The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-13
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AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
THE Fihh Annual Fair Of the Southern Cent,
raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday the 14th
day Of August next, which il the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribng such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approaching
Far, 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-
srable that all persons having articles for exhibi
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 ample fund, and will,
IN all cases, become responsible for the safe-keePng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of its
cLlcers and committees, (thc 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 or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association.
3D. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun,
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
iton, sha have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, iffor sale-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi
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.
Nhora 10, ho rad all
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, a statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor
maker. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time ofplanting, mode ofcultivatoG. If 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 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 egible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations Of the servcral county s;ocie-
ties requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
| consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provcments in farming, tilage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes fpreparation time of planting and mod
ofcultvation. 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
neutrality-suspicious. and observation-disclosures
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 sale and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in no
tce like this all the various articles 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-
mums for particular articles migttbe construed by
sOmentO 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, embI acing
every thing that is ingenious 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
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best art-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
| 2. SO; on the fourth an honor And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments a cup worth = will be given; on the second
best 3 2. SO on the third honor; the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 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. A hall will be prepared aud assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
| fruits, Howers 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 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'll in name, aSouthern
| Central Agric ultural Association.
| 10th. The President upon consultation with
such members he call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdFrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles Chased and arranged in their respective
departments III order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
| these regulations, will here repeat, and enjon
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 commitee Of reception may
have their lists Of articles, ana the several COM
mttees proceed at once to lno Examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have anne ti,n to make their
reports to the annual meetin - W ednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to 81 - 7 a, to gem
eral re-deGvery of articles. Th,. ,'H con-
tinuing the whole time.
18th. Any alterations of, or al, q
| foregoing rules, will be published at
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be ~
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary m, e,