Keturns of Societies. 



AMESBURY AND SALISBURY AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1881, Acts of 1881, chapter 204. 



Originally raised by contribution, $1,002.32 ; now has 

 $8,228.75 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $8,268.90 : real estate, $7,- 

 873.29; crockery, tables, etc., $355.46; cash on hand, 

 $40.21. Total liabilities consist of notes to the amount of 

 $1,900. Receipts in 1897, $3,166.54: bounty, $600 ; new 

 members, $27 ; donations, $36.15 ; other sources, $2,503.39. 

 Expenditures in 1897, $2,526.33 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $897.32 ; current running expenses, $149.70; interest, 

 $114 ; other expenses, $1,365.31. The society offered $1,800 

 in premiums, and awarded and paid $897.32 in premiums 

 and gratuities, which went to 26 cities and towns. Two 

 hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-five cents went to 

 10 cities and towns outside the State. Four hundred and 

 fifty- four persons received premiums and 180 gratuities. 

 Under head of farms $33 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and pet stock $436.75 was awarded and paid; under field 

 and garden croi)s $5 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 garden products $129.50 was awarded and paid; under dairy 

 products $3.25 was awarded and paid; under domestic 

 manufactures $88.25 was awarded and paid; under objects 

 strictly agricultural, not specified, $55.54 was awarded and 

 paid; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $146.03 was awarded and paid. The society reports 252 

 members, — 223 males and 29 females. Five farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Newbury, January 21, on "Taxation 

 from the farmer's stand-point" and "How to make New 

 England agriculture more profitable ; " at Amesbury, Febru- 

 ary 18, on "The new agriculture, or a system of farming for 

 success" and "Farm machinery;" at Amesbury, March 18, 

 on "Farming with fertilizers;" at Amesbury, April 9, on 



