The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-03

SOUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
1.-THE Filth Abn0aI tSir OF tho Southern Cent
raj Agrict11fhR1& Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4th
day Of August 0ex1, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting - Atlanta Georgia
The COMMITTEES charged with lhe duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem pc
cessary 10 proper management the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
srable 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 Com
mlttee will be there ready to receive them
ID. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IA all cases. become responsible for the safekeepiDg
Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
ofilcers 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 opportunity 10 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-
ton, shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, flor sae--giyng
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
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, shall be necessary for
the protection 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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il a Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of inv ention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time Of planting mode ofcultivation If an Animal,
the pedigree or 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 &c. 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 ina 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 counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, liage, draining and manu-
ring which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes appropriation. time 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
lntt Nfx
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and , nufacturers Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for sae and moi alone for exhibition for
a premium.
| It'll. Premiums.-t is impossible to name in a no
tce 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 artcles-of merit offered which would
not be embraced in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat i. is intended to give the action oil
the Association the very widest'scope, embr acing
every thing Tat is ingenious useful IN business
or exhibition, are invited TO come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
is that, 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 III will be gwen; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth SIS will be given on the third best
So. So on the fourth an honor And on all art
| cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best s 3. so on the third an honor on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three doIars-these how
ever, 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. hall will be prepared and assigned part-
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 20 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. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what tits in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his add shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrlments, 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
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-
cles, 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-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time
18th. Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th- The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
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