The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-01
SOUTHERN CEN nal
nRIrrft,r1TRAL AOSOCl ALTON

AGRfciJLTURAI AssOCiXriON.
| TIME Fifth Annual Fair of the Houthorh Cont,
! raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4th
day Of August next. which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting At Atlanta Georgia
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening It is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhbi-
ton, shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mttee will be there ready TO receive them.
Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and will.
IN all cases, become responsible for the sae-kecping
Of articles which may be placed in the hands of its
officers aud committees, (thc owner taking check
for the samc) 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. Mar. A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
iton, shat have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book OF legistry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale-giying
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
TO facilitate the labors 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, minute and accurate written statement
ll,,ctpo Hing, ,Yr IN. Clr
exhbtion-the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, If 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 ofplantng, mode ofcultivaton. IL an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &c II
Ncede-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length of time bestowed on il, OF the amount OF
labor; the age, fby children or very old persons
tie value, uses, &C. Since this is the most reliable
mode Of collecting such information may be
worth publishing in the transactions Of the Society,
VISITORS patrons and members, all will take notice,
that premium viii 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.
5h The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoincd to make out, upon
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provcments in farming, tiIlage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress OF being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes appropriation. time of planting and mod
Of cultivation The means and measures of prescr-
wing and increasing tho fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scryeral 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
SouthernAgricultura and MsnufactnrersEx 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
a premium.
It'll. Premiums. 1T is impossible to name in no
ticc 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-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
somento an exclusion OF all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat 1t is intended TO give the action Of
the Association the very widest'scope, embr acing
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhbtion are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
is that on all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plemcnts, and valuable mprovcmentsor inventions
in any Of the departments, premium Of a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
clcs cup worth rs will be given on the third best
2 50 on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth = 5 will be given on the second
best s g so; on the third an honor; on the fourth
ID honor. On miner and misccllaneous articles
Dran ms IN 1.,1l b,,u
eyerare 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 part-
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 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 tits in name a Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association.
10Th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
Pertments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classeG and arranged in their respective
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and cujoin
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, 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 art-
Giles, 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 redelivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
lIth. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
Z 18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
10y Col. John BiIlups, Of Athens, Georgia
18th The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,