The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-07
sOUTHERN CENT RAJ
Anu TCUJITUJRA AL ASSOCIATION.


raj Agricultural Association, will beheid
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4th
day of August next, which is the day OF the MIN
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary TO aproper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII DC
opened for visitors ON Monday morning, anu con
tinue open until Friday evening IL IS thereiore &c
sirable that all persons having arucies Ior eXhioi-
tion shall be on the ground as carry as riuay OF
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when Com-
mttee will be there ready to receive them.
| Cd The Association has an ample fund, and VIII,
in all cases, become responsible lor the sae-keePhs
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands OF It's
officers and committees, the owner taking cheek
for the same,) until the close OF Inc ar, when
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 oil the
| Association.
3d. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Caihouh' are
appointed committee whose duty 1t SHAH De 10 see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhl-
ition sha have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or repstry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor saie--gvhg
| to the owner corresponding Garland thcn ciassr
fled and arranged by departments, and IN such order
as TO facilitate the abors Of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary Tor
the protection of the grounds and buildings, ana
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling OF articles.
9TH. 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 10 the
Secretary For instance, if Machine, a statement
Of is powers and uses, cost, time OF Invenfion 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 of planting mode ofcutivation If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode of raising, &c. III
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 Iegiblc hand, and in style ht at once for the
press.
ties are requested and enioined TO make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, OF the inn
provements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or arc 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 serveral county
societies would make up an amount OF valuable
information TO be sent out in the published traps
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable TO make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultu and acknowledgements Exchange
No la yvh haVA Ina f,f
| 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
a premium.
7th. Premiums is impossible to name in a no.
tice 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 OH exclusion ofali articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action oil
I the Association the very widest'seope, emDr acine
every thing that is ingenious useful In bushes.
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 oil 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 bas
So. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth Is will be given; on the second
best 2. SO; on the third an honor; on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles
!, premiums from one to three dolars-these how.
ever 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. 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, whatit in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation will
such members as 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
articles classec and arranged in their respective
departments. III order to the perfection of thu:
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and cnjoir
upon an W Jake hotiee La1 orlcieS lor exilpltloi
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9th and 10th Of August, so that wher
the President shall appoint his committees OF
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
cles, and thereby have ample time to make thei
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.
llth. Any alterations of, or additions to, tn
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlantr early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th. The annua! Grafton will be made oi
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees
, by Col. John Bilups, OF Athens, Georgia.
J., 18th The Committee have the prospect o
/ making arrangements with the Macon, State an,
n Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation car
early every morning and late in the afternoon, L