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and 9 females. Three farmers' institutes were held : at 

 South Weymouth, January 23, on "Milk and its produc- 

 tion ; " at South Weymouth, February 20, on " Diseases of 

 the horse's foot;" and at East Weymouth, March 30, on 

 " Good roads." 



WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1818, Acts of 1818, chapter 168. 



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

 its permanent fund (par value) to be $7,730; now has 

 $140,000 invested as a capital stock in real estate. Total 

 assets, $140,220.89: real estate, $140,000; bank funds, 

 $4.22; crockery, tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, 

 $16.67. Total liabilities consist of mortgages or like 

 liabilities, to the amount of $50,000. Receipts in 1894, 

 $22,225.31 : bounty, $600 ; bank funds, $94.17 ; new mem- 

 bers, $270; other sources, $21,261.14. Expenditures in 

 1894 $28,064.72: premiums paid, $9,824.75 ; current run- 

 ning expenses, $6,988.82; interest, $2,250; other expenses, 

 $9,001.15. The society ofiered $11,288.50 in premiums, 

 and awarded and paid in premiums $9,824.75, which went 

 to 80 cities and towns. Two thousand seventy-eight dollars 

 and fifty cents went to 23 cities and towns outside the State. 

 Three hundred and sixteen persons received premiums. 

 Under head of farms $129 was awarded and paid ; under farm 

 and pet stock $3,537 was awarded and paid ; under field and 

 experimental crops $145.50 was awarded and paid; under 

 farm and garden products $720.50 was awarded and paid ; 

 under dairy products $40 was awarded and paid ; under 

 domestic manufactures $151.75 was awarded and paid ; under 

 grange exhibits $185 was awarded and paid ; under trotting 

 $4,820 was awarded and paid ; under objects strictly agri- 

 cultural, not specified, $96 was awarded and paid. The so- 

 ciety reports 1,970 members, — 1,827 males and 143 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held : at Worcester, February 

 1, on " Chicaofo cow feeding and its lessons" and "Small 

 fruits;" at Holden, February 14, on " Silos and ensilage" 

 and " Taxation and the farmer ; " and at Grafton, March 15, 

 on " Management of a dairy farm " and " The business side 

 of fruit culture." 



