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to 19 cities and towns. Five dollars and t%venty-five cents 

 went to one town outside the State. One hundred and 

 ninety-eight persons received premiums and 92 gratuities. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $480.25 was awarded and 

 $458.13 paid; under field and garden crops $33.50 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products $41.25 

 was awarded and $40 paid ; under dairy products $5.75 was 

 awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $121.90 

 was awarded and $110.63 paid; under agricultural imple- 

 ments $10.25 was awarded and $8 paid; under objects 

 strictly agricultural, not specified, $90 was awarded and 

 paid ; under trotting $385 was paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $24.95 was awarded and 

 $21.49 paid. The society reports 1,308 members, — 605 

 males and 703 females. Three farmers' institutes were held 

 at Blandford : January 26, on "A grange, what, why and 

 how ; " February 19, on " The war against the gypsy moth" 

 and " The work and influence of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College;" and December 15, on "Poultry; its 

 breeding and management." 



WEYMOUTH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1891, Acts of 1891, chapter 77. 



Amount originally raised by contribution had increased in 

 1891 to $10,270; the society now has $11,270 invested as a 

 capital stock in real estate, crockery, tables, etc. Total 

 assets, $11,314.68: real estate, $11,000; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $270; bills due and unpaid, $39 ; cash on hand, $5.68. 

 Total liabilities consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the 

 amount of $2,850. Receipts in 1897, $6,358.56: bounty, 

 $600 ; new members, $10 ; donations, $24.50 ; other sources, 

 $5,724.06. Expenditures in 1897, $6,316.18: premiums 

 and gratuities paid (including trotting), $1,617.65 ; current 

 running expenses, $150 ; interest, $135 ; other expenses, 

 $4,413.53. The society oflered $937 in premiums, awarded 

 $737.15 and paid $712.65, which went to 21 cities and towns. 

 One dollar and ten cents went to parties outside the State. 

 Under head of farm and pet stock $366.50 was awarded and 

 $362.50 paid; under farm and garden products $171.60 was 



