The southern press., 1851-04-24
THERN CENT RAJ
AGRICULTUnAL ASSOCIATION

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
cr.Dlog such general rules as they may deem ne
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS
| ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors ON Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles for exhb
ton, 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.
"a. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safckccpng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
cheers and committees, Qhe owner taking check
lor 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-
ion, shall have first been enteredn the Secretary's
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
| name and residence-and price, iffor sae-giving
to the owner corresponding card-and then classi-
fed and arranged by departments and in such order
to facilitate the ahOrs 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
exhibtion-the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of finvention 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. lf
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 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 premium W i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in Degible hand, and in style tit at once for the
press,
| 5th The delegations of the servera 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, tillage draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted. The leading products of their cc,lntiecs
the modes OF preparation. time ofplanting 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. II is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and NJ. .nufacturers Exchange
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 nd M MI for a1hi
a premium.
7th Premiums.-It is impossible to name in no
tce like this ALL the various articles 10 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 tie action of
the Association the very widesl'scope, embI acing
svery thing tLat 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, 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 l0 will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth S will be given, on the third best
= SO; on the fourth an honor. Aud on all arti-
cles OF the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth S will be given on the second
best g SO on the third an honor; on the fourth,
ID 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. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
culary 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 10 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
seDce 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 ultural Association.
10TH The President upon consultation with
such members he call his ald shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrfments, and to these committees 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-
urday the 9th and 10th of August, 80 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
mltees proceed at to the examination of srti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
| Thursday viii be devoted To Friday 10 gen
eral re-delivery of articles, The exhibition coa-
tnuing the whole time
llth Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlant, early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2tk. The annua! grafton viii be made on
"Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Blllups, Of Athena, Georgia,
l3h. 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
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity OF the acopmmo-
cations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
| 14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided