No. 4.] RETURNS OF SOCIETIES. 485 



miums and 80 gratuities. Under head of farms $74 was 

 awarded and paid; under head of farm and pet stock $878 

 was awarded and $871 paid; under farm and garden prod- 

 ucts $131.95 was awarded and paid; under dairy products 

 $24 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $93.50 was awarded and $93 paid; under agricultural im- 

 plements $3 was awarded and paid ; under objects strictly 

 agricultural, not specified, $25 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $790 was paid ; under objects other than agricult- 

 ural, not specified, $59.20 was awarded and paid. The so- 

 ciety reports 1,744 members, — 880 males and 864 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Sturbridge, January 

 8, on "The products of the farmer's garden v. the contents 

 of the pork barrel and the cook book" and " The manage- 

 ment of agricultural fairs;" at Warren, January 29, on 

 "How to prevent tuberculosis and secure pure milk and 

 wholesome beef;" and at Southbridge, May 21, on "The 

 farmer's economic need of bees." 



WORCESTER COUNTY WEST AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1851, Acts of 1851, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution, $3,175; now has 

 $13,600 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $13,608.87 : real estate, $12,600 ; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $1,000 ; cash, $8.87. Total liabilities 

 consist of notes to the amount of $1,200. Receipts in 1896, 

 $2,948.31: bounty, $600; new members, $57; donations, 

 $39.14; other sources, $2,252.17. Expenditures in 1896, 

 $3,050.58: premiums and gratuities paid, $1,494.70 ; cur- 

 rent running expenses, $1,483.88 ; interest, $72. The soci- 

 ety offered $1,823.25 in premiums and awarded and paid 

 $1,494.70* in premiums and gratuities, which went to 35 

 cities and towns. Twenty-five cents went to 1 city outside 

 the State. One hundred and sixty persons received pre- 

 miums and 44 gratuities. Under head of ftirms $34 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $562.70 was 

 awarded and paid; under field and garden crops $10 was 

 awarded and paid ; under farm and garden products $123.20 



* Of this amount, $685 was paid for trotting. 



