346 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Under head of farms $26 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 andj)et stock $648.25 was awarded and $628.57 paid ; under 

 farm and garden products $172.50 was awarded and $164.67 

 paid; under dairy products $17 was awarded and $16.33 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $36.40 was awarded and 

 $32.02 paid; under agricultural implements $0.50 was 

 awarded and $0.33 paid ; under trotting $662.50 was 

 awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $187 was awarded and $172.34 paid. The 

 society reports 903 members, — 609 males and 294 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held: at Athol, January 29, 

 on " The farmer as a citizen " and " How to make farming 

 profitable ; " at North Orange, February 12, on " Taxation" 

 and " Dairying ; " at Athol, February 19, on " Apples " and 

 "Small fruits." 



WORCESTER SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contril)ution $3,127.40; now has 

 $8,500 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $8,623.04: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $500 ; cash, $123.04. Total liabilities, 

 $1,077.10: premiums unpaid, $77.10; mortgages or like 

 liabilities, $1,000. Receipts in 1892, $3,932.12: bounty, 

 $600; new members, $68 ; other sources, $3,264.12. Ex- 

 penditures in 1892, $3,689.37 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $1,656; current running expenses, $1,441.76; in- 

 terest, $90; other expenses, $501.61. The society offered 

 $2,070.25 in premiums, awarded $1,656 in premiums and 

 gratuities and paid $1,578.90, which went to 27 cities and 

 towns. One hundred and twenty-five dollars went to one 

 town outside the State. One hundred and twenty-one 

 persons received premiums and 65 gratuities. Under head 

 of farms $74 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet 

 stock $1,283.50 was awarded and $1,248 paid; under field 

 and experimental crops $24.50 was awarded and $21.50 paid ; 

 under farm and garden products $93.95 was awarded and 

 $79.70 paid; under dairy products $33 was awarded and 

 $29 paid ; under domestic manufactures $96.50 was awarded 



