338 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. [Pub. Doc. 



NANTUCKET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1856, Acts of 1856, chapter 25. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,500 ; now has $3,200 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $3,277.82 : real estate, $3,200 ; cash, $77.82. Total liabili- 

 ties, premiums unpaid, $4.50. Receipts in 1892, $1,349.27 : 

 bounty, $G00 ; new members, $26; donations, $6.33; other 

 sources, $716.94. Expenditures in 1892 consist of $604.25 

 in premiums and gratuities paid. The society oflered in 

 premiums $1,214, awarded $608.75 in premiums and 

 gratuities, and paid $604.25, which went to 1 town. 

 Two hundred and four persons received premiums and 

 120 gratuities. Under head of farms $21 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm and pet stock $339 was awarded 

 and $336 paid; under field and experimental crops $6.50 

 was awarded and })aid ; under farm and garden products 

 $72 w^as awarded and $71 paid; under dairy products 

 $7 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $102.50 was awarded and $101.25 paid; under trotting $21 

 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $40.50 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 494 members, — 203 males and 291 females. Four 

 farmers' institutes were held at Nantucket: November 19, 

 on " Cranl)erries and their culture, and best methods for 

 keeping the berry;" November 26, on "Dairy farming;" 

 December 3, on "Horses and poultry;" December 17, on 

 " Breeding and feeding of dairy stock." 



OXFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1888, Acts of 1888, chapter 93. 

 Originally raised ])y contribution $4,400 ; now has $8,- 

 131.68 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $S, 121. 68: real estate, 

 $7,100; crockery, tables, etc., $200; cash, $831.68. Total 

 liabilities, mortgages or like lia1)ilities, $1,500. Receipts in 

 1892, $3,867.51 : ))ounty, $600 ; new members, $5!); dona- 

 tions, $34.25; other sources, $3,174.26. Expenditures in 



