The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-25
so UTHERN CENTRAL

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 49,.
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
crbing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO aproper management ofthe approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
list The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases. become responsible for the sae-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of its
[ Ulcers and committees, Ohe 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.
Sd. 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
iton, shall have first been eneredn the Secretarys
book registry-then labelled W tn the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fled and arranged by departments, and in such order
as 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 projection Of the grounds and buildings, aud
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling of articles.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, q minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
eXhibition-lhe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il 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 OF cultivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c III
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 al once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the several county Socc-
| ties arc requested and enoned TO make out, upon
consultation, a report Of the present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provemcnts in farming tillage, draining and manu-
ring, WhiCh have been or are IL progress Of being
adopted The leading products al their countless
the nooes Of preparation, time OF planting and mod
Of cultivation Th, means and measures OF preser
wing and increasi the fertility of lands. Accurate
| Agricultural memoirs from the several county
societies would make up amount Of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
| SouthernAg Agricultural and :LufacturersEXc change
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choice articles, who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c---to carry
them there for SALE and not alone for exhibition for
q premium
It'll. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in 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 il, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles might be Construed by
somcinto 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
every thing that is ingenious useful in business
or art. Ali then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
L. 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 cup
worth s 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 5 will be given, on the third best
:. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
! cIes of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 3. 50 on the third an honor; the fourth,
| ID 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
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Sth. 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
! cessary to proper management.
9th The facilities of getting 10 this central
point induce us to invite, and to expect the pre-
scnce 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 iii in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
| 10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his add 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
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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
mitees proceed at to the examination of artl-
cIes, and thereby have ample time to make their
! reports to the annual meeting on w edncSday.
| Thursday will be devoted to saes-Friday to gen
era 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 Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
10Th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, 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-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
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