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$75 ; cash, $183.40. Total liabilities, $1,227.39 : premiums 

 due and unpaid, $200; outstanding bills, $1,027.31). Re- 

 ceipts in 18i)G, $1,810.67: bounty, 1561.21; bank funds, 

 $20; new members, $107.26; other sources, $1,122.20. 

 Expenditures in 1896, $1,633.32 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $659.40; current running expenses, $973.92. The 

 society offered no fixed sum in premiums, but awarded and 

 paid $659.40 in premiums and gratuities, which went to 10 

 cities and towns. One hundred and fifty persons received 

 premiums and 2Q gratuities. Under head of farms $16 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and pet stock $361.50 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products $128 

 was awarded and paid ; under dairy products $4 was awarded 

 and paid ; under domestic manufactures $44.65 was awarded 

 and paid ; under objects strictly agricultural, not specified, 

 $60 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $45.25 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 799 members, — 738 males and 61 females. 

 Five farmers' institutes were held : at Lunenburg, January 

 11, on " The farms and farmers of Japan;" at Westmin- 

 ster, January 29, on " Barn ventilation " and " Feeding and 

 care of dairy stock ; " at Ashburnham, February 15, on 

 "Preparation of the soil for crops" and "The farmer as 

 a citizen;" at Ashby, February 25, on "Potato culture" 

 and " California through a farmer's eyes ; " and at Fitchburg, 

 March 19, on "The management of agricultural fairs" and 

 " The farm, the grange and the home." 



WORCESTER NORTH-WEST AGRICULTURAL AND 

 MECHANICAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 117. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,400; now has 

 $12,213.26 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $12,213.26 : real estate, 

 $11,500 ; crockery, tables, etc., $600 ; cash, $113.26. Total 

 liabilities consist of mortgages or like liabilities to the 

 amount of $2,000. Receipts in 1896, $6,160.19 : bounty, 

 $600; new members, $117.50; other sources, $5,442.69. 

 Expenditures in 1896, $7,450.81 : premiums paid, $3,044.13 ; 

 current running expenses, $3,406.76; interest, $120; other 



