The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-18
SOUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOSsI TION

during The week embracing "wednesday, the l1th
day of August next, which is the day OF the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with The duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management OF the approaching
Fair, 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-
sirable that all person. hay ng articles for exhloi-
ion, shall be on the ground as cary as rlday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready TO receive them.
| Cd. The Association has an ample fund, and Will,
III all cases, become responsible for The sale keeping
.. articles which may be placed in the hands Of It's
| L Ulcers and committees (the owner taking check
Tor the same) until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them op ortunty 10 recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods Or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
| Association.
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
| Lewis VIM. EZzard, and James nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty 1t shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
tion sha have first been enieredln the Secretary
book or registry-then labelled W tn the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale-gving
to the owner corresponding card--and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as facilitate the abors 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 will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
| illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition-Ihe statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, IL Machine, 4 statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofnvention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultvation. Ii an Animal,
tie pedigree or ST. OK ago, mode Of ra,i g. &c. II
Needle work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length Of time bestowed on it, or the amount Of
labor the aye, il by children or very old persons
tie value uses, sc. Since this is the most reliable
mode Of collecting such information as may he
worth publishing in the transactions of TIE Society
v.iors, patrons and members, all will take notice,
hat premium " i'll not be awarded 10 any art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in egible hand, and in style tit at once for the
press
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjOined to make Cnt upon
consultation, a report of the present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
provements in farming, tilage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of then countless
the modes of preparation. time of planting aud 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 amount Of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable 10 make the Fair a Central
hernAgricultural and ": Eufac turers Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice Sc. DIS, machines, stock, &c.-to carry
them there for SALE aud not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premums.-I is impossible to name in a no.
tce like this all, the various articles 10 VIII CHI pre-.
miums Will be granted. However comprehensN c
we might make any enumeT ated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered hici, would
not be embraced in II, and yet richly deserving
premiums lest thei eioie the annOuI cement of pre-
NUNS for particular articles mig the co srurd b,
someinto an exclusion fall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally TO
observe, hat it is intended to give tie action Of
the Association the very widest scope, embracing
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 this point perhaps
is, that, all articles OF the highest merit in the
department Of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
Elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments premium OF a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 4 will be given, on the third best
50 SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti.
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 9 2. So on the third an honor on he fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and misc llaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars-hese, 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 parli-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits flowers paintings, need work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many apartments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management
9th The facilities of getting 10 this central
| point induce us to invite and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many Of our fellow
citizens e Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and To-
rlda. VIC hope they will unite with US in making
this institution indeed what it is in name Southern
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-
pdr'ments, and to these committees appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists Of the
aIticles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of thus
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will h. re repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles tor 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 nay
have their lists Of articles, and the sew era COM
mitiees proceed at once to the examination Of art-
ces. and thereby have ample time make their
reports To The annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii! &c devoted to snles-Friday to gen
| eral re-deIvery OF articles. The exhibition con-
, timing the whole time
llth. Any alterations Of. or additions to, the
foregoing rules. will he published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
l2'h. The annuu! Grafton will lie made on
Wednesday, the d " Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of ;ommittees,
by Col. John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
18Th. The Committee have the prospect of
mahIng arrangements with tn. 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 give visitors the opportunity of the accommo- |
daions otthe 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 laborlous business of
the AIR.
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