The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-16
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AGpIGULTURAL AA9OClATION

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1.-THE Tihh Annual Fair of the Southern Can't,
i raj Agricultural Association, will behea
during the week embracing Wednesday, tho l4th
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 10 aproper management Of the approaching
Fair have adopted the following
GEnERAL REGULATIONS.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con-
tinus open until Friday evening is therefore de-
sirsble that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready 10 receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safekeeping
oil articles which may BE- placed in the hands Of is
officers 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 OF
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 soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
ition, shall have first been eneredn the Sccretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, flor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the ab0rs Of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, a. shall be necessary for
the projection 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
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Secretary. For instance, II Machine, q statement
Of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinventon, 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 ofcultivaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising, &C. II
Needle-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length Of time bestowed on 1t, 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 " i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in lcgible 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 inn
provcments in farming, tillage, drsnihg 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 serveral county
societies would make up an amount Of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
eth Ii il desirable to make fhe Fair a Canfrol
neutrality-suspicious. and MtnufacturersE 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.
ce like this all, 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
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 widest'acope, cmbl acing
every thing that is ingenious or useful 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
is, that, all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth S 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 depar.
ments cup worth will be given on the second
best g. so; on the third an honor; on the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dolIars-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 &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-.
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 il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees 80 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 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 to the examination of arti-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday 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 Atante early
Monday morning Of the Fair week
| 18th The annua! Grafton will be made on
wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billpps, Of Athens, Georgia.
l3th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars