The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-13
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AG RIGJIIxTIJR AL ASS(lfsl AH1ON.

ahnuai m6cSln8 ~ ALBANIA Ge0IBit ~
The Conmittee charged wiah. iAe duty OF pres
cribing such general rules asAthey ,saay deem ne
cessafy to aproper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL kEouLArioSs.
LIST The Fair GH3hss and Buildings will be
opened forsvistors al Monday morning, asd CON-
tinue Open until Friday evsnisg Il is .herefqse De-
'teh, shay be nj the ground as early es Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th .spd l0Gh August when a Com
mitlee will be-thcre 1Vsdy to reoeiSe them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
m bases become respbnsiblefor the nie-keeping
81 NxhicEmsy b placed ip the hands Of its
efhre rsad6commiuee (thc'swner taking a check,
for the -sa9s,J until the close Of the Fair, which
viii be anpohnced beforehand, iIi~ ample time to
give them Opportunity TO RECOVER thsr goods, and
}o ffevent thereby 4he ieaving of any Goods or
eriicles unprotected after the adjoutnspeqt of}hs
3D.. Mark A. Cooper, Richard 1eters, David wv
hswjs, VIM -+sszsraxan James ~ telhsei, aafs
That aHartices eptering fe.fa Iegrolmds for cxhi-
ion, shall have first been eneredin the Secretafys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding card--and then classi
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the abors Of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ euch 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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article SEPT for
exhibition-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinventon, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. II Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting mode ofcutivation. 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 or 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 the Society,
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice,
that premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tilage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes Of preparation. time fpanting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures of prSser-
wing and increasing the fertility Of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information to be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice Seeds machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium. Ns M
It'll. Premiums. is impossible to name in mo-
tice like this ali, the various articles 10 which pre-
mums will 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 it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion Of all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widcst'scope, embracing
every thing that is ingenious useful 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
is, that all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any OF the departments, premium of a cup
worth s 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
So so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth : S will be given on the second
best ! 2. so on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles
premiums from one to three dol,ars-these, how
ever are general regulations, and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
9th. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely me-
cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities of getting 70 this central
point induce us,to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what it's in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
nth. The President upon consultation with
such members as be can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrlments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection Of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enjon
upon all to take notice that articles for 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 may
have their lists OF articles, and the several com
mittees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted 10 sales-Friday to gen
eral re-deiverX of articles. The exhibition con
tnuing the wfSle time,
llth. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week,
18th The annual 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
l3th. The COMMITTEES have the ppEpect of
making arrangements with the 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
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided