The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-15

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AGR1CUl2U1AL AU8OClA TION.
|THE Fihh Annual Fair Of tho Southern Cent,
/ raj Agricnlturat Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the 18th
day Of August pext, which is tho day OF the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The COMMITTEES charged with the duty OF pres
cribing such general ruler as they may deem ne-
cessary 10 aproper management Of the approaching
Fair have adopted the following
GEsEsAL RscuLArIoss.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirablc that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton shall be on the ground as early as Friday OF
Saturday. the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases, become responsible for1he safe-kecpiDg
Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
clhcers and committees, (the owner taking cheek
for 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. hf.
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall DO to sec
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition, shall have first been enieredn the Secretary s
book or registry---then labelled W III the owners
name and residence-and price. iffor saIe--giving
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 aud 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 al
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
| exhibiton--the statement TO be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, IL Machine, 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 Of cultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree 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 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 in a style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the scrveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoned TO make out, upon
consultation report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage drainils and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes appropriation. time ofplanting and mod
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th 1t is desirable 10 make the Fair Central
SouthcrnAgricultur andM .nufac turer Exchange
We request individuals who have a surDlus 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. 1t is impossible to name in a 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-
miums for particular articles might be Construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action OF
the Association the very wdestsscope embr acing
svery thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art. All then, with whichever they have for sale
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 3 10 will be gyen on the second best art-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
Z. 50 on the fourth an honor. And ON all art
Giles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth = S will be given; on the second
best s 2. SO on the third an honor on the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and misct llaneous articles
premiums from one TO three dollan--thesc 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. A hall will be prepared and assigned pari-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needIe-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
ces.ary 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. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it in name Southern
Central Agric nltural Association.
10Th. The President upon n consultation with
such members he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
perlments, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
Articles Chased 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 nay
have their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mttees proceed at once TO the examination of arii-
cles, and thereby have ample time TO make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted 10 sales-Friday to gen.
eral re-devery Of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time.
llh. 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