.50 was awarded and $203.50 paid ; 

 under dairy products $51 was awarded and $47 paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $246.27 was awarded and $234.17 

 paid ; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 

 $175 was awarded and $167 paid ; under trotting $1,260 was 

 awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $239 was awarded and paid. The society re- 

 ports 852 memljers, — 668 males and 184 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held: at Dighton, February 17, on 

 "Small fruits;" at Taunton, March 16, on "Application 

 of fertilizers " and " How to get the best potato crop ; " at 

 New Bedford, March 18, on "Care and management of 

 milch cows" and " The work of the State Dairy Bureau." 



DEERFIELD VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1871, Acts of 1871, chapter 208. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,094.01 ; now has 

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

 assets, $9,202.15: real estate, $9,000; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $150; cash, $52.15. Total liabilities consist of a note 



