The southern press., 1850-09-02
SOUTHERN CEN RAJ
. =, nunuru TUTRAV. ARSOC1ATlON


AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS.
rJ,TIE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will bcheld
during the week embracing "Wednesday, the llth
day Of August next, which is tho day Of the nth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia.
cribng such general rulss as they may deem me-
cessary 10 a proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS,
I.t The Fair Grounds and buildings wii' DC
onened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
Time ancn until Friday evening" 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exh'bI-
fion shall be on the ground as early a. Friday or
SATURDAY the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them. !,
of The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN Eli hecome responsible for the safekeeping
% articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
IBcerc and committees. (the owner taking check
Car the same.l until the close Of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, IN ample time to
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods, and
10 prevent thereby the leaving y uny g'ous .
articles unprotected alter the aoJou'nnieht q uc
ad Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W.
lewis Wm. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty II shall De to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds ior exhl
tiou shall have first been enferedn the Secretary
nook or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residchce-and price, flor saic--givllg
~ the owner corresponding card--and then classr
fed and arranged by departments, and IN such order
rs to facilitate the labos Of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ snch Pofce and
5oorkecpcrs 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.
am. There will positively be required, in all
cases. a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent Tor
~ c<pfor nt IN hp
Secretary For instance, il Machine, statement
of & movers and uses cost time Of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. II horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode Of cultivation. IL an Animal
The nedipree or stock, age mode Of raising, &c. IL
Needle work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
lenoth of time bestowed on it, or the amount OF
labor the aye, 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 natrons and members, all win take notice,
that q premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legble hand, and in style fit at onco for the
press. y.
lies are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
. consultation, report of the present condition oil
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
proyements 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 preparation time of planting and mod
OF ofcultivation. The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scryeral county
societies would make up an amount OF valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society. .t,s. q, "a b.
Sth. Il IS desirable to make the Fair Central
Southern Agricultural and Observation-Disclosures
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them FOR sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c Ito carry
them there for SALE and not alone for exhibition for
q premium.
IN. Premiums. lit isimpossible to name in a 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 in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious or useful IN business
or art Ali then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
Ia that on all articles Of the highest merit IN the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'M
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium of q cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
AZ. so !; on the fourth an honor And on all arti-
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth 5 will be given; on the second
best 3. SD ION the third an honor on Tie fourth
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars--these, how
ever are general regulations and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are 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, needle-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments Of the fair Is absolutely ne
cessaEy to a 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 of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, ,whatit in name Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
10Th. The PRESIDENT upon a consultation win
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
he 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 here repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
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
iaittees proceed once to the examination of art
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting ON Wednesday,
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Frlday to gen.
erol re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time
lIth. Any alterations Of, or additions to-, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week,
l9ths The annual oration will be made on
"Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Biups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and