274 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



ATTLEBOROUGH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



Incorporated 1887, Acts of 1887, chapter 203. 



Originally raised by contribution $20,000, which is now 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, 

 $25,002.82: real estate, $24,500; crockery, tables, etc., 

 $500; cash on hand $2.82. Total liabilities, $8,653.04: 

 premiums due and unpaid, $86.58; outstanding bills, 

 $1,060.46; mortgages or like liabilities, $7,500. Receipts 

 in 1894, $4,117.45: bounty, $600; donations, $53.95; 

 other sources, $3,463.50. Expenditures in 1894, $5,810.80 ; 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $1,658.76; current running 

 expenses, $350 ; interest, $450 ; other expenses, $3,352.04. 

 The society offered in premiums $2,670.90, awarded in pre- 

 miums and gratuities $1,773.80 and paid $1,658.76, which 

 went to 35 cities and towns. Four hundred and sixty-three 

 dollars went to 13 cities and towns outside the State. Two 

 hundred and eighty-live persons received premiums and 

 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $555 was 

 awarded and $516.75 paid; under field and experimental 

 crops $30 was awarded and $27 paid; under farm and gar- 

 den products $174.25 was awarded and $151.42 paid; under 

 domestic manufactures $179.05 was awarded and $155.34 

 paid ; for firemen's muster $400 was awarded and paid ; 

 under trotting $790 was awarded and paid; for objects 

 other than agricultural, not specified, $45.50 was awarded 

 and $28.50 paid. The society reports 104 members, — 95 

 males and 9 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : 

 at Wrentham, March 26, on "Composition of milk;" at 

 "Franklin, May 1, on "The usefulness of agricultural 

 organizations ; " and at Attleborough, December 13, on 

 " Tuberculosis." 



BARH"STABLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1844, Acts of 1844, chapter 114. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $1,740; 

 now has $8,300 invested as a capital stock in real estate and 

 bonds. Total assets, $8,514.14: real estate, $7,500 ; bonds, 



