The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-29
THERN CEN IRA l.
AGRICULTURAL LASSOCIATlON.

1 SOUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICUI.TUKALA ASSOCIATION.
lVNHE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
| raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
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
crlbiog such general rules As they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management oil the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENEaAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, ana con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t IS lhereUre de-
sirabe that all persons hav ne articles for exhibit
lion, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday. the 9th and 10th August when ION
mttee will be there ready to receive them.
ID. The Association has an ample fund, and VIII,
in all cases become responsible for the sac-keepDg
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands Of ats
ollIccrs and committees, the owner taking cheek
Tor the same,) until the close OF The Fair, which
will be announced beforehand in ample time 70
give them op. ortunty to recover their goods, and
| TO prevent thereby the leaving Of any gods o.
articles unprotected after the adjournment oi 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
ition sha have first been en!eredin the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled W tn the owners
name and resdencc--and price, iffor sac--giving
to tho owner corresponding card--and then classi-
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
doorkeepcrs and clerks, shall be necessary for
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks AS they may need m 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---ihc statement TO be delivered 10 the
Secretary. For instance, il a Machine, a 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 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 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 style lit ut once for the
| press.
5th The delegations of the servcral county Socie-
consultation, q report of the present condition Of
| Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
proyements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of thet 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 scrvefa county
societies would make up amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. II is desirable to make The Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and MsnufacturcrsE 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
premium.
It'll. Premiums. Sit is impossible to name ia a no
ticc like this ALL the various articles 10 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 II, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest thc fore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles mig be Construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, that it is intended to give tie action OF
the Association the very widest'scope, acing
svery thing that is ingenious useful in business
OF art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The Onl,
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 a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth will be given, on the third best
80 so; on the fourth an honor Aud on all arii
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
mcnts cup worth ! 5 will be given on the second
best 2. 50 on the third an honor; on the fourth
honor m Ian arii cle.
premiums from one TO three dollars--these hog-
eycr,arc general regulations, aud in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees Will be
permitted, indeed arc requested to vary the rule.
9Th. hall will be prepared and assigned par,i-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needlc-work, &c. They
are cordially invited TO attend Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary TO proper management
J 9th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
poiDt induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions OF many of our fellow
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama Tennessee and To-
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what il in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association
l. 10th. The President upon consultation with
such members he can call to his aid, shall appoint,
committees and assign TO them their respective dc
pdriments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
a4hcles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. la 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 ond arranged Friday and Sat
urday the 9Th and 10th Of August, 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 to the examination Of ar,i-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Friday to gem
eral re-delivery or articles. The exhibition CON
tinung the whole time.
1lth. Any alterations OF, or additions TO- the
: foregoing rules will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
12t. The annua! Grafton viii be made on
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 of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars