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moth ; " at Newburyport, March 6, on " Fruit ; " at Beverly, 

 April 3, on "Infectious diseases of domestic animals, their 

 causation and prevention ; " and at Beverly, December 18, 

 on ' ' The production ot milk " and ' ' Management of a dairy 

 farm." 



FRANKLIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Incorporated 1850, Acts of 1850, chapter 104. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $3,768 ; 

 now has $9,095 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 stocks, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $9,310.82 : real 

 estate, $8,000; stocks, $1,020; crockery, tables, etc., $75; 

 bills due and unpaid, $68.41 ; cash on hand, $147.41. Total 

 liabilities, $2,517.07 : outstanding bills, $417.07 ; mortgages 

 or like liabilities, $2,100. Receipts in 1896, $4,171.21: 

 bounty, $600; stocks, $20; new members, $22.50; dona- 

 tions, $5 ; other sources, $3,523.71. Expenditures in 1896, 

 $4,023.80: premiums and gratuities' paid, $1,216.90; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $2,056.43 ; interest, $32.88 ; other 

 expenses, $717.59. The society oftercd $1,946 in premiums, 

 awarded $1,256.50 in premiums and gratuities, and paid 

 $1,216.90, which went to 22 cities and towns. Four dollars 

 and fifty cents went to 1 town outside the State. Three 

 hundred and forty-one persons received premiums and 14 

 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $872.25 

 was awarded and $858.25 paid; under farm and garden 

 products $198.50 was awarded and $189.65 paid; under 

 dairy products $23 was awarded and paid ; under domestic 

 manufactures $130.75 was awarded and $116 paid; under 

 objects strictly agricultural, not specified, $17 was awarded 

 and $15 paid; under trotting $830 was paid; under objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $15 was awarded and 

 paid. The society reports about 1,800 members, — about 

 1,500 males and about 300 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Greenfield, January 4, on "Tubercu- 

 losis;" at Greenfield, January 27, on "An hour with the 

 w^eather man ; " and at Montague, February 27, on " The At- 

 lanta Exposition and the Farmers' National Congress : what 

 I saw and heard there " and " Co-operation among farmers." 



