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and ninety-seven persons received premiums. Under head 

 of farms $28 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet 

 stock 1801.25 was awarded and $793.39 paid; under farm 

 and garden products $137.75 was awarded and $135.08 

 paid ; under dairy products $22 was awarded and paid ; 

 under domestic manufactures $01.65 was awarded and $50.70 

 paid ; under agricultural implements $5 was awarded and 

 paid; under trotting $947.50 was awarded and paid; under 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified, $57.15 was 

 awarded and $45 paid. The society reports 897 members, — 

 607 males and 290 females. Three farmers' institutes were 

 held: at Gardner, January 12, on "Equal taxation" and 

 * * Dairy stock ; its breeding and feeding for the produc- 

 tion of milk and the retail selling of the same ; " Athol, 

 February 2, on "The cultivation of Indian corn" and 

 "The cultivation of the grasses;" and at Petersham, Feb- 

 ruary 9, on "The management of a dairy farm "and "The 

 construction of dairy barns." 



WORCESTER SOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Incorporated 1855, Acts of 1855, Chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,127.40; now has 

 $8,500 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crockery, 

 tables, etc. Total assets, $8,622.12: real estate, $8,000; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $500; cash on hand, $122.12. Total 

 liabilities, $948.75: premiums due and unpaid, $48.75; 

 mortgages or like liabilities, $900. Receipts in 1894, $3,- 

 137.73: bounty, $600; new members, $51; other sources, 

 $2,486.73. Expenditures in 1894, $3,216.51 : premiums and 

 gratuities paid, $1,640.50; current running expenses, 

 $1,439.01 ; interest, $45 ; other expenses, $92. The society 

 oifered in premiums $2,200, awarded in premiums and gra- 

 tuities $1,689.25 and paid $1,640.50, which went to 19 

 cities and towns. One hundred and thirty persons received 

 premiums and 56 gratuities. Under head of farms $74 was 

 awarded and paid; under farm and pet stock $727.50 was 

 awarded and $687.50 paid ; under farm and garden products 

 $130.20 was awarded and $121.20 paid; under dairy prod- 



