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received premiums and gratuities. Under head of farm and 

 pet stock $343.50 was awarded and paid; under farm and 

 garden products $69.50 was awarded and paid ; under dairy 

 products $6 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $39.10 was awarded and paid; under trotting 

 $1,087 was awarded and paid; under o))jects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $17.50 was awarded and paid. 

 The society reports 460 members, — 259 males and 201 

 females. Four farmers' institutes were held at Palmer : 

 January 14, on "Abandoned forms" and "Taxation;" 

 February 9, on " Small fruits and asparagus ; " March 1, on 

 "Have agricultural colleges been a benefit to the avera«re 

 farmer? " and " Legislation affecting the former ; " March 29, 

 on " Highways " and " Fertilizers." 



ESSEX AGRICnLTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 25. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

 reported the amount of its permanent fund (i)ar value) to be 

 $9,363.66, and now has $21,265.84 invested as a capital 

 stock in real estate, stocks, bonds, bank funds, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $19,598.89 : real estate, $5,000 ; 

 stocks, $13,333.05; bonds, $1,000; bank funds,^ $65.84; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200. Receipts in 1892, $2,785.76 : 

 bounty, $600 ; stocks, $969.68 ; bonds, $60; new members, 

 $234; other sources, $922.08. Expenditures in 1892, 

 $2,777.73: premiums paid, $1,858.25; current running- 

 expenses, $919.48. The society oflered in premiums $3,- 

 697, awarded $1,983.25* and paid $1,858.25,* which 

 went to 27 cities and towns, and to 395 persons. Under 

 head of farms $144 was awarded and $143 paid ; under 

 farm and pet stock $868 was awarded and $730 paid ; under 

 field and experimental crops $140 was awarded and $70 paid ; 

 under farm and garden products $466.75 was awarded and 

 $467 paid ; under dairy products $28 was awarded and $14 

 paid; under domestic manufactures $158.75 was awarded 

 and $158.25 paid ; under agricultural implements $42 



* Amounts paid for 1891 ; awarded for 1892. 



