The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-31

TIME Fifth GAnuai Fair Of the Southern Cent,
/ raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the lati'
day Of August next, which is the day OF the nth
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
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibit
tion shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mttce will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has ample fund, and will.
IN all cases, become responsible for the saie-keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF its
0ficers and committees, the owner taxing 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 amy goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
Association.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. EzZard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
iioD, shall have first been encredn the Secretary S
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, II for sale--givlhg
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed 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 for
the protection of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
| and labelling OF articles.
Attn. There will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition---the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, a statement
of is powers and uses, COST time of invention and
any 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 ofcultvaton. 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 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 Icgiblc hand and ina style fit at once for the
press
9Th. The delegations of the servera county Socie-
ties are requested and cnjoned to make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or arc in progress Of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes preparation. time ofplanting and mod
OF cultivation. The means aud 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 II is desirah1e n, n,aka thu Fair C,ntr,l
neutrality-suspicious. andM.nufacturersExcha change
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
us 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
tcc 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 OF all 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, cmbI 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 on this point perhaps
is, that all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics Agricultural I'm
plemcnts, 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 \ 5 will be given on the third best
So. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining dcpar!
mcnts cup worth IS will be given on the second
best g SO; on the third an honor; on the fourth,
Cd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
nrpm from fO doll ho,u
ARC general regulations, and in particular
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 part-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needIe-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 70 this central
point induce us'to invite, and 10 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 ultura Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrlments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classe1 and arranged in their respective
uophihHoHts.' III Otucf ~ tie pCfieCliOn OF TINS
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 on
Monday morning, the committee of reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several com
mtlees proceed at 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 saes-Friday to gen
eral re-deIivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published ut Atlantic early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. 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
| Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,