The southern press., 1851-07-08
..SQgTAERA CEATRAL

AZ asu ANpua1 aif OF inc 6Outnern Conl
4 rH Agrienhurai Assssiatien, will behel
during ths wssk embrscisg Wednesday, the l4u
day OF Augnst next, which il the day Of the fiftI
annual meotjng at Atlanta Georgia
ihe ComnAttas charged with the duty of pres
cnoing sucA general rules a. they may deem ne
oessary 10 proper Management Of the approaching
FAR, have adopted tho following
GEkEnAL RxoUL ArIONs.
Lot The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
unue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirsble that all pers0as having articles for oxhibi
non, 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
oil cases, become responsible for the safe-keepns
o. articles which may be placed in the hands of ia
olhcers and committees, (the owner taking check
Tor the ssme,) 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. iHa As.iiH t
3D.. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
ition, shall have first been cneredn the Secretary =
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, for sale-giving
to the owner corresponding card and then classi-
ied and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the abors 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
exhIbition-'he statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, IL Machine, statement
OF is powers and uses cost time of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. IL horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode OF preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode Of cultivation. Ii 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
iabor The age, il by children or very old persons
tic 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 aud 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 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 i'm
provements in farming, tilage, draining and manu-
ring, Which have been or are in progress OF being
adopted lhe 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 countv
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society. sf
9th. II is desirable TO mako the Faira Central
neutrality-suspicious. and dMtnufacturersExc NJ change
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, dc.---to carrv
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums. 1t 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 wonld
not be embraced in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed nv
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced.
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that 1t is intended 10 give the action of
The Association the very widest'scope, embI acine
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
is that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
pements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, a premium of cup
worth ~ will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth s will be given ,on the third best
.. 'o on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
mcntsa cup worth S will be given on the second
best 3 so f; on the third an honor on the fourth.
I'd honor On MINER and misce llaneous articles.
premiums from to three dol.ars-these how
everare 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 parti-
cuiarly 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 ne
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
rlda. 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 ad shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
Inc committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
aiucles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed TO publish
'hese reguiauons, VIII 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 NAV
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 VII! be devoted to sales-Fridny to gen
erh re-dehvery OF articles. The exhibition conf
tinung the whole time
lin. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week
l2tf The apnua! Grafton will be made on
wednesday, the day Oft the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
, l3th The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgla RaIlroads. 70 run accommodation cars |