The southern press., 1850-09-09
soUTHERN CENTRA

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| raj Agricultural Association, will beheid
during the week embracing Wedne day, the ! tn
day OF August next, which Is the day OF the hith
annual meeting at Atlanta Georsia.
The Committee charged with he duty OF pre-
cribiug such general rules As they may deem ne
cessary TO proper manaSement oil the approaching
Fair, have ad 'pt the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings wIii DC
opened r visitors IN Monday morning. and cor
tinue open until Friday evening, 1t Is Therefore ae
sirable that all person hlv ng articles 10, eXhLo'-
li,n, shall be on tn ground a. ear ~ 40 OF
Saturday, The 9th and 10Th August when Con
mittce will be there ready 10 receive mem. -,
81 The Assoc alton has an ample iand, and WILL
IN all cases come responsible for The saie-keepng
), articles which may be placed IN the hands oi iis
Ulcers and com u u tes One owner "kt'S cneck
,rr ,h. same.l until tive close Of he Fair, which
will he Announced beforehand, IN amp e time to
give thrm op ortunty TO recover tlle'r g'ou-' ana
! /, prcysnt thereby The leaving Of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment oil The
As citation. ,u,
ewi>. Wm. Exzar,i, AMI James NJ Calhoun, are
amounted eonnlltee whose d'ty IL shall be to soc
Lkat all art les entering the far grounds Tor exhI-
tin, b.. ave first been en'erCdIn the 5 crttary
hook or rectstry--then labelled tn the owners
ntnae aud reside co---'nd price iff + sale--glvng
I, the owner cor responding card-ani then cassi-
/
n 10 facilitate the abors of the several committees
on premium, aud also to employ such police and
toorkcepers and clerks, as stall be necessary Tor
the prntec ion of the grounds and buildings, ana
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
aud labelling Of articles.
| ath, There will positively be required, in all
case,, a minute AID accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article cent for
exhibition-he statement to nc delivered TO the
Secretary For instance, IL Il Mlcllne, slatement
of is mowers and uses, cost time OF l> ehtion, ana
any other fact heeme valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricu fnra' fro"uctS,
m de of preparation Of land aud soil, manure and
time of niantng mode Ofcultivation. II an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode OF rai'i 6, x. ii
Needle work or Palutu Z, or any Woik OF Art thc
length Of time bestowed on II, or Inc amount OIL
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
wurlh publishing in tac transactions of a. Society,
yiIltors patrons and members, all will take notice,
hat a premium " i'll not be AVA ded to any arll-
Gle whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in Hegbl. hand, and in style lit at once for The
press.
5,h The delegations OF the serversl county Socie
tie, are requested and en- Joined TO make out. upon
consulaion a report Of the present condition ol
| Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm.
provements in farming til!age, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are IN progress OF being
adopted The leading products OF theI count ecs
the modes Of prep 4raton. time OF planting and M DE-
of cultivation The means and measures OF preser-
wing and increa-irg the fertility OF lands. Accurate
! Agricultural mCmOs from the scrvefal county
societies would make up an amount OF valuable
mforma ion TO be sen uljt the published trans
actions nt the Society.
9th. It is desirable TO mike the FAIR Central
Southern Agricultu' al and shufactnre SIX change
W. request ,ndividu ,Is who have a surl lus Of
! choice articles, rr no max III M for suie such
as choice Sc ds, machines, stock, &c to carr.
der there for sa e. aud not alone for exhibition io'
| a p. em,iln.
TN. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in nano'
ticc like TINS all, Ihc various articles 10 VIII ch pre-
miums W II be granted. However comprehensN e
we might make any eumei ated list there would
still be many articles c merit offered VT Ct! would
not be embraced in II, and yet richly deserving
p emiums lest therefore The amour cement OF pre-
miums for particuln" articles mig be CO strued by
,omeinto ali exclusion ofail articles unannounced,
Ihe Committee r., quests the people generally To
observe, that it is in ended to give tie action OF
the Assoc latlon the very widest scope, embracing
cry thing that is ingenious or u-eGul in business
or art All then, with whotcvcr they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
u: that on all articles Of the highest merit In the
1 department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural lm
elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
IN any Of the d. Parlmcnts, premium OF Il cup
worth 4 IL will be given on the second best arti
cles cup orth Sj will be given on the third bcsl
! , 50 ; on the fourth an honor. And on all Ii.
cles of the his hest merit in the remaining depart
mcns cup worth IS will be given on the second
b. st 9. 50 on the third an homer; on he fourth,
I'd honor On miner and mSct laneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doliars-thcsc, how
ever ,arc general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the c. mmit'ces Will be
4 .t.,l 4 th,, Va
Sth A hall will be prepal cd and assigned rar'i-
cularly to the Ladies for cir garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, need:c-work, &c. They
are cordially invited 10 attend. Their assistance
in many de, arlnlents Of the fair i. absolutely nr-
cessary to proper management.
9th. The facilities of getting to this central
point induce Us to invite, and to expect the pc
.ence and contributions Of many OF our fellow
citizens # Carolina Alabama, Tennessee and To-
rida. VIC hope they wlli unite " lth US in making
this institution Indeed what it in name Southern
Central Aggic utural Association.
10 h. The President upon consultation with
such members he can call to his aid, shall appoint
Committees and assign to them their resp' clVe De.
pir; ments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists OF the
articles clasaed anu arranged in their respective
departments In oTde, to the perfection oil 'hs
arrangement the committee appointed to publish
these regulations will b re rcpea', and e JON
upon all 10 Jake nOllCe tlal arlCItS lol tNHluttIoi
may be received and arranged on Friday and sat
nrday the 9ih 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
mIitees proceed at once to the examination Of art
c'es, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday vii! be devoted 10 saIea--Frday to gen
eral re-delivery OF articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will I've published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the FAIR week.
l2h. The annual oraton will be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Blups, Of Athens. Georgia,
! 18th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State aud
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late i'll the afternoon, 10
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fnir.