The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-11

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THE Fifth Annual Fair Of the, Gosthsp Cent,
| raj Agricultural Association will beheid
during the week embracing Wednesday, the nh
day Of August next, which is the day OF the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following .a 49,
GENEaAL REGULATIONS
| LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening II IS therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibi-
tion 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.
!. Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and will
in all cases. become responsible for the safe-keeping
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 timc,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. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty II shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition sha have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or regstry--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
as to facilitate the abors Oft 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. 81
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhbition--ihc 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. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and SOIL manure and
time ofplantng, mode ofcultvation. 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 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 servera county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoincd to make out upon
consultation, a report of the present condition of
| Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
proyemens in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes 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 scrveral county
societies would make up amount Of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
| Eth II is desirable IN N, ala fha L',ir Ca,tr,l
neutrality-suspicious. and manufacturers Exchange
| We request individuals who have surplus of
| choice articles, OF 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. Sit is impossible to name in a no.
ticc like this all, the various articles to which pre-
NUNS 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, hat it is intended to give the action OF
the Association the very widest'scope embI acing
every thing that is ingenious useful business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, 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
pements, 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 \ S will be given the third best
3 2. so 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 9. 50 on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor. On MINER and miscellaneous articles
, premiums from one to three dollars-hese, how
ever,are general regulations, and in particular
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
; permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
9Th hall will be prepared and assigned par,i-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, neede-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 us4to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions of many Of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rda. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it is in name 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-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classec and arranged in their respective
departments. III order to the perfection OF this
arrangement, the COmmlttee appointed TO pnDllSh
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
mitees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will! be devoted to sales-Frilay to gen
fral 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 Atlantis early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2tk. 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
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