The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-08

fINHE Fifth Annual Fair of the Southern Cent,
! raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing "Wednesday, the l4th
day of August next, which is the day OF the hith
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
crIbiog such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aproper management OF the approaching
FAR, have adopted the following
| GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
lnne open until Friday evening IL IS therefore de
srabIe that all persons having articles Tor exhIbi-
ton, shall be the ground as early as FRIDAY or
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when CON
mitee will be there ready to receive them'
! ID. The Association has an ample iund, ana WILL
all cases. become responsible for the saie-keepng
OF articles which may be placed In the hands OF It's
officers and committees, the owner taking check
for the samc,) until the close OF the Far, 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.
3D. MAX A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty 1t shall be TO see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhi-
ion, sha have first been enleredln the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale--givlhg
to the owner corresponding Garland then ciassi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors Of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such ponce and
doorkeepers and clerks, 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
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--the statement to be delivered to the
"a a
of is powers and uses cost, time ofinvention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor
maker. If horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultiyation 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 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 a 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 enioined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
proyements 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 appropriation 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 several 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
SouthenAgricultura and MsnufacturersIixc
| 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 alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in a 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 announcement Of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed BY
| someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
OBSERVE hat it is intended to give the action of
| the Association the very widest'scope, embracing
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
s that on 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, a premium of a cup
worth \ 10 will be given on The second best arti-
cles cup worth S will be given on the third best
i 81. SO !; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depart
mcnts cup worth SIS will be given; on the second
best .. 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.
everare general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will bt
permitted, indeed arc requested to vary the rule
Sth. A hall will be prepared and assigned pari
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
J fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, &c The,
, 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 centra
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
sencc and contributions of many Of our fellow
citizens of Carolina Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
l. rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what tits in name, Southern
! Central Agric utural 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 so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
ticles classeG and arranged in their respective
departments. III order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and enjon
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'lsts of articles, and the several COM
mittees proceed at to the examination of arti-
, cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Frday to gen
era re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llh. Any alterations of, or additions 10, The
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta 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 Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
n Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars