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$800; cash on hand, $214.14. Total liabilities, $3,635: 

 outstanding bills, $G0 ; notes, $3,575. lieceipts in 1894, 

 $3,875.78: bounty, $600; bonds, $20; new members, $20; 

 donations, $116.75; other sources, $3,119.03. Expendi- 

 tures in 1894, $3,661.64: premiums and gratuities paid, 

 $1,608.85; current running expenses, $1,137.07; interest, 

 $184.25 ; other expenses, $731.47. The society offered 

 $2,040.25 in premiums, and awarded and paid $1,608.85 in 

 premiums and gratuities, which went to 17 cities and towns. 

 One hundred and twentj^-tive persons received premiums 

 and 114 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock 

 $315.55 was awarded and paid ; under field and experimental 

 crops $52 was awarded and paid ; under farm and garden 

 products $205.15 was awarded and paid; under dairy prod- 

 ucts $9 was awarded and paid ; under domestic m:inufact- 

 ures $149.15 was awarded and paid; under agricultural 

 implements $13 was awarded and paid; under trotting $770 

 was awarded and paid ; under objects other than agricultural, 

 not specified, $95 was awarded and paid. The society reports 

 553 members, — 333 males and 220 females. Three farmers' 

 institutes were held : at East Sandwich, February 2, on 

 "Commercial fertilizers in relation to stable manure;" at 

 Yarmouthport, February 24, on "General fruit culture;" 

 and at Barnstable, November 22, on "Tuberculosis in 

 cattle." I 



BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAI, SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1811, Acts of 1811, chapter 70. 



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

 the amount of its permanent fund (par value) to be $3,000 ; 

 now has $15,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate. 

 Total assets, $15,352.67 : real estate, $15,000 ; bills due 

 and unpaid, $346.50 ; cash on hand, $6.17. Total liabilities, 

 $9,645.73: premiums due and unpaid, $51.50; outstanding 

 bills, $614.23; mortgages or like liabilities, $8,000; in- 

 terest, $480; loan, $500. Eeceipts in 1894, $6,318.98: 

 bounty, $600 ; loan, $500 ; new members, $20 ; donations, 

 $30; other sources, $5,168.98. Expenditures in 1894, 

 $6,359.98 : premiums and gratuities paid, $2,919.32 : current 

 running expenses, $3,401.58 ; interest, $37.07. The society 



