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and paid; under farm and garden products $47.75 was 

 awarded and $43.51 paid; under dairy products $13 was 

 awarded and paid; under domestic manufactures $93.10 

 was awarded and $82.17 paid; under objects strictly agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $104 was awarded and paid ; under 

 trotting $365 was awarded and paid; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $29 10 was awarded and 

 $25.10 paid. The society reports 1,237 members, — 574 

 males and 663 females. Three farmers' institutes were held 

 at Blandford : March 15, on "Better education needed for 

 the farmer, and a habit of observation ; " April 18, on 

 "Fertilizers v. stable manures;" and December 19, on 

 "General report on the public winter meeting of the State 

 Board of Agriculture at Newburyport." 



WEYMOUTH AGRICULTURAI. AND INDUSTRIAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1891, Acts of 1891, chapter 77. 



Amount originally raised by contribution had increased in 

 1891 to $10,270, invested as a capital stock in real estate, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $10,368.70 : real estate, 

 $10,000 ; crockery, tables, etc., $270 ; cash on hand, $98.70. 

 Total liabilities, $2,964 : outstanding bills, $64 ; mortgages 

 or like liabilities, $2,900. Receipts in 1894, $4,320.51: 

 bounty,. $600 ; new members, $10; donations, $45; other 

 sources, $3,665.51. Expenditures in 1894, $4,811.58: 

 premiums and gratuities paid, $678.20; current running 

 expenses, $2,399.62; interest, $167.01; other expenses, 

 $1,566.75. The society offered in premiums $811.50, 

 awarded in premiums and gratuities $757.65 and paid 

 $678.20, which went to 25 cities and towns. Nine dollars 

 and fifty-five cents went to 1 city and 1 town outside the 

 State. Under head of farm and pet stock $433.65 was 

 awarded and $373.65 paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $134 60 was awarded and $122.30 paid ; under dairy products 

 $4 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures 

 $137.50 was awarded and $130.55 paid ; under objects other 

 than agricultural, not specified, $47.90 was awarded and 

 $47.70 paid. The society reports 428 members, — 419 males 



