The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-25
sOUTHERN GENITAL
AGRICULTURAL AaSOCIA TFON.

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mittee will be there ready to receive them.
| I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will.
IN all cases, become responsible for the saekeepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF ITS
officers and committees, the 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. hv
Sd. Mark 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 for exh-
ition, shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, flor salc-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
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.
4th. There win positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, If Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofnvcntion, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
time of plantng, mode ofcultvation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode Of raising, &c. If
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
the value, uses, &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as may DO
worth publishing in the transactions Of the Society,
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice,
that premium will not be awarded to any arli-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations Of the several 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 m-
provements 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 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 trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and M,nuiacturersEx Exchange
We request individuals who have a 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
a premium. 1 qe
| 7th. Prcmiums.-It is impossible to name in a. mo-
tcc 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-
mums 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, embracing
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 on 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 4 will be given, on the third best
~. 50; 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 2. so; on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles
!. premiums from one TO three dollars-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 me-
cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities Of getting to this central
point induce us4to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions of many Of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what tits in name Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association
10th. The President upon consultation with
M n,her hac FOL 81 -holi
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 this
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
mittees proceed at to the examination of arti-
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Frday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
1lth. Any alterations of or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
/ Monday morning of the Fair week.
| 18th. The annual 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,
to Civ, nsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business Of
the fair.
, 10th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CuLTIvAroR, and to pro-
cure as far as practicable their publication in the
weekly papers of this and the adjoining States.
BY order of the Committee Of A.rangem
DAVID w. LEWIS,
Sec'y Southern Central Agricultural Association.
Sparta, 25th June, 1850
e MATHEWES & ROPER,
LNactors and Commission Merchants for Cotton