The southern press., 1851-11-03
UTHEHN OENTRA L-
AqRlCULTURAL ASsOGlATioN.

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
GEsERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings viii be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for The saiekeePng
ol articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
eilcers and committees, the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close of the FAIR, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity to 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 M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty 1t shall be To see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhi-
ion, shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry-uen labelled W Tn The owners
name and residence--and price, ffor sale-giying
to the owner corresponding card-and then classi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as 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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sSnt for
exhibition--ihe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, il Machine statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time or invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by ths inventor or
maker. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting mode Of cultivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. If
Needle-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children or very old persons
tie value. pses &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode Of collecting such information may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,"
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice.
that a 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.
5h The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, a 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 in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes OF preparation. time OF planting and 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 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 IN M,nufacturersE Ex xchange
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 alone hition for
premium.
7th. Premiums Sit is impossible to name in no
tice like this ALL the various articles TO which pre-
miums 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 wdest'scope, emDI acng
every thing that is ingenious or 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
i, that, all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, A Agricultural In
plemen,s, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth l0 Will be given; on the second best art-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
=. so on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cies of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth S5 will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner aad pisce aneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doilars-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. A hall will be prepared and assigned pari-
cuArly TO the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needle-work, &c They
cordially invited to attend Their assistance
in many departments OF the fair is absolutely ne
cessary TO proper management
9th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce ns'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 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-
pdrtments, 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 thus
arrangement the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enjoin
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
mitees 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 to sales-Friday 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 be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
18th The annual oratlon will be made on
| Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col. John Bups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th The Committee have the prospect of
| making arrangements with the Macon, State and
| Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Grifiin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to giv nsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
datons 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 in the laborous business of
the far.