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on ' ' How to make farming pay " and ' ' The cost of a quart 

 of milk;" at Worcester, February 18, on "A year's experi- 

 ence with the army worm" and "The family vegetable gar- 

 den;" and at Holden, March 5, on " How to feed the dairy 

 cow for milk and cream production." 



WORCESTER EAST AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1890, Acts of 1890, chapter 41. 



Originally raised by contribution, $1,015 ; now has $5,- 

 246.17 invested as capital stock in real estate, cash, fixtures, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $5,246.17 : real estate, 

 $4,162.40; crockery, tables, etc., $858.77; cash on hand, 

 $225. Receipts in 1897, $4,212.56: bounty, $600; bank 

 funds, $11.26; new members, $57; donations, $127; other 

 sources, $3,417.30. Expenditures in 1897, $3,920.68 : pre- 

 miums paid, $1,161.75; current running expenses, $2,575.- 

 59 ; other expenses, $183.34. The society offered about 

 $1,600 in premiums, awarded $1,161.75 and paid $1,142.25, 

 which went to 22 cities and towns. Three dollars and 

 seventy-five cents went to one city outside the State. Under 

 head of farms $19 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 pet stock $562.25 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 garden products $200.75 was awarded and paid; under dairy 

 products $34 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manu- 

 factures $84 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $400 was 

 paid; mider objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $49 was awarded and paid. The society reports 688 mem- 

 bers, — 457 males and 231 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Clinton, January 22, on "The war 

 against the gypsy moth ; " at Lancaster, February 3 , on 

 "Eastern v. Western farming;" and at Berlin, February 

 27, on "The raising of small fruits." 



WORCESTER NORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Pitchburg Agricultural Society, 1852, Acts of 

 1852, chapter 79 ; name changed to Worcester North Agricult- 

 ural Society, 1853, Acts of 1853. chapter 359. 



Originally raised by contribution, $2,128. Total assets, 

 $1,105.90: notes, $115; crockery, tables, etc., $400; bills 



