The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-16
UTHERN CENTRA
AGRICUITUR RAJ ASSOcI ALTON.

oUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
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
The Committee charged with The duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
| GENERAL REGULATIONS.
| lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened Tor visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
slrable that all persons hav ny articles for exhibit
tlon shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases, become responsible for the satekeepDg
"a articles which may be placed in the hands Of lis
cicers and committees, (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; ortunty TO 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
that all articles entering the fair grounds for eXhi
iton, shall have first been enteredn The Secretary
book registry-then labelled W tn the owners
III
to the owner corresponding Garland then class-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
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 protec ton of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks 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
eXhibtion-lhe statement 10 be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, If a Machine 4 statement
OF is powers and uses, cost, lire of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor
maker. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation OF land and soil, manure and
time Of planting, mode ofcultiyation. If an ANIMAL
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. 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 lie Society,"
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice.
that q premium " ill not be awarded 10 any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in !egble hand and i'll style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out upon
consultation, report OF the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several countless 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 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 to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
fhar,, Ilt,iral N
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for sale, and no, alone for exhibition for
4 q premium.
( 7th. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no.
tice like this ALL the various articles 10 VIII oh pre-
2 miums will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any umeIated list there would
still be many articles Of merit offered which would
not be embraced in II, and yet richly deserving
premiums lest ther eiore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles mig the co strurd by
sonleinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
The Committee requests the people generally 10
observe, hat it is Intended to give tie action OF
the ASSOCIATION the very widest scope, embracing
svery thing Tat is ingenious useful 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 perha
i that, all articles Of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any OF the d. partmenls, a premium OF cup
worth ID will be given on the second best art
cles cup worth S will be given on the third bes
e =, 50 on the fourth an honor. And on all att.
clrs OF the highest merit in the remaining depart
menls a cup worth IS will be given; on the second
best 2. So =; on the third honor; on le fourth
! ID honor On miner and misc llaneo,Is article.
, premiums from one TO three dollars-these how.
eyer,are general regulations, and particular case
or cases of peculiar mel the mmitleeS will be
: permitted, Indeed are requested to vary the rule
9th. hall will be prepared and assigned par'i
s cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
!, fruits, flowers paintings, need ,e-work, &c. They
e are cordially Invited 10 attend Their assistance
e IN many DEF artments of the fair is absolutely
n cessary TO proper management
9Th The facilities OF getting to this central
point induce us to invite, and to expect the pre-
sencc and contributions of many OF our fellow
citizens # 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 ultural Association.
lOh. The President upon a consultation with
such members he can call to his aid, shall appoint
committees aid assign to them their respective de-
pdrlments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
a!ticl|s classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection Of thus
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and e'jon
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9th and 10th Of August, that when
the President shall appoint his committees
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
nave their lists of articles, and the several COM
mltecs proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday Will be devoted to sales-Frduy to gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tlnuing 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.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniv crsary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col. John Blups, 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 g We visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in