The southern press., 1851-08-02
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AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
Igl,IIE Fifth Annual Fair OF The Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will behejd
during the week embracing Wednesday, the 18th
day Of August next, which Is the day Of the nth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres-
cribing such general rules aSvihey may deem ne
cessary 10 proper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opesed for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhiDi-
tion, shall be the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them
Cd. 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 81 us
Clfcers and committees, (the owner taking check
Tor the same,) until the close o. 'he ar, whicn
will be announced beforehand, in ample time 10
give them opportunity to recover their goods, aud
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
| Association.
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, WIN. Ezzard, and James M. Cainouh, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ition, shall have first been enieredn the Secretarys
book or regstry--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 labors Of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, az 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, minute and accurate written statement
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exhibiti0n-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost time of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. Ii Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time Of planting, mode ofcutivation II an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode of raising, sc. IL
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 egible hand, and in a style fit at once for the
press
5th. The delegations OF the seryeral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined 10 make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tiage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are In progress of being
adopted The leading products of their ccnntees
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 to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t Is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and NJ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| 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 sale and not alone for exhibition for
| a premium.
7th. Premiums.-It is impossible to name in no
tice 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 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 tt
Observe hat it is intended to give the action o
the Association the very widcstsscope embl acine
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited 10 come The only
s, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department Of Stock, Mechanics Agricultural I'm
plcments, 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 will be given on the third best
So. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
? cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth 5 S will be given OH the second
best 2. so on the third an honor on the fourth
Cd honor. On miner and misce cellaneous articles
premiums from one to three dol!ars-these, how
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 parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, neede-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 10 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
f 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 il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees 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, 30 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-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
T reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-deivety Of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations of, or additions TO, ths
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
l2lh. The annua! oration will be made or
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 o
: making arrangements with the Macon, State ant
0 Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation carl
early every morning and late in the afternoon, Il