The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-19
SOUTH ERIN GEN TRIAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
THE Fifth Annual Fair of the Southern Cent,
| i 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
| 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 for visitors Monday morning, and CON
tinue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
slrable that all persons hav ng articles Tor eXho
tion shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them
%. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases. become responsible for the safe-keepng
o. articles which may be placed in the hands OF lis
cheers 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, orlunty 10 recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving Of any goods or
articles unprotected after the ad ournmcnt OF the
Assoc iaton.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezz ard, and James NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ilon, sha have first been enieredn the Secretary
book or registry-then labelled W tn the owners
name and reside ce--and price, if for sale-giying
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fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks as shall be necessary Tor
the protection Of the grounds aud buildings, and
such clerks as they may need IN the arrangement
aud labelling of articles.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
eXhibition---ihe 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. IfIIorticutural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation OF land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcuItivation If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age mode OF raising, sc. IL
Needle work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on il, 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 may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors patrons and members all will take notice,
that a premium " i'll not be awarded TO any arLi-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in egiblu hand, aud in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the scrvcra county Socie-
les arc requested and enjoiucd TO make cut. upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tillage draining and manu-
ring, which have been or arc 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 scrvcral county
societies would make up an amount Of valuable
information 10 be sent out IN the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. Ii is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultual and W Lufacturers FIX change
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
az ch"re seeds, machines, stock, &c--to carr,
them there for sale, and alone for exhibition fo
3 a premium.
!, It'll. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in no
tce like this all, the various articles TO which pre-.
3 miums WILL be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any numeIated list there wou!d
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be embraced in 1t, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest herct the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles mig be Construed by
| somcinto exclusion fall articles unannounced
= the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give tie action OF
- the Association the very widest scope embracing
3 svery thing Tat is ingenious useful in business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
A. regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
IL: that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
= elements, and valuable improvements inventions
in any Of the departments premium OF cup
worth ~ will be given en- the second best arti-
Giles cup worth : will be given on the third best
e = so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of The highest merit in the remaining depart
: mens cup worth IS will be given OH the second
best 9 SO on the third honor on The fourth,
e I'd honor. On miner and misc llaneous articles,
n premiums from one 10 three dulars--hese, how
y ever, are general regulations and in particular case
e or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
: permitted, indeed are requested TO vary the rule
9Th. hall will be prepared and assigned parii-
IS cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
|, fruits, flowers paintings, necde-work, &c. They
C are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
e in many del arments Of the fair is absolutely ne
II cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities of grttag to this ccnra
y point induce US to invite, and to expect the Pre-
If sencc and contributions Of many Of our fellow
d citizens If Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and 10
y rida. We hope they will unite with in maxim:
h this institution indeed what it in name, Southern
al Central Agric uural Association.
e. 10Th. The President upon a consultation " III
l. such members a he call TO his aid shall arpoin
n committees and assign to them their respective de
IS pdrlments, and to these committees so appontct
IN the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
u a!'clrs classed and arranged in their respective
= departments. In order to the perfection of thu
10 arrangement the committee appointed to pnbs!
IS these regulations, will re repeal, and enjoir
upon all to take notice that articles Cor exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
nray the 9th and 10th of August, that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee OF reception nay
have their lists or articles, and the several com.
mlttces proceed at once to the examination Of a't
a. cleS, and thereby have ample time to make then
- reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday vii. be devoted to sales-Friduy to gen.
er' re-deIvery Of articles. The exhibition con.
tinuing the whole time.
llh. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
e foregoing rules will he published nj Atlanta early
L Monday morning of the FAIR week.
Eth. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
), by Col. John Bups, of Athens, Georgia.
:, 18Th. The Comlnitea have the prospect of
l. mafIng arrangements with the Macon, State and
n Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
s. Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
/, to give visitors the opportunity Of the aCrommo-