The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-19
OUTHERN ENTRAI
AG RICULTUHAL ASSOCIATIONS

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
Inc Committee charged with the duty of pres
oripiog such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aproper management Of the approaching
| rair, nave adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning and con
uhue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de
,n mat all persons having articles for exhibi
uoh, snail be on the ground early Friday or
saturday the 9Th and 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them
| "a The Association has ample fund, and will,
~ all cases, become responsible for the keeping
o. articles which may be placed in the hands of its
Olhcers and committees (the owner taking check
LOT the same,) until the close of the Fair which
VIII be announced beforehand, in ample time TO
give them opportunity TO their goods, and
TO prevent thereby the leaving of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
| Association.
Sd. Marx 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 exhi
ltlop shall have first been enteredn the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then elias i
ned 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
exhlbtion-the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, if Machine, 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,
- n nrQ inn Of md and
time of planting, mode ofcuItivation 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 il, 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 publshingin thetransactions of the Society,
visitors, patrons ndmembcrs, all will take notice
that pre- alium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made ont
in lcgible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the scrveral county Socie
Ties are requested and enioined to make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
agriculture IN their several counties of the inn
proVemens in farming, lillage 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 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 he sent out III the published trans
actions of the Society,
9th. II is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgrlcutura and ,nufacturers 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 Tor sae and not alone for exhibition for
a premium.
| It'll Pre'niums.--lt is impossible to name in no.
ce like this all, the various articles TO which pre-
miums viii be granted However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be embraced III it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
mums for particular articles might be Construed by
| someinto an exclusion of all articles unannounced
! The Committee requests the people generally to
| observe, hat il is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embr acing
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 fur,her 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 oil the departments, premium of a cup
worth 5 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
81. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
Giles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments a cup worth SIS 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 dollars-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 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
rida. We 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 call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdriments, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles cIassec and arranged in their respective
departments. ih order to the perfection Of thus
arrangement The committee appointed to publish
these regulations will here repeat and enioin
upon al TO take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday the 9Th and 10th of August, so thst when
me president shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists Of articles and the several com
miuees proceed at once 10 the examination of ar-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to saes-Friday to gen
sraI re-delvery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing ths whole time
llth. Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlantr early
Monday morning Of the Fair week
ath. The annual Grafton will be made on
wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees
by Col John Biilups, Of Athens, Georgia
! 18th The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
Griffin Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to civ nsitors 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