The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-09
THERN CENTRAL
RlCULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

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AGRiCULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
THE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4th
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
Tor Coputtee charged with the duty Of pres
e." n'g such general rules as they may deem ne
ru-aAry 10 aproper ma ement OF the approaching
faIr, have adopted th blowing
GENERAL CALCULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors n Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening IL Is therefore de-
srable that all person hav ng articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on thu ground as cary as Frid y or
Saturday, The 9th and 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
III. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the safe-keepiDg
articles which may be placed IN the hands Of its
.iicers and comm tees, Che owner taking check
Tor the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
will be amour ced beforehand in ample time to
give them op ortunty recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby The leaving Of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment Of the
Association.
Sd. 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 exh
iton, sha have first been enered,n the Secretarys
book regisiry-then labelled tn the owners
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the abors 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.
9TH There will positively be required, in all
cases, q minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
eXhibition-.he statement 10 he delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, If Machine, q 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 ofcultvation. IL an ANIMAL
the pedigree stock, age, mode Of raising, SC. If
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 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 legbe hand, and in a style tit at once for the
press.
5lh The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation a report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
proycments in farming, tillage draining and manu-.
ring which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of theil countless
the modes Of preparation 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 an amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out IN the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
SouthernA Agricultural andM Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus of
| choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice DIS, machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for SALE and not alone for exhibition for
| premium.
It'll. Premiums is impossible to name 10 a no
tce like this all, the various articles 10 which pre-
NUNS will be granted However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles Of merit offered hch would
| not be embraced in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest thet eore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles mig tbe co strued by
some into 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
every thing that is ingenious or useful in business
or art 49, then, with whatever they have for sale
! or cXhi"ition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further NECESSARY on this point perhaps
a. that on all articles cf the highest merit in the
department Of Stock, Mech lnics, Agricultural I'm
orm"n!S. and valuable improvements or inventions
az II nc departments, 4 premium Of cup
I, II : II "lll be given; on the second best artt-
, .,> e, cap ,":,n 5 Will be given on the third best
81 SO On the fourth homer. And on all anti
clAs Of the highest M in The remaining depart
mens cup worth SIS Ill be given on the second
b"st 3, 81 =; on the third an honor; on he fourth,
I'd honor On miner and misc llancous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars-these how
lev re anII RI nIurC
or cases of peculiar merit the c. mmiees Will he
permitted, indeed are requested, TO vary the rule
Sh h'il will be prepared and assigned par J.
cularly to the Ladies ioI tier garden products,
! fruits, flowers paintings, needle work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many del artmens 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-
>ence and contributions Of many OF our fellow
citizens f Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and + To-
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what is in name Southern
Central Agric ultura Association.
ION. The President upon q consultation with
such members a hr can call TO his aid, shall appoint
Committees and ass ign to them their respective de-
pdriments, and to these committees appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists OF the
A'iclrs classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection Of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will h re repeat, and enjon
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
mlttees proceed at the examination of arti-
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Friday to gem
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to- the
foregoing rules, will be published at Auant- 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,
by Col. John Bi!lups, Of Athens, Georgia.
18Th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cara
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin, Marietta Stone Mountain and Decatur,