No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 347 



and $86 paid ; under agricultural implements $6 was 

 awarded and $3 paid ; under objects strictly agricultural, not 

 specified, $50 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $575 

 was awarded and paid. The society reports 1,779 members, 

 — 891 males and 888 females. Three farmers'- institutes 

 were held : at Southbridge, January 28, on "Abandoned 

 farms " and " The work of the Weather Bureau ; " at Brook- 

 field, March 11, on " Single taxation, or the Henry George 

 theory" and "Contagious diseases of animals ; " at Stur- 

 bridge, December 16, on "Bringing up the farm," "The 

 sheep industry "and "The use of liquid manure." 



WORCESTER COUNTY WEST AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1851, Acts of 1851, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,175; now has $13,- 

 600 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $13,732.09 : real estate, $12,600 ; 

 bills due, $47.75; crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash, 

 $84.34. Total liabilities, note, $1,000. Receipts in 1892, 

 $4,537.67: bounty, $600; new members, $155; other 

 sources, $3,782.67. Expenditures in 1892, $4,537.67: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,261.13; current running 

 expenses, $3,276.54. The society offered $1,645.50 in pre- 

 miums, awarded $1,293.20 in premiums and gratuities and 

 paid $1,261.13, which went to 28 cities and towns. One 

 hundred and thirty-eight persons received premiums and 

 43 gratuities. Under head of farms $35 was awarded and 

 paid; under farm and pet stock $538.50 was awarded and 

 $522.50 paid; under field and experimental crops $35 was 

 awarded and $34.35 paid; under farm and garden products 

 $51.75 was awarded and $46.88 paid; under dairy products 

 $11 was awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures 

 $38.25 was awarded and $35.85 paid; under agricultural 

 implements $3 was awaVded and paid ; under trotting $519 

 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricult- 

 ural, not specified, $61.70 was awarded and $53.55 

 paid. The society reports 554 members, — 505 males and 



