No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 619 



like liabilities, $9,000. Receipts in 1897, $8,762: bounty 

 $600; l,ank funds, $50; new members, $14; other sources' 

 13,098. Expenditures in 1897, $4,834.56: premiums and 

 gratmties paid, $681 ; current running expenses, $2,066 ; 

 mterest, $487.50; other expenses, $1,600.06. The society 

 offered $1,192.75 in premiums, awarded $781 in premiums 

 and gratuities and paid $681 which went to 11 cities and 

 towns. Under head of farm and pet stock $367.50 was 

 awarded; under lield and garden crops $6.50 was awarded • 

 under farm and garden products $266.25 was awarded ; under 

 dairy products $5 was awarded ; under domestic manufactures 

 $109.25 was awarded ; under trotting $650 was paid. Two 

 hundred and sixty-one persons received premiums and 125 

 gratuities. The society reports 1,465 members, — 1 063 

 males and 402 females. Three farmers' institutes were held • 

 at North Tewksbury, January 6, on "The reflections of 

 a modern hayseed;" at Billerica Centre, February 3, on 

 "Roads and roadside improvements " and "The history of 

 organized agriculture in the United States ; " and at Wilmino-- 

 ton Centre, March 3, on - The demands of the future on the 

 JNew England farmer." 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1854. Acts of 1854, chapter 84. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000; now has $13,- 

 000 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 



l\nfVu''''^^^ ''*''*'' •*^'^'^^^' ^^rockery, tables, etc., 

 $200; bills due and unpaid, $250; cash on hand, $50.72 

 lotal liabihties consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the 

 amount of $8,050. Receipts in 1897, $3,346.59 : bounty 

 $600 ; new members, $48 ; donations, $78.85 ; other sources, 

 $2,619.74. Expenditures in 1897, $3,295.47: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $648.15; current running expenses 

 11,773.48 ; interest, $422.43 ; other expenses, $451.41. The 

 society oflered $1,251.45 in premiums, and awarded and paid 

 $648.15 m premiums and gratuities, which went to 8 cities 

 and towns. Eighty-seven persons received premiums and 

 33 gratuities. Under head of flirms $41 was awarded and 

 paid; under farm and pet stock $333.50 was awarded and 



