482 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



WORCESTER EAST AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1890, Acts of 1890, chapter 41. 



Originally raised by contribution, $1,015; now has 

 $4,951.49 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 fixtures, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,951.49 : 

 real estate, $3,550; fixtures, $300; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $200 ; cash, $901.49. Receipts in 1896, $4,693.97 : bounty, 

 $600 ; bank funds, $4.08 ; new members, $50 ; donations, 

 $327.59; other sources, $3,712.30. Expenditures in 1896, 

 $4,219.10: premiums paid, $1,153.05; current running ex- 

 penses, $2,640.46 ; permanent improvements, $425.59. The 

 society ofiered about $1,200 in premiums, awarded $1,174.05 

 and paid $1,153.05, which went to 20 cities and towns. 

 Four dollars went to 1 city outside the State. Two hundred 

 and twenty persons received premiums. Under head of 

 farms $15 was awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock 

 $601 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden prod- 

 ucts $188.25 was awarded and paid; under dairy products 

 $80 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $170.80 was awarded and paid; under agricultural imple- 

 ments $13 was awarded and paid ; under objects strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $90 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $262 was paid ; under objects other than agricult- 

 ural, not specified, $108 was awarded. The society reports 

 679 members, — 451 males and 228 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held: at Clinton, January 30, on "Scoring 

 by points on horses and cows ; " at Lancaster, February 

 12 ; on "Flowers and plants" and "Peach culture;" and 

 at Berlin, March 3, on "The Atlanta Exposition and 

 Farmers' National Congress : what I saw and heard there " 

 and " The quality of milk.*' 



WORCESTER NORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated as the Fitchburg Agricultural Society, 1852, Acts of 

 1852, chapter 79 ; name changed to Worcester North Agricultural 

 Society, 1853, Acts of 1853, chapter 359. 



Originally raised by contribution, $2,128; now has $3,- 

 083.40 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $3,158.40: real estate, 

 $2,500; crockery, tables, etc., $400; bills due and unpaid, 



