No. 4.] KETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 481 



WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 168. 



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

 that the amount of its permanent fund (par value) was 

 $7,730 ; now lias $150,000 invested as a capital stock in real 

 estate. Total assets, $150,973.76: real estate, $150,000; 

 bank funds, $307.82; crockery, tables, etc., $600; bills due 

 and unpaid, $65.94. Total liabilities, $55,084: premiums 

 due and unpaid (pending investigation), $84 ; mortgages or 

 like liabilities, $55,000. Eeceipts in 1896, $30,155.41: 

 bounty, $600; bank funds, $53.19: new members, $355; 

 donations, $1,920; other sources, $27,227.22. Expendi- 

 tures in 1896, $29,847.59 : premiums and gratuities paid, 

 $10,054.25 : current running expenses, $8,612.45 ; interest, 

 $4,735.75; other expenses, $6,445.14. The society ofiered 

 $12,413.25 in premiums, awarded $10,214.25 and paid 

 $10,130.25,* which went to 85 cities and towns. Two 

 thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars went to 26 

 cities and towns outside the State. Three hundred and 

 seven persons received premiums and 2 gratuities. Under 

 head of farm and pet stock $3,744.50 was awarded and 

 $3,664.50 paid; under farm and garden products $883.50 

 was awarded and paid ; under dairy products $158 was 

 awarded and $154 paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $138.75 was awarded and paid ; under grange exhibits 

 $70 was awarded and paid; under trotting $4,985 was paid ; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $234.50 

 was awarded and paid. The society reports 2,058 mem- 

 bers, — 1,895 males and 163 females. Three farmers' insti- 

 tutes were held: at Grafton, February 18, on "The farm 

 garden" and " Mending our ways ;" at Worcester, February 

 20, on " Infectious diseases of domestic animals, their causa- 

 tion and prevention," and "The family vegetable garden;" 

 and at AVorcester, March 5, on "How to build a model 

 barn " and " Ventilation." 



• Of this amount, $4,985 was paid for trotting. 



