The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-15

I0>HE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent
il raj Agricultural Association, will behelt
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with The duty of pres
cr'bing such general rules they may deem ne
cessary TO aproper management OF the approaching
| air, have adopted the following
| GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening II Is therefore de-
sirabie that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday OF
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 safe-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
officers and committees, (the owner taking check
ior the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
VIII be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them OPT ortunty 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 it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
Itlon shall have first been eneredn the Secretary s
book or regstry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, for sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then class-
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, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibtion-the statement to be delivered to the
n efa
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 OF cultvation. IL an Animal
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, &c. IL
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, &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 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 i'm
provcments in farming, tlage, 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 of 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.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultural ndM,nufacturersEx Exchange
We request individuals who have q 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
ce 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 announce ment 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 i. is intended to give the action OF
the Association the very widest'scope, cmbra cng
every thing that is ingenious useful IN 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 I'm
| in any Of the departments, premium of q cup
worth ! 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth IS will be given on the third best
~. 50 :; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
? 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
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 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 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, whatitis in name Southern
Central Agric utural Association
'luth The President upon consultation with
such members as he call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles cassec and arranged in their respective
departments. 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 may
have their lists Of articles, and the several com
mittees proceed at once 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.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlante early
Monday morning of the Fair week
l2th. The annua! Grafton will be made or
wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees
by Col John Bilups, OF Athens, Georgia.
= l3th. The Committee have the prospect o
: making arrangements with the Macon, State ant
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
= early every morning and late in the afternoon, &C
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
/ to CIV nsors the opportunity of the accommo