460 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



BLACKSTONE VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1884, Acts of 1884, chapter 48. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,000 ; now has $4,500 

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

 Total assets, $4,(351.74: real estate, $4,400; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $100; cash on hand, $151.74. Total liabilities 

 consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the amount of 

 $1,600. Receipts in 1896, $1,705.76: bounty, $600; new 

 members, $24 ; donations, $24.65 ; other sources, $1,057.11. 

 Expenditures in 1896, $1,702.78: premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $681.45; current running expenses, $1,021.33. The 

 society offered $950 in premiums, and awarded and paid 

 $681.45 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 16 cities 

 and towns. Seven dollars and forty-five cents w^ent to 3 

 cities and towns outside the State. One hundred and thirty 

 persons received premiums and 33 gratuities. Under head of 

 farms $88 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock 

 $381.50 was awarded and paid; under field and garden 

 crops $21.50 was awarded and paid; under farm and gar- 

 den products $44.95 was awarded and paid; under dair}'' 

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

 factures $28.75 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $40 

 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $62.10 was awarded and paid. The society 

 reports 515 members, — 290 males and 225 females. Three 

 farmers' institutes were held : at Uxbridge, March 6, on 

 *' Small fruits for the farm " and " Poultry for profit ; " at 

 Uxbridge, March 17, on "Management of agricultural fairs ; " 

 and at Mendon, March 25, on "Manures and fertilizers, and 

 their use" and " The cultivation of flowers." 



BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1823, Acts of 1823, chapter 32. 



The society in its first report to the Board in 1853 

 stated the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to 

 be $3,240; now has $32,000 invested as a capital stock in 

 real estate. Total assets, $33,906.73 : real estate, $32,000 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200; cash on hand, $1,706.73. 

 Total iiabilities, $13,093.01: outstanding bills, $93.01; 



