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six dollars and fifty cents went to 8 cities and towns outside 

 the State. One hundred and ninety-five* persons received 

 premiums and 136* gratuities. Under head of farms $570 

 was awarded and $455 paid; under form and garden prod- 

 ucts $7,195 was awarded and $6,839.33 paid. The society 

 reports 799 members, — 744 males and 55 females. Thir- 

 teen farmers' institutes were held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston : January 13, on " Fungi ; " January 20, on " Prun- 

 ing;" January 27, on "Grape culture;" February 3, on 

 "Electricity and vegetation; " February 10, on "The con- 

 struction and value of greenhouses ; " February 17, on " A 

 talk about mushrooms;" February 24, on " Cinerarias and 

 calceolarias ; " March 3, on " Injurious insects ; " March 10, 

 on " Metropolitan park systems ; " March 17, on " jNIercan- 

 tile seed raising ; " March 24, on " Forcing ; " and March 31, 

 on " Ornamental horticulture at the Columbian Exposition." 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRI- 

 CULTURE. 



Incorporated 1792, Acts of 1792, chapter 33. 



This society made no returns to the secretary of the Board 

 of Agriculture for the year 1894. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, chapter 315. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,000 ; now has $35,000 

 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total assets, $35- 

 432: real estate, $35,000; crockery, tables, etc., $400: 

 bills due and unpaid, $20; cash on hand, $12. Total liabil- 

 ities, $3,700.21: premiums due and unpaid, $134.80; out- 

 standing bills, $65.41 ; mortgages or like liabilities, $3,500. 

 Receipts in 1894, $4,941.13: bounty, $600; new members, 

 $14; other sources, $4,327.13. Expenditures in 1894, $2,- 

 997.69: premiums and gratuities paid, $666.50; current 

 running expenses, $1,521; interest, $175; other expenses, 

 $635.19. The society offered in premiums $1,247.50, 

 awarded in premiums and gratuities $801.30 and paid 



* Not including school gardeners, etc. 



