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1894, 13,451.89 : premiums and gratuities paid, $939.42 ; 

 current running expenses, $2,512.47. The society ofiered 

 no fixed sum in premiums, awarded in premiums and gra- 

 tuities $1,027.70 and paid $939.42, which went to 16 cities 

 and towns. Fifteen dollars and fifty cents went to 2 towns 

 outside the State. Under head of farms $32 was awarded 

 and paid ; under farm and pet stock $421 was awarded and 

 $406.75 paid; under field and experimental crops $73.50 was 

 awarded and $59.50 paid; under farm and garden products 

 $281 was awarded and $262.50 paid; under dairy products 

 $6 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufactures $77 

 was awarded and $69.70 paid ; under agricultural implements 

 $14 was awarded and paid ; under trotting $550 was awarded 

 and paid; under objects other than agricultural, not speci- 

 fied, $46.50 was awarded. The society reports 790 mem- 

 bers, — 732 males and 58 females. Five farmers' institutes 

 were held: at Leominster, January 31, on "Dairying;" 

 at Lunenburg, February 20, on "The business side of 

 farming ; " at Ashby, February 23, on "Practical dairying ; " 

 at Ashburnham, March 9, on "Taxation" and "Fruit: its 

 enemies, insect and fungous ; " and at Westminster, March 

 15, on "Corn culture." 



WORCSSTER NORTHWEST AGRICITLTURAL AND 

 MECHANICAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1867, Acts of 1867, chapter 117. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,400 ; now has 

 ),053.90 invested as a capital stock in real estate, cash, 

 crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $12,053.90 : real estate, 

 $11,000 ; crockery, tables, etc., $400 ; cash on hand, $653.90. 

 Total liabilities consist of mortgages or like liabilities, to the 

 amount of $2,000. Receipts in 1894, $4,812.42 : bounty, 

 $600; new members, $87.50; other sources, $4,124.92. 

 Expenditures in 1894, $4,856.58 : premiums paid, $2,026.67 ; 

 current running expenses, $2,177.59; interest, $110; other 

 expenses, $542.32. The society offered m premiums $2,- 

 743.25, awarded in premiums $2,060.30 and paid $2,026.67, 

 which went to 29 cities and towns. Forty-six dollars went 

 to 3 cities and towns outside the State. One hundred 



