The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-20
so UTHERN CENTRA
AGRICuLTJRAL ASSOI,IATION

day OF August next, which is the day OF the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with he 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.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. 1t IS therefore de-
sirable that all person. hav ng articles for exhibit
lion, shall be on the ground as cary as Friday or
Saturday, The 9th and 10th August when Com
mttee will be there ready to receive them.
ID. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the safe-keeping
.. articles which may be placed in the hands of its
Ulcers and comm ttr es (the owner taking a check
Tor the same,) until the close of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them OPP, ortunty TO recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving of any go ds OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, WIN. Ezzard. and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the far grounds for exh-
ition, sha have first been enleredn The cretarys
book or registry--then Labelled tn the owners
name and reside ce-Ind price, iffJr saIe--givlig
to the owner corresponding card-and then classI-
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 will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
eXhlbtion-'he statement TO be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time Of invention, 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 ofcultiyation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, Sc If
Needle work or Painting, or any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, il by children very old persons
tie value, uses, SC. Since this is the most reliable
mode Of collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions of he Society,
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice,
that premium i'll not be awarded TO any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory Statements made out
in egible hand, and in style fit ut ONCE for the
press.
5Ih The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enoined 10 make out. upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of b ing
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes OF preparation. time ofplaning and med
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 10 be sent out IN the published trans
actions Of the Society.
| 9th. 1t is desirable 10 make the Fair Central
SouthernA agricultural and NJ facturers FIX change
We request individu,s who have surplus of
choice articles, who make tn, m for sale such
as choice se' DIS, machines, stock &c.--to carr,
: tbara oln onIn r.,
a premium.
7th. Premiums is impossible to name in q no
tice like this all, the various articles 10 which pre-
miums VIII 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 1t, ami yet richly deserving
premiums, lest the' eore the announcement of pre-.
miums for particular articles mig be co slrupd b.
someinto all exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally 10
observe, hat it is inended to give tie action Of
the Assoc alton the very widest scope, embracing
avery thing Tat 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 on this point perhaps
il. that on all articles Of the highest merit in the
department oi Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of tho d. parmenls, premium OF q cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best artl-
Giles cup worth rs will be given on the third best
So 50 on the fourth all honor. And on all ati.
clts Of the highest merit in the remaining depart
menls cup worth SIS will be given on the second
b, st s 2 So on the third an honor on The fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and misc llaneous articles,
! premiums from one TO three dOliars--these, how
ever, are general regulations, and in particular
or cases of peculiar merit the mmltices will hc
permitted, indeed arc requested, to vary the rule.
9th y hail will be prepared and assigned par'i-
cularly to the Ladies for tler garden products,
fr,tiIu ,,.,pHe ft.r
are cordially invited TO attend. Their assistance
in many del arlments Of the fair is absolutely ne
cesHary to proper management
! 9th. The facilities Of getting to this central
point induce lis to invite, and to expect the pre-
>encc and contributions of many OF our fellow
citizcus { Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and b.
! rida. We hole they Will unite with us in making
this institution indeed ,whltitis i'll name, Southern
Central Agric ultual ASCOT tton.
lOh. The President upon consultation with
such members he call to his aid, shall appoint
c'mml'lecs and assign tothem their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees SO appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
a.ncl~S classed ana arranged IN their respective
departments. In oTde. to the per!Hcton Of tins
arrangement, tho committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will II re repeal, aud cnjon
upon all to take notice that articles Cor exhibition
may be received aud arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9th and lUth Of August, so that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning. the committee Of receptlCa nay
nave their lists Of articles and the erul COM
mittees proceed at once to the examination Of ar-
! ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday vii! be devoted to leS-F'riday to gen
eral re-deivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tlnnlng the whole time
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
I'm. The annua! 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 Commlitee have the prospect Of
mahGnE arrangements with the Macon, State and
! Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
datlons 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 III the laborlous business of
the air.