No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 339 



1892, $3,035.83: premiums paid, $1,145„73; current run- 

 ning expenses, |400 ; interest, $87.50; other expenses, 

 $1,402.60. The society offered in premiums $1,600, 

 awarded $1,173, and paid $1,145.73, which went to 

 17 cities and towns. Forty-two doUars went to one 

 city and one town outside the State. One hundred and 

 forty-two persons received premiums. Under head of farms 

 $43 was awarded and $42.50 paid; under farm and pet 

 stock $491 was awarded and $468.91 paid; under field and 

 experimental crops $43.25 was awarded and $42.19 paid; 

 under farm and garden products $21.25 was awarded and 

 $19.69 paid; under dairy products $8 was awarded and 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $23 was awarded and 

 $21.19 paid; under agricultural implements $9.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under trotting $515 was awarded and 

 paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $19 was awarded and $18.75 paid. The society reports 

 633 members, — 343 males and 290 females. Three farm- 

 ers' institutes were held : at Auburn, February 10, on 

 "Will the agricultural interests of the country be promoted 

 by reciprocity?" and " Grass culture ; " at Charlton, March 

 25, on " Farms and fruit plantations of California and the 

 far West; " at Oxford, December 22, on " Small fruits for 

 family use" and " Orchard fruits and house plants." 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Agricultural Society in the County of Plymouth, 

 1819, Acts of 1819, chapter 2 ; name changed to Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society, in 1870, Acts of 1870, chapter 251. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 re- 

 ported its permanent fund (par value) to be $9,550 ; now 

 has $35,237.86 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 cash, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $35,237.86 : real 

 estate, $35,000; crockery, tables, etc., $200; cash, $37.86. 

 Total liabilities, notes, $1,900. Receipts in 1892, $14,991.36 : 

 bounty, $600; new members, $50; donations, $5,157.90; 

 other sources, $9,183.46. Expenditures in 1892, $14,953.- 

 50 : premiums and gratuities paid, $2,971.45 ; current run- 

 ning expenses, $2,946,89 ; interest, $79.10 ; other expenses, 



