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No. 4.] KETUKNS OF SOCIETIES. 625 



awarded and $158.65 paid; under dairy products $4.50 was 

 awarded and paid; under domestic .manufactures $149.20 

 was awarded and $143.90 paid; under trotting $905 was 

 paid ; under objects otlier than agricultural, not specified, 

 $45.35 was awarded and $43.10 paid. The society reports 

 490 members, — 484 males and 6 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held : at North Weymouth, March 12, on 

 "The composition of milk;" at South Weymouth, March 

 26, on "How to make good roads, with or without State 

 aid; "and at East Weymouth, April 16, on "Poultry and 

 egg farmino;." 



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WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 168. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 stated 

 that the amount of its permanent fund (par value) was 

 $7,730 ; now has $150,000 invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate. Total assets, $150,805.05: real estate, $150,000; 

 bank funds, $138.22 ; crockery, tables, etc., $600 ; bills due 

 and unpaid, $66.83. Total liabilities, $63,310.50: pre- 

 miums due and unpaid, $84; outstanding bills, $226.50; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $63,000. Receipts in 1897, 

 $32,323.60 : bounty, $600 ; bank funds, $8.85 ; new members, 

 $185; donations, $323; other sources, $31,206.75. Ex- 

 penditures in 1897, $32,185.38 : premiums paid, $8,647.25 ; 

 current running expenses, $8,924.85; interest, $2,443.24; 

 other expenses, $12,170.04. The society ofiered $11,328.50 

 in premiums, and awarded and paid $8,647.25, which went 

 to 84 cities and towns. Eight hundred and thirty-four dol- 

 lars and twenty-five cents went to 22 cities and towns outside 

 the State. Three hundred and thirty-two persons received 

 premiums. Under head of farm and pet stock $3,359 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products $984 

 was awarded and paid; under dairy products $152 was 

 awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures $157.75 

 was awarded and paid; under objects strictly agricultural, 

 not specified, $155 was awarded and paid ; under trotting, 

 $3,725 was paid; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $114.50 was awarded and paid. The society re- 

 ports 1,793 members, — 1,631 males and 162 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held; at Westborough, January 12, 



