The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-17

1rrIiE Fifth Annual Fair Of the Southern, Cent
raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the l4tt
day of August next, which is the day of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribiDg such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
Na GENERAL REGULATIONS.
| LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con
tnue open until Friday evening II IS therefore de-
sirabe that all persons having articles Tor 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 an ample fund, and VIII,
IN all eases become responsible for the saie-keephg
oil articles which may be placed in the hands of its
| officers and committees, 1.-THE owner taking check
for the samc) until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, III ample time to
give them opportunity to recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving oil amy goods or
articles unprotected alter the adjournment OF inc
Association.
| 3D. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w
Lewis, VIM EzZard and James Nj Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty It shall be TO see
that all articles entering the fair grounds or exh
iion, sha have first been entercdn The Secretarys
book or legis,ry---then labelled W tn the owners
name and residencc--and price, for sale--givIng
to the owner corresponding card--and then class-
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
doorkcepers and clerks, as shall be necessary Tor
the projection 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 Tor
exhbtion--the statement to be delivered 10 the
g ....s,t
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 ofcultivation. II an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. 4
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 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 art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in Iegble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
9Th. The delegations of the several county Socie-
ties are requested and en- Joined to make out, upon
consultation a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
ring, which have been or are in progress OF being
adopted The leading products Of their ccuntiees
the modes ofprcparaton. 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 All amount of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society. $50
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and Manufacturers Exchange
We request individuals who have surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
US choice seeds, machines, Stock &c---to carry
them there for sae and not alone for exhibition for
| a premium.
It'll. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in no.
ticc like this ali, 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 exclusion OF all articles unannounccd
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give tie action of
| the Association the very widest'scopc, 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. Tho 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
plemens, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium of a cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
clcs cup worth IS will be given, on the third best
| ~. SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar!
mcnts cup worth s 5 will be given on the second
best 2. 50 on the third honor on the fourth,
| Cd honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles
premiums from one to three doars--these, how
ever are general regulations and in particular
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. 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 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 ,whattis in name, Southern
| Central Agric ultural Association.
| 10Th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles c!assec aud arranged in their respective
departments. order to the perfection Of this
u arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and enjoiu
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.
mttees proceed at once to the examination Of arti
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make then
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday to gen
eral re-deivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tlnuing the whole time,
llth Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of heE'air 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.
i 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