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$41,25 was awarded and |38.37 paid; under dairy products 

 $10.50 was awarded and $9.75 paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $84.05 was awarded and $7(3.25 paid ; under 

 aijricultural implements $15 was awarded and $5 paid; 

 under olijects other than agricultural, not specified, $1)6.68 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting, $349 was awarded 

 and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $17.70 was awarded and $16.70 paid. The society 

 reports 1,182 members, — 540 males and 642 females. 

 Two farmers ' institutes were held at Blandford : January 

 20, on "Fertilizers;" June 17, on "Fruits for farmers' 

 use " and " Horses." 



WEYMOUTH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1891, Acts of 1891, chapter 77. 



AOiount originally raised by contribution had increased 

 in 1891 to $10,270; invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $10,383.05 : 

 real estate, $10,000; crockery, tal)les, etc., $270; cash, 

 $113.05. Liabilities, a mortgage of $1,500. Receipts in 

 1892, $4,819.23 : bounty, $600; donations, $103.50; other 

 sources, $4,115.73. Expenditures in 1892, $5,534.62: pre- 

 miums paid, $655.10; current running expenses, $3,215.07 ; 

 interest, $164.50; other expenses, $1,500. The society 

 offered in premiums $888.25, awarded $723.35, and 

 paid $655.10, which went to 19 cities and towns. Under 

 head oftarm and pet stock $414.25 was awarded and $376.50 

 paid ; under field and experimental crops $8 was awarded 

 and $7 paid ; under farm and garden products $117.25 was 

 awarded and $99.05 paid; under dairy products $4.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $145.60 

 was awarded and $133.80 paid; under trotting $515 Avas 

 awarded and paid; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $33.75 was awarded and $32.75 paid. The 

 society reports 451 members, — 444 males and 7 females. 

 Three farmers ' institutes were held at South Weymouth : 

 February 22, on "Poultry;" September 3, on "Milch 

 cows;" October 13, on "Farms." 



