The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26
sOUTHERN CENT? RAJ

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AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
TIME Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
l 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 10 proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REouLArIoNs
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 exhibi-
tion shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when 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 safe-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
offcers and committees, (the owner taking check
for 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. a.. ....... s,a.-g ar. -,
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James NJ Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty 1t shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
ition shall have first been enieredin the Secrearys
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and resdeuce--and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed 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 shat. be necessary for
the projection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling Of articles.
4th. There win positively be required in all
eases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
Al IN ha lalt
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, tune 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 ofcutivaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode ofraising, 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 a premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle whatever its merit unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. r.
5lh The delegations of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, n 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 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. 49,. -,
9Th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
Southern Agricultural and NJ, nufacturers Exchange
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c---to carry
them there for sae and not alone for exhibition for
, a premium.
18th. Premiums.-It is impossible to name in no.
ticc like this ALL the various articles 10 which pre-
: mums 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-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
somento an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, that 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, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department oil Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
a pIementS, ValuaUie lnprOVeUleulSO OF
in any of the departments, a premium of cup
, worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
& T. SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
+ cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth Is will be given on the second
best g SO on the third an honor; on The fourth,
, I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
, premiums from one to three dollars--these, how
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. A hall will be prepared and assigned part-
culary 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 TO 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 il is in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can 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
iticles 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 enJoln
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
mittees proceed at once to 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 gen.
eral re-devery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
11th. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
10Th. The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Bilups, 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-
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