The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-17

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SOUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION d
THE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
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 ys4 4
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aproper management ofthe approaching
Fair, have adopted the following gts3 ta'% Ngst
"t@.r2 GENERAL REGULATIONS. o yat..g y. -gr
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening ~ is therefore de-
sirable that all persons hay,ng articles for exhb-
tion shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
! Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready 70 receive them. Il 1911
| Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases become responsible for the safe-keepng
. articles which may be placed in the hands Of It's
Ulcers and committees, (ihe owner taking check
for the same,) until the close OF the Fair, which
| will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity 10 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 whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition sha have first been enteredint the Secretarys
book or registry-then labelled W tn the owners
name and residepce---and price, iffor sale-gving
to the owner corresponding card-and then classi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors Of the several committees
on premiums end also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the projection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
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4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibtion-the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, . statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinvcntion 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 stock, age mode Of raising, sc, II
Needle-work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount OF
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 the Society,
visitors patrons and members all will take notice,
that premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. ,".. :....s $685.. .. .....~.
5th The delegations of the seryeral county Socie-
Ties are requested and enjoined 10 make out upon
consultation, report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements 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 appropriation. time fplanting 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 an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society. s....
9Th 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultural and NJ ,nufacturers Exchange
We request individuals who have a 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 fol
; premium.
It'll. 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-
miums for particular articles migtt be construed by
someinto an exclusion of all 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. The only
; regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
is, that, all articles Of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Im-
plemens, 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 will be given on the third best
81 so on the fourth an honor And on all anti
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
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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. hall will be prepared and assigned pari-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, DC. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management
| 9th. The facilities of getting 10 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 what is in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10TH The President upon consultation with
such members he call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrments, 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 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
mttees proceed at 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-Friday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
| llth. Any alterations of, additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week. =,
18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
| Immediately preceding the reports of committees,