The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-20
SOUTHERN EMTRAL
AGRICULTURAL AooOClATION.

I -sOUTHERN CEMTRAL
AGRICULTUHAL A0oOClATION.
THE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
| i raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the lath
day Of August next, which 10 the day of the 18th
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general ruler as they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following ="
| GknKRAL REGULATIONS.
ht 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 exhoi
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.
I'd. The Association has All ample fund, and will.
in all cases, become Responsible for the safe-keePmg
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of its
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, and
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment Of the
Association. ta
Sd. Max 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 exhl-
iton, sha lhave first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or legistry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence---and price, II for sae-givlhg
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
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 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.
here will ivalv ha in "a
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton--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 II an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. II
Needle-work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on 1t, 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 " i'll not be awarded TO any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in Iegible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations Of the servcral county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, q 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 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 servera 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
SouthernA agricultural andM .nufacturersE 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
premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in a 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-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very wdest'scope, embI acing
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 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, a premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
~. so; on the fourth arhonor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
! ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 5 9. SO the third an honor on the fourth,
| Cd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dolars-these how
are 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 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-
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10Th The President upon consultation with
such members he call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign to them their respective de-
ptfrlments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles cassed and arranged in their respective
departments lii 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-
nrday 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
mlttees proceed at once to the examination of art
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to saes-Friday to gem
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 Atlanta early
| Monday morning of the Fair week
18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
| Wednesday, the day of Anniversary meeting,