The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-02
THEHn CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

THE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will behed
during the week embracing Wednesday, the llti'
day of August next, which is the day OF the hitii
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO aproper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
| GENERAL REGULATIONS
| lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con
tnue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhib-
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' .,
| %. The Association has ample fund, and Will.
In all cases. become responsible Tor the
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
officers 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, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
Association.
Sd. Marx 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 Tor exhi-
tion shal have first been eneredn the Secretary S
book or registry---then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, II for sale-givihg
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 ana
doorkeepers and clerks, shall be necessary Tor
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
exhibtion--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, 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 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 sc. 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 al once for the
press.
9Th. 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
provements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress Of being
adopted The leading products of their counties
the modes of preparation time OF planting and mod
ofcultiyation. The means and measures 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 Nthe published trans
actions of the Society.
9Th 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and M,nufacturersExch
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 sae and not alone for exhibition for
q premium.
It'll. Premiums. 1t 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
some into an exclusion ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very wdest'scope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious or 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, 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, premium of cup
| worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
| 8 2. so; on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best g. 50 ; on the third an honor on the fourth,
| I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars--these, how
lott:
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are 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
ccssary to proper management
9th. The facilities of getting to this central
point induce uslto 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 It'll in name, Southern
| Central Agric ultural Association.
| 10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
| ptrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classed 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 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 or
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 theil
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.
1lth. Any alterations Of or additions to, thu
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
10Th. The annual Grafton will be made oil
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees
by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The COMMITTEES have the prospect o
making arrangements with the Macon, State ant
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation car
early every morning and late in the afternoon, t,
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