The southern press., 1851-07-03
KRNf CENT RAJ
AGRICUITuRAL ASSOCIATION.


The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary 10 proper man cement Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con-
unue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
sIrabe that all persons having articles for exhibi-
tlon, 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.
"a. The Association has ample fund, and will,
w all cases, become responsible for the saie-keepng
OIL articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
officers 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.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM Ezzard, and James nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
tion shall have first been enteredin the Secretary 8
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
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 sent for
exhibiton-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary For instance il Machine, statement
OF is powers and uses, cost, time ofinvention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. II horticultural or Agricultural Products,
n nre eno rofi Of nd nd "A
time ofplanting, mode ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree or 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, uses &c. 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 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.
5th. The delegations of the seryeral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several countless of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
the modes ofpreparation. time of planting and mod
F.
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
neutrality-suspicious. and N, nufacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have a 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
q premium.
7th. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
tice like this all, the various articles TO which pre-
milnls 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-
mums Tor particular articles might be construed by
somento 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 widest'scope, embI acinc
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
is that on 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 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
80. 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 ,. so on the third an honor; on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and misce Ilaneous articles,
| premiums from one 10 three dollars-thcse how
eveDare 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-
cuiariy TO the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits howers paintings, Deedle-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
| In many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities of getting TO 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 tits in name, Southern
Central Agric utural Association
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign TO them their respective de-
pGr,ments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
articles cassed 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 enioin
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 NAV
have their lists OF articles, and the several COM
m'tiees proceed at once to the examination of art-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to Faes-Friday TO gen
eral re-delivery Of articles The exhibition con
unuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published a, Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week
l2th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Blllups, OF Athens, Georgia
l3th. The COMMITTEES have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Seorsa Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griiin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
TO CIV nsitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dauons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
oomiortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
| md others euppped m tho laIo