The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-20
sOUTHERN ENTRAL
RAJ ASSOCIATION.

Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of IT'S
tffcers and committed, 1.-THE owner taking check
for the samc,) until the close of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, In ample time to
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods, ana
10 prevent thereby the leaving Of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association. $1,000
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 exhi
tion, shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with tho owners
name and resdepce-snd price, flor sale--giyng
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed 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, az 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. ase net
4th. There will positively be required. in all
cases, q minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton-,he statement TO be- delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, q statement
Of Is powers and uses, cost time of inv ention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventoror
maker. If horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time Of planting mode ofcultivation. II an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age mode Of raising, 60. IL
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 &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 will not be awarded to ANY arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in lcgible hand, and in style ut at once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the serveral 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 inn
provements in farming, tllage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes Appropriation. time ofplanting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures OF preser-
wing and increasing the fertility oflands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and Manufacturers 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 there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium.
7th Premiums. is impossible to name in no
tice 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 mightbe construed by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally To
observe, that 1t is intended TO give the action Of
the Association the very widestsscope, embI AGING
Al. Al =
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
il, that, on all articles of the highest merit 10 the
department Of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
| in any of tho departments, premium of cup
worth III will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worih S will be given, on the third best
3 T. so on the fourth an honor. And on all att
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth is will be given on the second
! best s 9. 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 general regulations and in particular
| or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed arc requested, to vary the rule.
9th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly TO the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, neede-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments Of tho 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-
sencc 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 a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
pdrtments, and to these committees so 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 hire repeat, and enjon
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 may
have their lists Of articles, and the several com
mittees proceed at once to the examination Of arti
! Giles, 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-delivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time. aat "
| 18th. Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week.
| 12tt. The annua! Grafton will be made on
wednesday,, tHc udy OF Inc AnnlverSary meeunS,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col. John Bilups, Of Athens, Georgia.
18Th 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 accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the aborious ouaness of
| the tar.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CULTIVATION, and to pro-
cure far as practicable their publication in the
weekly papers Of this and the adjoining States.
BY order Of the Committee Of Arrangements.
DAVID w. LEWIS,
Sec'y Southern Central Agricultural Association.
Sparta, 05th June, 1850.
MATHEWES & ROPER,
. II apdC Mcrc han Co.