The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-21
v SOUTHERN CENTRAL

/ raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the 18th
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aproper management of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
i"7 GENERAL REGULATIoEs.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Oh Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when Com
mitteeWill be there ready to receive them.
Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the sae-keepng
D. articles which may be placed in the hands OF lis
& Ulcers and committees, (lhe owner taking check
for the same,) until the close Of The Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them Opportunity TO recover their goods, and
TO prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods, or.
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
Association. ..y.. .
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and james M, Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition shall have first been cnteredin the Secretarys
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence-andprice, iffor sale--giying
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
as to facilitate the labors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling Of articles.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, If Machine, statement
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 of planting, mode ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising sc. If
Needle or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on 1t, or the amount oil
labor; the age, if by children or very old persons
tie value, uses SC. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions Of tie Society,
visitors patrons and members all will take notice.
that premium will not be awarded to any art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style tit at once Tor the
press.
5th The delegations Of the several county Socie-
ties are requested and cnloincd 10 make out, upon
consultation, a report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
provcmens in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress OF being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes Of paraion. time OF planting and mod.
of cultivation. The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up amount of valuable
information TO be sept out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. Il is desirable 10 make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and MISUNDERSTANDING
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 sale, and not alone for exhibition for
premium
| 7th. Premiums. is impossible to name in no.
tice like this ALL the various articles 10 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 in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums lest therefore the announcement Of pre-
NUNS for particular articles might be Construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is Intended to give the action Of
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
svery thing that is ingenious or useful in business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited TO come. Tie only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
il, that on all articles Of the highest merit in tho
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
pements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti
cles cup worth IS will be given on the third best
1 = so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
mens cup worth IS will be given; on the second
best 4 g SO on the third honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doliars-these, how
ever ARE general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit The committees Will be
permitted, indeed arc requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, neede-work, DC. They
arc cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many der artments Of the fair is absolutely ne
ccssary to proper management.
9th The facilities of getting TO this central
point induce us to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions of many Of our fellow
citizens cf Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. We hope they will unite with US in making
this institution indeed what it is in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon q consultation with
such members he can call TO his aid, shall appoint
and assign to them their irrespective de-
and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
a tcles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. in order to the perfection of THIS
the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and cnJoln
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibiian
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9th and 10Th of August, so that when
the 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 to the examination Of nrti-
cIes, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to salea--Frdny to gen
eral re-deivery of articles. The exhibition CON
tnung the whole time.
llth. Any alterations OF, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
l2th. The annual Grafton will be made on
"Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col. John Biliups, OF Athens, Georgia
18th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity Of the accommo.
dations ofthe good lotels at those places while in
nj o enhance unon the Euir