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and so with other articles as may be convenient, and after or 
before the delivery of the premium, each animal which 
: shall have taken a premium, shall be designated by , me 
badge of distinction, and led into the ring and around it 
; for exhibition of its superiority and high quality to the 
assembled crowd. 
N. B, No person whatever will be allowed to interfere 
i with the Judges, during their adjudication 5 and any per- 
i son who, by letter or otherwise, attempts an interference 
: or bias from misrepresentations with the Judges, will be 
excluded as an honorable competitor. 
The Superintendents will give particular direction to 
all articles in their respective departments, and see that all 
I are arranged as near as may be in numerical order, to les- 
sen and facilitate the labors of the Judges in their exami- 
nations. 
: The Superintendents will attend each set of Judges in 
I their respective departments, and point out the different ar- 
j tides or animals to be exhibited ; will attach prize cards to 
I the articles, or flags to the successful animals after the 
Judges' reports shall have been made up and delivered to 
1 the Secretary. 
BEPOSTS OF JUDGES. 
The Judges will be expected, in all cases, to withhold 
premiums when the article or animal is not worthy, though 
there be no competition. Blanks will be furnished the 
Committee to £11 up in making their reports. 
Animals having received premiums of the Society at 
previous exhibitions, will not be allowed to compete for 
prizes again in the same class. 
FORAGE FOR STOCK. 
There will be a Forage Master on the ground, who will 
furnish grain and forage at market price, to the owners of 
stock. 
Stalls will not be furnished upon the Grounds of the 
Society for unruly or dangerous animals. 
AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 
The premiums will be awarded from the' Executive 
stand, at 10 o’clock on Friday morning. 
SALES OF STOCK. 
The Auction Sale of Live Stock will take place on 
Thursday at 11 o’clock, A.M.; but the animals sold cannot 
be removed from the grounds until the close of the Exhibi- 
i tion. 
POLICE. 
A well regulated Police of the Society, aided by that o^ 
I the city of Atlanta, will be on the grounds during the en 
1 tire Exhibion, to preserve oider. 
All persons having business with the Society, or wish- 
l-ing information not here furnished, will address the Seer 
j tary at Athens till the first of September. After that time, 
at Atlanta, Ga. James Camak, Secretary, 
Athens, Ga, 
I AGEICULTUBE IN OUB SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. 
Dear Cultivator— I have just read with much gratifi- 
; cation, the intelligent letter of the magnanimous Dr. Ter- 
! RELL to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, donat- 
j ing S20,000 to establish an Agricultural Professorship 
I And not the least gratifying part of the letter, is that ex- 
j pressing a preference in favor of Dr. Lee, as the first 
i Professor. Apart from the interest which correct men feel 
I for the education of farmers everywhere, self interest and 
i State pride make me regard your noble beginning with 
f much solicitude. The example of your State will have its 
t; influence upon others, Tennessee among the rest. Your 
Agricultural Professorship may be regarded as the begin- 
!' ning of an era — a reformation, which will make a power- 
It ful impress upon the character, intelligence, wealth and 
future destiny of all the States. Our unskillful culture has 
so far exhausted the natural agents which co-operate with 
human effort for the support of man, that an apalling fu- 
ture awaits us ; commanding the best talents to come to the 
rescue. The agricultural professorship in your University 
is exactly the beginning we need. Dr. Lee has an ardu- 
ous task to perform ; but no earthly situation could be so 
much in accordance with his own doctrines and feelings, 
or could so well admit of the exploration of the wide field 
of almost unknown science before him. He. has to make 
the beginning of a system of instruction, which is to as- 
certain and illustrate the true nature of all the agents of 
Heaven lent to man for the culture of the earth, and train 
them into harmonious co-operation with labor. How vast 
the undertaking — how inviting the field of science, and 
how momentous will be the results. 
His students will not all be boys of tender years. The 
young man, the middle-aged and the philosopher of three 
score years — farmers, scientific men and statesmen may 
all learn much from his tuition. The magnanimity of Dr. 
Terrell will likely be imitated by others ; but if not, your 
Legislature will certainly provide all the means necessary 
to a Museum and Experimental Farm. These are abso- 
lutely requisite ; Dr, Lee cannot teach well without them ; 
but with them, his instruction will be worthy of the great 
cause of agricultural reformation so absolutely necessary. 
And permit me to express the hope that the University 
of Georgia will not stop short, and rest satisfied with an 
agricultural department alone. Though this is by far the 
most important to the country, yet in order to make a 
great, prosperous and learned community, all classes must 
be educated Persons in all the occupations ought to have 
a school, where they can learn, scientifically and practi- 
cally, all that will aid them in their pursuits. It is, there- 
fore, hoped that your University will ultimately not only 
teach agriculture, but will also teach the science and prac- 
tice of all the manufacturing and mechanic arts ; so that 
students leaving the University will be at once qualified, 
theoretically and practically for the trades they are to 
ollow. Prudence, in this matter, is, of course, important, 
and, therefore, I do not mean that all the trades of man 
should be at once taught in your school; but a steady de- 
termination to obtain the means, as fast as they can be had 
and to establish additional professorships as you become 
able, will certainly end in full succes in all. It will re- 
quire a very large capital to furnish all the needful facili- 
ties for teaching, practically, all the avocations of the 
people ; but whenever the people of your State can be 
fully convinced that it is their true interest, they will vote 
for legal measures to furnish the means. I know that 
many obstacles will oppose so vast a system of education, 
but time and patience and united mental effort will ulti- 
mately surmount them all. The cause is worthy of the 
best talents and strongest efforts. 
The rapid increase of the human race demands enlighten- 
ed improvements in all avocations, in order to keep even 
pace with the necessities of man ; and while it is plain 
that agriculture is the greatest and most important pro- 
fession in the United States ; it is also evident, that much 
of our prosperity depends upon our own manufactures and 
the mechanic arts. In these avocations man can do 
nothing without nature’s help. In truth, nature does near- 
ly all the work for man, where he will only hand her the 
tools. He must then understand natures’ ways (laws) of 
doing in order to know what tools are needed, and how to 
handle them rightly. It is, therefore, absolutely necessary 
to full success, that every manufacturer and every me- 
chanic shall well understand all the natural sciences which 
will unfold all the natural laws and principles that are to 
aid liim in his trade. 
In all occupations, agricultural included, there is much 
of natures’ ways of doing, and natures’ material, for us all 
to learn, that we may be qualified to work in accordance 
