The southern press., 1851-07-07
OUTHERN CENT RAJ
AGRICULTVUAL ASSOCIATION

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annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
| The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribing auch general rules as they may deem me-
cessary 10 proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
| GENeRAL REGULATIONS.
! Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening II Is therefore de-
srabo that all persons having articles Tor cxhfbi-
tion, shall be on the ground 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 safc-kcsping
o articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
officers and committees, (thc 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. st
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, Vim. Ezzard, and James NJ. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition, shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, iffor sale-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the abors of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkcepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the projection 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
exhibition--the statement 10 be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance,i IL Machine, q statement
OF is powers and uses, cost time of invention 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 of cultivation. 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, 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
press. il
5th The delegations Of the seryeral county Socie-
ties are 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 or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their countless
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 amount of valuable
information 10 ba sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and Me ersExchanpc
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, OF who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines stock, t&c--to carry
them there for sale and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th Premiums. SIT is impossible to name in no
tcc like this ALL 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 all exclusion OF all articles unannounccd,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widcst'scope, embI Iacing
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 on this point perhaps
b. that, on all articles Of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium of u cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth IS will be given on the third best
~. SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth s S will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor on the fourth,
Cd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dol.ars-these, how
ever general regulations and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed arc requested, to vary the rule
9th. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
tO l adj for hal orJo
fruits, flowers paintings, needle work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments Of the fair is absolutely ne
ces.ary to proper Management,
9th. The facilities of getting 10 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon q consultation with
such members as he can call TO his ald shall appoint
committees and assign TO them their respective de-
pdrtments and to these committees 80 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 enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
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 to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday vii! be devoted to sales-Frday to GEN
eral re-delivcry of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
1lth. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th- The annua! oration will be made on
Wednesday,, the day ofthe Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John BIllups, OF Athens, Georgia.
i3th- The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
ueorgia Railroads, TO run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
eriftn. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
TO CIV 'isitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dntions ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
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