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OF SOUTHEKN AGRICaLTURE. 
DEVOTED EXCLDSIVELY TO 
VOL. XIII. AUGUSTA, GA., SEPTEMBER, 1855. NO. 9. 
WILLIAM S. JONES, Publisher. DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. REDMOND, Editors. 
SEE TERMS ON LAST PAGE. 
(Bciranraij nttlt Hinwllaiti;. 
1855 ! 
TENTH FAIR 
OF THE 
SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL. 
SOCIETY! 
To hcSd in Atlanta, Gs., on t!ie lltb, SSth, IStli 
and lAtli of September, 1855. 
REGULATIONS OP THE PAIS OP 1855. 
Individuals who will pay twenty-five dollars shall be- 
come life members of the Society, which entitles them, 
with the immediate members of their families, to admis- 
sion at all times to the Fair Grounds — to all future pub- 
lications of the Society, and to compete for premiums 
without charge. 
Individuals paying two dollars shall be members for 
one year, and exhibit articles without further charge, and 
have free access to the Fair Grounds during Fair week. 
On Tuesday and Wednesday of Fair week — the days 
for examination by the Judges — the public will be ad- 
mitted for Si ; Thursday, 50 cents; Friday, 25 cents. 
Tickets to be delivered to the gate-keeper on entering. 
Children under twelve years of age will be admitted at 
IMf price. 
The pupils of charitable institutions will be admitted 
free. 
All Editors in the Southern States are invited. 
Other State Agricultural Societies and Institutes are 
requested to send Delegates to the next Annual Fair of 
this Society, to be held at Atlanta, September I2th, 13th, 
14th and 15th, 1855. Such Delegates will be presented 
with a badge which %vill entitle them to the privilege of 
the Grounds. 
RULES FOR EXHIBITORS. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
All exhibitors at the Fair must pay and have their 
animals or articles entered at the Secretary’s office before 
taking them into the enclosure. All who intend to com- 
pete for the premiums of the Society, must have their 
articles on the ground and entered at the Secretary’s 
office, at or before 5 o’clock, on Saturday evening, the 
8lh of September, without fail : so that they may be ar- 
ranged in their respective departments, and in readiness 
for examination by the Judges on Tuesday morning, the 
11th of September, at ten o’clock. Aniviah may be entered 
at any time previous to nine o'clock, on Tuesday morn- 
ing. 
The regulations of the Society must be strictly observed 
by exhibitors, otherwise the Society will not be respons- 
ible for the omission of any article or animal not entered 
under its rules. 
No article or animal entered for a premium can ba 
removed or taken away before the close of the Exhibition, 
No premium will be paid on animals or articles removed 
in violation of this rule. All articles and animals entered 
for exhibition must have cards attached, with the num- 
ber as entered at the Secretary’s office; and exhibitors, in 
all cases, ' shall obtain their cards previous to placing 
their articles or animals on the Fair Grounds. 
All persons who intend to offer animals for sale during 
the Fair, shall notify the Seci*etary of such intention at 
the time of entry 
Special attention is required from competitors to the 
requisitions of the Society upon Field Crops, Fat Cattle, 
Hogs and Sheep, Dairy and Household Department, Pork, 
Bacon, and Beef; for full written statements as required 
under each department; as they are important to the 
Judges in the several classes before their final decision, ^ 
The Executive Committee will take every precaution 
in their power for the safe preservation of all articles and 
stock on exhibition, and will be responsible^nly for loss 
or damage that may occur during the Fair. They desire 
exhibitors to give attention to their anicle.s, and at the 
close of the Exhibition to attend to their removal. 
INSTRUCTION TO THE JUDGES, 
And the Su^erinUnienis efihe different DeparbnenU. 
The Chairman of Committees selected for the next an- 
nual Fair are requested to report themselves to the Secre- 
tary upon the grounds of the Society, on Tuesday 
morning, September llth, 1855. 
In no case must the Judges award a special or discrctwn- 
ary premium. 
The Judges on animals will have regard to the syimne- 
try, early maturity, thorough breeding, and characteristics 
of the breeds which theyjudge. They will make proper 
allowances for the age, feedings ajnd condition of the ani- 
mals, especially in the breeding classes. They are required 
not to give encouragement to over-fed, animals. ^ 
No stock of inferior quality shall be admitted within tno 
Grounds ; and if any shall by accident be admitted, a 
committee shall be appointed to examine and rule out of 
the Grounds all below a medium grade. 
The animals to which premiums shall be awarded, shall 
be led up for exhibition at the delivery of the premium, 
and so with other articles as may be convenient, and after or 
