336 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



MIDDLESEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as The Western Society of Middlesex Husbandmen in 

 1803, Special La^srs, Vol. III.; name changed to The Society of 

 Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufacturers, 1819, Acts of 1819, 

 chapter 73 : name changed to Middlesex Agricultural Society, 

 1852, Acts of 1852, chapter 30. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

 reported its permanent fund (par value) to be $3,000 ; now 

 has no capital stock. No fair was held in 1892. The society 

 reports 959 members, — 658 males and 301 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Stow, January 29, on 

 ''Feedins: stock and the contagious diseases of stock;" at 

 Hudson, March 4, on "Orchards and fertilizers;" at Bed- 

 ford, March 16, on "Fertilizers and manures " and "Care 

 and management of farm stock." 



MIDDLESEX NORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 315. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has $28,- 

 000 invested as a, cai)ital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $29,000: real estate, $28,000; crockery, tables, etc., $400; 

 cash, $600. Total lialiilities, $5,000: premiums unpaid, 

 $75; outstanding bills, $925; mortgages or like liabilities, 

 $4,000. Receipts in 1892, $5,260.60: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $125; other sources, $4,535.60. Expenditures 

 in 1892, $3,465.17 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,175; 

 current running expenses, $1,365.27 ; interest, $175 ; other 

 expenses, $749.90. The society oftered in premiums, 

 $1,493, awarded $830.42 in premiums and gratuities, and 

 paid $1,175, which went to 15 cities and towns. Two 

 hundred and five persons received premiums and 149 gra- 

 tuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $406 was 

 awarded and $353 paid ; under field and experimental crops 

 $42 was awarded and $38.50 i)aid ; under farm and garden 

 products $255.50 was awarded and $231.50 paid; under 

 dairy products $8 was awarded and paid ; under domestic 

 manufactures $121.25 was awarded and $102.75 paid; 

 under trotting $334.50 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 809 members, — 624 males and 185 females. Three 



