The southern press., 1851-04-08
soUTMERN CENTRAL

7lHE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4th
annual meeting at Atlantis Georgia
The COMMITTEES charged with the duty OF pres
cribpg such general ruies as they may deem ne
cessary 10 apropsr management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENEaAL REGuLArIoss.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, aud con
tnue open until Friday evening. Ii is therefore de-
srable that all persous having articles for exhibi-
uon, shall be on the ground as carly as riday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
ID The Association has an ample fund, and Will,
in all cases. become responsible for the sae-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
ciicers 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 to 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 NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ion shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sale--giyng
to the owner corresponding card-and then cassi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the abors 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, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
| and labelling Of articles.
| 4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhbtion--ihe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, a statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time 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 ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age mode of raising, &c. If
Needle-work or Painting 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 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 ut once for the
press.
5th. The delegations OF the scrveral county Socie-
ties requested and enjoined to make cut, upon
consultation, report Of the present condition of
| Agriculture in their several countless of the inn
/ provements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
| ring, which have been in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of Their ccnntiees
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 serycral county
societies would make up amount of valuable
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 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 not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t 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 articles Of merit offered which would
not be embraced in il, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto exclusion of all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally 10
observe, hat it is intended TO give the action of
the Association the very widestsscope embracing
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
| or exhibition, invited TO come The only
regulation further Necessary this point perhaps
is that, on 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 a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
2. so; on the fourth an honor. And all art
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth 5 will be given on the second
best q SO on the third honor on the fourth,
ID honor On miner and misce llaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dollars-these, how
general regulations, and in particular case
n nf nIlor
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
sth hail Will be prepared and assigned parti-
culary to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, howers paintings, neede-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
IN many departments of the fair is absolutely me-
cessary TO proper management
! 9Th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce ussto invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many of our fellow
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama Tennessee and Flo.
rda. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name Southern
Central Agric uItural Association
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call to his aid, shall appoint
committees aud assign to them their respective de-
pdTtments, 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 enioin
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 art-
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-delivery Of articles The exhibition CON
tinuing the whole time.
lltb. Any alterations Of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlants early
Monday morning of the Fair week
l2th- The annual oration will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
immediately preceding the reports of committees,