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ucts $28 was awarded and paid ; under domestic manufact- 

 ures $116.25 was awarded and $106 paid; under agricult- 

 ural implements $19.50 was awarded and paid; under ob- 

 jects strictly agricultural, not specified, $57.50 was awarded 

 and paid ; under trotting $505 was awarded and $470 paid ; 

 under objects other than agricultural, not specified, $31.80 

 was awarded and paid. The society reports 1,813 members, 

 — 933 males and 880 females. Four farmers' institutes 

 were held: at AVest Brookfield, January 17, on "The man- 

 agement of a dairy farm " and ' ' The composition and food 

 value of milk;" at Charlton, February 16, on "Feeding 

 cows for milk" and "Seeds and plant growth;" at Stur- 

 bridge, March 22, on "Judging animals by scales of 

 points ; " and at Sturbridge, April 18, on " Care of orchards 

 and treatment of insects and fungous growths injurious to 

 forest trees." 



WORCESTER COUNTY WEST AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1851, Acts of 1851, chapter 278. 



Originally raised by contribution $3,175; now has 

 $13,600 invested as a capital stock in real estate, crock- 

 ery, tables, etc. Total assets, $13,673,04: real estate, 

 $12,600; crockery, tables, etc., $1,000; cash on hand, 

 $73.04. Total liabilities consist of notes to the amount of 

 $1,400. Receipts in 1894, $2,519.13 : bounty, $600 ; dona- 

 tions, $17; other sources, $1,902.13. Expenditures in 

 1894, $2,495.25 : premiums and gratuities paid, $1,465.47 ; 

 current running expenses, $945.78; interest, $84. The 

 society offered in premiums $1,740, awarded in premiums 

 and gratuities $1,505.85 and paid $1,465.47, which went to 

 30 cities and towng. Two dollars and sixty-five cents went 

 to 1 city outside the State. One hundred and ninety-seven 

 persons received premiums and 15 gratuities. Under head 

 of farms $35 was awarded and paid ; under farm and pet 

 stock $586.75 was awarded and $572.25 paid; under field 

 and experimental crops $26 was awarded and $25.12 paid ; 

 under farm and garden products $86.50 was awarded and 

 $69.30 paid; under dairy products $12 was awarded and 



