The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-11
sOUTIIERN CENTRAL
ASSOCIATION.


| SOUTHERN CENTRAL
| AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS.
THE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
| i raj Agricultu Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the lath
day Of August next, which is the day Of tho fifth
annual meeting 1t Atlanta Georgia
| The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary " apr0per management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following 0
ledet GENERAL REGULATIONS. 30 1919,
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
sirabe that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground early asFriday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittec will be there ready to receive them. :
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and Will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safc-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
cticers 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. ItHN Ne
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun are
appointed committee whose duty it shall he to see
LnAt aTltcicS entering laIT krOuuu5 cxHl-
ition shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale--givng
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the lahors Of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks as shall be necessary for
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and label of articles, tt t's.ts
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
Illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition---the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, a statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinvention 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 ofcutivation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising, 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, &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 win 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 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, 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 scrveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society. ,ttt
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and NJ. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, who make them for sale such
las choice seeds, machines, stock, &c.--to carry
them there for sae and not alone for exhibition for
a premium. la
7th. Premiums. 1T Is impossible to name in a no.
tice like this all, the various articles to which pro-
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 it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement Of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion Of all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended to give the action OF
the Association the very widest'scope, emD. acing
SVcTy tnnE RIdt IL ingenious or uScIu 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
| IL, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti.
cles cup worth s5 will be given on the third best
2. so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth S 5 will be given on the second
best 9. 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
ever general regulations, and in particular
| or cases OF peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, TO vary the rule.
9Th. 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 70 this central
point induce us.to invite, and to expect the pre-
sencc 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 it is in name, Southern
Central Agric ultlral Association,
10Th. 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 committee Of reception shall furniah 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 cnioin
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
mitees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
Giles, 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
tnung tho whole time
18th. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
} foregoing rules will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
12h. The annna! Grafton will be made or
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees
, by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.