No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 629 



$146.45 was awarded and $138 paid; under dairy products 

 $28 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $88.25 was awarded and $79.25 paid; under agricultural 

 implements $8.50 was awarded and paid; under trotting 

 $830 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not 

 specified, $26.80 was awarded. The society reports 1,637 

 members, — 795 males and 842 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Sturbridge, January 13, on "How 

 to feed the dairy cow for milk and cream production ; " at 

 West Brookfield, February 20, on " How to feed the dairy 

 cow for milk and cream production" and "Economic sum- 

 mer and winter feeds for dairy cows;" and at Podunk, 

 March 17, on " The silo and its uses." 



WORCESTER COUNTY WEST AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1851, Acts of 1851, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,175 ; now has $13,600 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, tables, 

 etc. Total assets, $13,715.27 : real estate, $12,600 ; crock- 

 ery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash on hand, $115.27. Total 

 liabilities consist of a note for $1,000. Receipts in 1897, 

 $3,452.38 : bounty, $600 ; new members, $25 ; donations, 

 $25.45; other sources, $2,801.93. Expenditures in 1897, 

 $3,345.98 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,515.78 ; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $1,451.20; interest, $79; other ex- 

 penses, $300. The society offered $1,875.75 in premiums, 

 awarded $1,541.23 in premiums and gratuities and paid 

 $1,515.78, which went to 28 cities and towns. One hun- 

 dred and nine dollars and twenty-five cents went to three 

 cities and towns outside the State. One hundred and forty- 

 six persons received premiums and 23 gratuities. Under 

 head of farms $32 was awarded and paid ; under farm and 

 pet stock $601.08 was awarded and $581.83 paid; under 

 field and garden crops $6 was awarded and paid ; under 

 farm and garden products $161,20 was awarded and $159.82 

 paid; under dairy products $11 was awarded and $10.50 

 paid ; under domestic manufactures $49.60 was awarded and 

 >.35 paid; under trotting $670 was paid; under objects 



