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ery, tabJes, etc. Total assets, $22,994.39 : real estate, 

 $21,472.78 ; crockery, tables, etc., $1,507.30 ; cash on band, 

 $14.31. Total liabilities, $5,872.80: premiums due and 

 unpaid, $84; outstanding bills, $18.50; mortgages or like 

 liabilities, $5,770.30. Receipts in 1894, $4,220.63 : bounty, 

 $600; new members, $255; donations, $100; other sources, 

 $3,265.63. Expenditures in 1894, $.4,206.32: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $1,169.04; current running expenses, 

 $900.28; interest, $387; other expenses, $1,750, The 

 society offered in premiums $1,609.65, awarded in premiums 

 and gratuities $1,208.19 and paid $1,124.97, which went to 

 31 cities and towns. Four dollars and twenty-five cents 

 went to four cities and towns outside the State. Eighty- 

 three persons received premiums and 302 gratuities. Under 

 head of farms $20 was awarded ; under farm and pet stock 

 $179.40 was awarded and $150.50 paid; under field and 

 experimental crops $5 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and garden products $166.85 was awarded and $134.50 

 paid; under dairy products $16 was awarded and paid; 

 under domestic manufactures $123.54 was awarded and 

 $123.12 paid; under trotting $650 was awarded and paid; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $47.40 

 was awarded and $45.45 paid. Diplomas were awarded for 

 agricultural implements. The society reports 902 members, 

 — 582 males and 320 females. Three farmers' institutes 

 were held at Marshfield : January 18, on "Dairying;" 

 February 15, on "The perfect road horse; " March 31, on 

 "Cooking." 



MAKTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAIi SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 33. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,552.17; now has 

 $4,201.70 invested as a capital stock in real estate, bank 

 funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,264.96 : real 

 estate, $2,750; notes, $550; bank funds, $701.70; crockery, 

 tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, $28; cash on hand, 

 $35.26. Total liabilities, $20.82: premiums due and 

 unpaid, $17 ; outstanding bills, $3.82. Receipts in 1894, 

 $1,134.35: bounty, $600; notes, $36.50; bank funds, 



