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Expenditures in 1892, $4,556.03 : premiums and irratuities 

 paid, $1,011.67 ; current running expenses, $3,544.36. The 

 society offered $1,174.17 in premiums, and awarded and 

 paid $1,011.67, which went to 13 cities and towns. 

 Under head of farms $40 was awarded and $33 paid ; 

 under farm and pet stock $542.75 w^as awarded and 

 $426.25 paid; under farm and garden products $295.02 

 was awarded and $254.52 paid; under dairy products $7.50 

 was awarded and $5.75 paid; under domestic manufactures 

 $48.90 was awarded and paid ; under agricultural implements 

 $16 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricult- 

 ural, not specified, $100 was awarded and paid ; under field 

 sports $1,095 was awarded and paid; under trotting $520 

 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $127.25 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 776 members, — 722 males and 54 females. Four 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Leominster, January 6, 

 on "Small fruits for family use;" at Ashburnham, Janu- 

 ary 28, on " Poultry for profit" and " Fruit plantations of 

 California and the far West ; " at Ashby, March 9, on *' Fruit 

 plantations of California and the far West" and "Small 

 fruits for the market ; " at Westminster, March 22, on "Milk 

 and its production." 



WORCESTER NORTHWEST AGRICULTURAL AND 

 MECHANICAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated. 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 117. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,400 ; now has 

 $10,642.25 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 cash, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $10,642.25 : 

 real estate, $10,000; crockery, tal)les, etc., $400; cash, 

 $242.25. Receipts in 1892, $3,944.20: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $97.50; other sources, $3,246.70. Expendi- 

 tures in 1892, $3,589.17: premiums paid, $1,702.76; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $1,857,34; interest, $29.07. The 

 society offered $2,510.50 in premiums, awarded $1,750.15 

 and paid $1,702.76, which went to 25 cities and towns. 

 Seventy-five dollars went to one town outside the State. 

 One hundred and seventy-eight persons received premiums. 



