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members, $32; donations, $27.75; other sources, $1,987.49. 

 Expenditures in 1896, $2,290.40 : ju-eniiums paid, $1,283.83 ; 

 current running expenses, $450 ; interest, $31.55 ; other ex- 

 penses, $525.02. The society offered $1,800 in premiums, 

 awarded $1,312.83 and paid $1,283.83,* which went to 17 

 cities and towns. Tliirty-seven dollars went to 1 city out^ 

 side the State. One hundred and twenty-one persons re- 

 ceived premiums. Under head of farms $56.33 was awarded 

 and $52.75 paid; under farm and pet stock $516.75 was 

 awarded and $502.40 paid; under field and garden crops 

 $42 was awarded and $40.87 paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $18 was awarded and $17.37 paid; under dairy 

 products $6 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufact- 

 ures $38.25 was awarded and $33.06 paid ; under agricultural 

 implements $1 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $605 

 was paid ; under objects other than agricultural, not specified, 

 $29.50 was awarded and $25.38 paid. The society reports 

 636 members, — 342 males and 294 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Dudley, January 25, on " Stabling 

 and care of milch cows " and " Country roads ; " at Oxford, . 

 February 19, on " Does the capital invested in farm property 

 pay?" and "The business side of fruit culture;" and at 

 Oxford, March 11, on "Farm poultry." 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Agricultural Society in the County of Plymouth, 

 1819, Acts of 1819, chapter 2 ; name changed to Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society in 1870, Acts of 1870, chapter 251. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $9,550; 

 now has $35,700 invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $35,858.76 : 

 real estate, $35,000; bank funds, $500; crockery, tables, 

 etc., $200 ; cash, $158.76. Total liabilities, $5,812.94 : out- 

 standing bills, $62.94; notes, $5,750. Receipts in 1896, 

 $5,914.38 : bounty, $600 ; new members, $6 ; donations, 

 $38.25; other sources, $5,274.13. Expenditures in 1896, 

 §5,755.62: premiums and gratuities paid, $3,326.75; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $2,157.42; interest, $271.45. The 



♦ Of this amount, $605 was paid for trotting. 



