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$19; donations, $71.15; other sources, $12,369.90. Ex- 

 penditures in 1894, $13,055.91 : premiums and gratuities 

 paid, $3,340.70; current running expenses, $2,738.34; 

 interest, $176.87; other expenses, $6,800. The society- 

 offered in premiums $4,062.50, and awarded and paid in 

 premiums and gratuities $3,340.70, which went to 38 cities 

 and towns. Forty-tive dollars went to one city outside 

 the State. Three hundred and fifty-eight persons received 

 premiums and 68 gratuities. Under head of farms $47 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $746 was 

 awarded and paid ; under field and experimental crops $14 

 was awarded and paid; under farm and garden products 

 $176.55 w^as awarded and paid; under dairy products $32 

 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $185.70 

 was awarded and paid ; under objects strictly agricultural, 

 not specified, $35 was awarded and paid; under trotting 

 $2,040 was awarded and paid; under objects other than 

 agricultural, not specified, $65 was awarded and paid. The 

 society reports 1,600 members, — 940 males and 660 

 females. Three farmers' institutes were held: at Middle- 

 borough, February 23, on "Peach culture" and "Small 

 fruits;" at Middleborough, March 23, on "Judging by 

 scales of points ; " and at Bridge water, December 18, on 

 "Tuberculosis in its relation to the State Cattle Commission." 



SPENCER FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



Incorporated 1888, Acts of 1888, chapter 87. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,034.08; now has 

 $7,950 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $8,099.86: real estate, $7,150; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $800; cash on hand, $149.86. Total 

 liabilities consist of mortgages or like liabilities, to the 

 amount of $1,500. Receipts in 1894, $3,401.30: bounty, 

 $600 ; new members, $52 ; donations, $500 ; other sources, 

 $2,249.30. Expenditures in 1894, $3,281.74: premiums 

 and gratuities paid, $1,792.38; current running expenses, 

 $1,024.21; interest, $67.50; other expenses, $397.65. The 

 society offered in premiums $2,500, awarded in premiums 



