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paid ; under field and garden crops |46 was awarded and 

 paid; under farm and garden products $160.60 was awarded 

 and paid, under dairy products $6 was awarded and paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $47.05 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $765 was paid; under objects not strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $15 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 555 members, — 370 males and 185 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Hopkinton, March 

 10, on " A yeai''s experience with the army worm ; " at Hud- 

 son, March 17, on " How to make New England agriculture 

 more profitable ; " and at Framingham, December 28, on 

 " Farmino; forward." 



NANTUCKET AGRICULTURAIj SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1856, Acts of 1856. chapter 25. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,500 ; now has $3,200 

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

 $3,829.32: real estate, $3,200; bills due and unpaid, 

 $629.32. Total liabilities consist of outstanding bills to 

 the amount of $629.32. Receipts in 1897, $1,238.79: 

 bounty, $597.38; new members, $11; other sources, 

 $630.41. Expenditures in 1897, $1,857.11: premiums and 

 gratuities paid, $569.75 ; current running expenses, $714.42 ; 

 other expenses, $572.94. The society offered $1,302 in pre- 

 miums, and awarded and paid $569.75 in premiums and 

 gratuities, which went to 1 town. One hundred and ninety- 

 three persons received premiums and 154 gratuities. Under 

 head of farms $12 was awarded and paid; under farm and 

 pet stock $289 was awarded and paid ; under field and 

 garden crops $20 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 garden products $54 was awarded and paid ; under dairy 

 products $3 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $71.50 was awarded and paid; under trotting $75 

 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $45.25 was awarded and paid. The society reports 521 

 members, — 215 males and 306 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held at Nantucket: October 25, on general 

 farm topics ; November 1, on " Poultry farming; " and De- 

 cember 27, on " Profits in dairy farming." 



