The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-26

AR1 ICULTURAL ASoOClATION.
TIME Fiflh Annual Fair Of tho Southern Cent
raj Agricultural Association, VIII oone!s
during the week snAEaSpg "Wednesday, IN, ,Is arr
day Of August next, which u The day oil tue n'ti
annual meeting al Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
crbine such general rules as they may deem ne
csssary 10 proper management of the approaching
Fair. have adopted the following
GEHERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII DC
opened for visitors on Monday morning and con
tpue open until Friday evening II is therefore DO
srabie that all persons having articles Tor cxhiDi-
ton 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 ihem. .,
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, ana Will
in all cases, become responsible Tor tne
OF articles which may be placed IN .aS uanaS o. y.
officers and committees, (thc owner taxing cnccl
for the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time ia
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. .,u
I'd. MARI A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis. VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
Amounted committee whose duty 1t shall % 10 see
that all articles entering the fair grounds 1or exh
;tion shat have first been eneredn the secretary s
hook or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor saie-giving
TO the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
fed and arranged by departments, ana IN such order
M 10 facilitate the labors of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall De necessary LOT
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 ior
exhibition-the statement to be delivered 10 the
Secretary For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of inventon, and
apy other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. Ii Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode Ofcultivation. IL an ANIMAL
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, &c.
Needle-w or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount OF
labor; the age, il by children or very old persons
the 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 premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in egible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press
5th The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
provements 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 ofpreparation. 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 serveral 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
SouthernAgrcultura and MtnufacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have 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. tlag
7th Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
tce 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, that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious or useful IN business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
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, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
ces cup worth S will be given, on the third best
81 SO on the fourth an honor. And on all arti.
cles OF the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth S will be given on the second
best g 50; on the third an honor; on the fourth,
"a honor. On MINER and miscellaneous articles
premiums from one to three dollars-these, how.
ever,are general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will BIZ
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
9th. A 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 to this centra
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 it is in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
nth. The President upon q consultation will
such members he can call to his aid, shall appon
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
se coultce Vi reception Shall IuInlSn lStS OF the
articles classec and arranged in their respective
departments i'll order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enon
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 ofreception may
have their lists Of articles, anu 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 meetnA IN Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales friday to gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The " rvit:cn con
tinuing the whole time
llth. Any alterations of, or al l;,,. t.. n,
foregoing rules, will be published at ~, l, \
Monday morning of the Fair week
18th. The annual Grafton will be N,
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary ,g
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 an,
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation car
early every morning and late in the afternoon, t
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
to Civ rsitors the opportunity of the accommo
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