The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-17
oUTHERN CENTRAL
Association.


saag oUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
THE Fifth Annual Fair of the Southern Cent,
| il raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4ti
day of August next, which is the day oil 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.
list The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
unue open until Friday evening II Is therefore de-
srable that all persons hay ne articles for exhibit
lion, shall be on The ground as cary as Frd1y or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mitiee will be there ready to receive them.
ID The Associaii has an ample fund, and will,
III all cases, become responsible for The sae-keepng
,. articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
Ulcers 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 gods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
Association.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. REzz ard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
tion sha have first been eneredin the Secretary
w
| name and reside. ce-and price, for sale-givng
to the owner corresponding Garland 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
',N + - and clerks, as shall be necessary for
,ro' ION of the grounds and Buildings, and
Ger they may need "a the arrangement
+ Il Ia elllng of ar
9TH. There will ivcly be required, in all
cases, a minu' IN 'ccura,e written statement
illustrating and expm,HlUg every article cent for
exhibiton-he Statement to he delivered to the
Secretary For instance. II Machine, statement
of is powers and use., Cost, tine Of in entlon 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 ofculvation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or 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 may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors patrons and members, all will take notice,
that premium i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in egible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Soce-
Ties are requested and en!oined to make out upon
consultation, report Of the present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
provemrnts in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, " hch have been in progress of b ing
adopted The leading products of then countless
the modes Of preparation. time of planting and d..
Of cultivation. The means and measures OF preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the servera county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information 10 be sen. out the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. II is desirable TO make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and N; ufacturers Ex change
W. request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles OF who make them for sale such
as choice SCI DIS, machines, stock, &c.--to carry
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7h. Premiums. is impossible to name in no
ce like this all, The various articles which pre-
! miums will be granted. However comprehens,e
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be- embraced in 1t, and yet richly deserv ing
emiums, lest the'e toe The announcement Of pre-.
miums for particular articles mig be CO strued by
>omeinto All exclusion ofaIl articles unainounced
The Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, hat it is in ended to give tie action OF
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
sveIy thing that is ingenious useful in business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sa le
or exhibition, are invited TO come. Tho onl,
regulation fur her necessary on this point perha ps
is, that, all articles Of the highest merit in the
department Of Stock Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plemens, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the d. partmens, premium OF cup
worth 4 10 will be given on the second best artl-
Giles cup worth ) will be given on the third best
81 SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all a ii,
T clts OF the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 2. 50 on the third an honor on The fourth,
; I'd honor. On miner and misc llaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three dollars-these how
ever are general regulations, and IN particular case
Or cases of peculiar melit the c. mmtees will be
permitted, indeed are # quested. TO vary the rule
9th. A hall wall be prepared and assigned par j.
s cularly to the Ladies for thelr garden products
, fruits, flowers paintings, need e-work &c. They
are cordially Invited TO attend. Their assistance
? IN many de- arments Of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary TO proper management
9Th. The facilities of getting TO this central
point induce u to invite, and to expect the pre-
>ence and contributions of many of our fellow
citizens f Carolina, Alabama Tennessee and To-
rda. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what tits in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
l0'h. The President upon a consultation with
such members he can call TO his aid, shall appoint
Committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the commit e Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
Aticles classed and arranged in their respective
"cPd' III Oiuel 10 tHe perfection OIL ms
lrrH'-. ~ :, the committee appointed TO publish
th'' re- 'tions, will h re repeA;. and enjon
AEON all g, re notice that articles fol exhibition
may be re'eN ed and auged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9th and l;hn Of August, 50 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 to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday vii. ag devoted to sales-Frday to gen
eral re-deivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tlnung the whole time
llth. Amy 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 Anniversary meeting,
immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect of
mahng arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-