616 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



MARSHFIELD AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 116. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,755.43; now has 

 $27,980.08 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $27,980.08 : real es- 

 tate, $26,472.78; crockery, tables, etc., $1,507.30. Total 

 liabilities, $5,336.45 : premiums due and unpaid, $66.45; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $5,270. Receipts in 1897, 

 $2,847.02: bounty, $600; new members, $35; other 

 sources, $2,212.02. Expenditures in 1897, $3,192.68: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,014.80 ; current running 

 expenses, $1,251.88; interest, $926. The society offered 

 $1,486 in premiums, awarded $1,051.65 in premiums and 

 gratuities and paid $971.95, which went to 27 cities and 

 towns. Ninety-two persons received premiums and 275 

 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $179 was 

 awarded and $158.50 paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $137.75 was awarded and $112 paid; under domestic man- 

 ufactures $114.58 was awarded and paid ; under trotting 

 $586.87 was paid; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $33.45 was awarded and $31.90 paid. The society 

 reports 860 members, — 553 males and 307 females. Four 

 farmers' institutes were held at Marshfield : March 2, on 

 " Dairying" and " The possibility of having a milk car run 

 from Marshfield ; " March 23, on " Small fruits " and " Mar- 

 ket gardening ; " August 7, a practical illustration of clearing 

 up land; and August 25, on " Poultry culture." 



MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 33. 



Originally raised by contribution, $4,552.17 ; now has 

 $4,332.63 invested as a capital stock in real estate, notes, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,655.85 

 real estate, $2,750; notes, $400; bank funds, $982.63 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, $21 

 cash on hand, $302.22. Total liabilities, $68: premiums 



