The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-22

I Aas ssSEHyEaf '2 2SsE All
7NHE Fifth Annual Fair Of tho Southern Cent
/ raj Agricultural Association, will behcld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4th
day Of August next, which is the day of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The COMMITTEES charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
eessary TO proper management of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
srabe that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready TO receive them
I'd The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the saie-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of its
cficers 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.
| Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty 1t shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
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name and residence--and price, iffor sale--gving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fled 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
doorkecpcrs 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 abatement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--.he statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, statement
| of is powers and uses cost tune of nventon 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
Nccdlc-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 art-
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 servera county Socie-
ties are requested and enloined TO make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of tie i'm
provements in farming, tillage druinir., and manu-
ring which have been in progress of bling
adopted The leading products of then countless
the modes Of preparation time Of planting and mt d.
Of cultivation. The means and measures Of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility lands Acc urate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up amount Of valuable
information 10 be sent out IN the published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th 1t is desirable to make The Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. andM .LufacturcrsE Exchange
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. 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-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very wdest'scope, embr acing
svery thing that is ingenious useful business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, invited to come. The only
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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 10 will be given on the second best art-
cles cup worth S will be given on the third best
8 =. So on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depas.
ments cup worth Is will be given /; on the second
best 2. SO on the third an 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 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 cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary TO proper management
9th. The facilities Of getting TO 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 hat It's in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
10Th. The President upon a consultation with
such members he 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, so that when
the President shall appoint his committees
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists OF articles, and the several COM
mt,ees proceed at to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday,
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday to gen.
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
lIth. Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published a, Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday,, the day ofthe Anniv ersary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committee,
by Col. John .Billups, of Athens, Georgia.
l3h. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morninc and LATE in the sffernoon m