The southern press., 1850-09-30
SOUTH ERN CEN L RAJ
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

All ULIORAk AooOii AIiON.
| THE Fifth Annual Fair Of The Southern Cent
| | raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing "Wednesday, the lith
day Of August next which is The day OF the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
| The Committee charged with The duty Of pre-
cribiog such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management of the approaching
| Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS
| Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened fer visitors on Monday morning, and CON
tinue open until Friday evening. 1t IS therefore de-
srable thai all person, HAVING articles ior exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as carry as Friday or
Saturday, he 9th and 10Th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them,
| "a. The Association has an amplefund, and viii,
10 all eases become responsible for the safekeepipg
}. articles which may be placed IN the hands Of lis
| iEcers and conn tees, the owner taking check
| Tor the same,) until the close OF The FAIR, which
will be announced beforehand IN ample time to
give them op; or!uniy TO recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after The Adjournment Of the
Association.
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
! Lewis VIM. EZzard, and James nj Calhoun, are
appointed committee hose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the far grounds for exh
iton, sha have first been cnieredn The Secretary S
book or registry--llien labelled tn the owners
to the owner corresponding card-ahd then classi-
fed arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the abors OF the several committees
on premium. end also to employ such police and
doorkeepcrs and clerks, as sQall be necessary Tor
the protection of the grounds and buildings and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
aud labelling OF articles.
| 4th. There will positively he required, in all
leases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article cnt for
exhibition--he statement 10 be delivered 10 The
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, slatement
Of is powers and uses, Cost, time OF invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil. manure and
time ofplantng, mode ofcultvaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode OF raising, &c. Ii
Needle work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on il, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children or very old persons
tie value, uses SIC. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors, patrons and members all will take notice.
that premium will not be awarded 10 any art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legbc hand, aud in style fit at once for the
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5th The deegat ions of the scrvcral county Socic-
| ties are requested and enioned to make out upon
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
proyements in farming, illage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been are in progress OF being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes Of preparation. time planting and med
OF cultivation. The means and measures OF prcser
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scrveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent cut IN the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9Th II is desirable 10 make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricutura and N. .nufacturersExchange
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c-to carry
them there for sae and rot alone for exhibition for
a premium.
7th. Premiums is impossible to name in no
tice like this all, the various articles TO which pre-
miums will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles Of merit offered which would
not be embraced init, and yet richly deserving
premiums lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles might be co strued by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give tie action Of
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
svery thing that is ingenious useful in business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
is that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'M
plcments and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
Ces cup worth s. will be given on the third best
: 2. so ; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
men;s cup worth s. will be given on the second
best 9. 50 on the third an honor; on he fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and misce ceaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dollars-these, how
ever ARE general regulations, and in particular
or cases Of peculiar meit the CO mmitees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parii-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, ,needcwork, &c. They
are cordially invited To attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management. 4
18th. The facilities Of getting 10 this central
point induce us to invite, and to expect the pre-
scnce and contributions Of many of our fellow
citizens cf Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and II To-
rda. We hope they will unite with us in making
tIis institution indeed what it is in name aSouthcrn
Central Agric ultural Association. .
| 10th. The President upon consultation with
such memhersas he can call TO his aid, shall aPpont
committees and assign TO them theirrespectye de-
pdrmenis, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists OF the
articles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection OF this
arrangement, the committee appointed TO publish
these regulations, will hire repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for eXhbuon
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
Iurday the 9th and 10th Of August, so that when
lihe President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee of reception may
have their lists of articles, and the several com
mttees proceed at once to the examination o.! arl-
cles and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted To sales-Friday to gen
eral re-devery of articles The exhibition con-
tnuing the whole time.
! Ilih. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annual oration will be made on
Wednesday, the day the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
! 18th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, TO ran accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain. and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accOmnlo-