The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-12

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UOVrhERN CENTRAL
A0RIC0kTURAL ASSOCIATIONS.
TIME Fiflh Annual Fsif of the Southern Cent,
/ raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the ati'
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 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 Goa
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground 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-keeping
oil articles which may be placed in the hands Of it's
chicers and committees, (the owner taking check
for 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.
3d. 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
ition, shall have first been eneredn the Secretary =
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdencc--and price, flor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding card--and 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
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 labelling OF articles.
| 4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition-thc 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. 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. 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 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 10 any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in egible hand, and in style fit ut once for the
press
5th. The delegations Of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined 10 make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tllage, 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 planting and mod
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 TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable TO make the Fair Central
Southern Agricultural and manufacturers 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 sale and not alone for exhibition for
q premium.
7th Premiums is impossible to name in a no
tce like this ali, the various articles TO which pre-
mums 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
somelnto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended to give the action OF
the Association the very wdesl'scope, embi acine
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited TO come. The only
regulation further necessary on 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
D. SO on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
mcnts cup worth s 5 will be given on the second
best - so on the third honor on The fourth,
I'd honor On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dollars--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 parti-
cularly to the Ladies' for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, &c. They
are cord ally 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 il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10Th The President upon consultation with
such members as he call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdr'ments, 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 thus
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 art-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on "Wednesday.
Thursday Will be devoted to sales-Frday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time,
llth. Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week,