No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. (503 



Total assets, $12,563.87: real estate, $12,000; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $200; bills due aud unpaid, $327 : cash on 

 hand, $36.87. Total liabilities, $7,331.36: premiums due 

 and unpaid, $120 ; outstanding bills, $211.36 ; mortgages or 

 like liabilities, $7,000. Receipts in 1897, $8,006.98 : bounty, 

 $600; new members, $92; other sources, $7,314.98. Ex- 

 penditures in 1897, $7,970.11: premiums paid, $1,476.50; 

 current running expenses, $4,288.61; interest, $446.52; 

 other expenses, $1,758.48. The society offered $2,141 in 

 premiums and awarded and paid $1,476.50, which went to 

 30 cities and towns. Forty-five dollars and twenty-five 

 cents went to 2 towns outside the State. Three hundred 

 and eighty-one persons received premiums. Under head of 

 farms $39 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $825 was awarded and paid ; under field and garden crops 

 $95 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $210.50 was awarded and paid; under dairy products $18 

 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $214.75 

 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $1,600 was paid ; un- 

 der objects other than agricultural, not specified, $74.25 was 

 awarded and paid. The society reports 1,005 members, — 

 894 males and 111 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held: at Richmond, March 12, on "The restoration of ex- 

 hausted farms by practical methods ; " at Lee, March 30, on 

 " Rural and farm law " and " The new agriculture, or a sys- 

 tem of farming for success ; " and at New Lenox, December 

 14, on " How to improve the New England farm." 



BLACKSTONE VALLEY AG-BICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1884, Acts of 1884, chapter 48. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000 ; now has $4,500 

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

 etc. Total assets, $4,526.80 : real estate, $4,400 ; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $100; cash on hand, $26.80. Total lialnlities 

 consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the amount of 

 $1,600. Receipts in 1897, $1,688.86: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $24; other sources, $1,064.86. Expenditures in 

 1897, $1,661.64: premiums and gratuities paid, $636.44; 

 current running expenses, $945.20 ; interest, $80. The 



