The southern press., 1851-08-30
sOUTHERN CENTRA
AGRaCUYJTWRAN< ASSOCIATION.


day of August next, which is the day OF the hita
annual meeting st Atlanta Georgia
! The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribipg such general rules they may deem nc
cessary TO proper management ofthe approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de
slrsbe that all persons having articles for exhibi-
tion, shall be on the ground as early as Friday OF
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready TO receive them
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, aud WILL
IN all cases. become responsible for the safe-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
cheers and committees, (ihe 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. ~
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 exh
ition cha have first been entercdin the Secretary S
book or registry---then labelled with the owners
name and resdence-and price, iffor sale--giving
TO tho owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the sbors Of the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, az 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. ST. glal1ftl
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, q 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 invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. Ii horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode ofprcparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode Of fcultivation If an Animal
the pedigree Or stock age mode Of raising &c. II
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 will 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 fthe 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 i'm
provements in farming, tilage, 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 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 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. II is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and M.nufacturersEx rs Exchange
No tpcl ndiv d,aul xxhn hovo -
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 fol
q premium. .f
7th. Premiums.-It is impossible to name in no
tice like this all, the various articles 10 which pre-
miums wilrbe granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there woulc
still be many articles of merit offered which woull
not be embraced in it, and yet richly deservin,
premiums, lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed b.
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally +
observe, hat il is intended to give the action
the Association the very widest'scope, emoracin
every thing that is ingenious useful IN blslnes
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sal
or exhibition, are invited TO come. The onl
regulation further necessary on this point perhap
is, that, on all articles of the highest merit in tn
department Of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plements, and valuable improvements or invention
in any Of the departments, premium of cul
worth = 10 will be gwen on the second best arti
cles cup worth 5 will be given, on the third hes
So. so on the fourth an honor And on all arti
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth S 5 will be given on the secon
best 2. so on the third an honor; on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and msce aneous articles
premiums from one to three dol.ars-these, how
ever,are general regulations, and in particular cas-
e Al -
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
9th. hall will be prepared and assigned part
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, needle work DC. The
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistanc
in many departments Of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary 10 proper management,
9th. The facilities of getting 70 this centra
point induce usto invite, and TO expect the pre-
+ sence and contributions Of many OF our felloy
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida VIC hope they will unite with us in maxim
this institution indeed what it is in name Souuer
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation wit
such members as he can call to his aid shall appon
committees and assign to them theirrespectiye de
pdrtments and to these committees so appointe
the committee of reception shall furnish lists OF tn
articles classed and arranged in their respectiv
departments. In order to the perfection of thl
arrangement, the committee appointed to pnblis
these regulations, will here repeat, and enio
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urdsy the 9Th and 10th Of August, so that whsl
the President shall appoint his committees OF
Monday morning, the committee OF reception ma,
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 ihei
: reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday to gen
eral re-devery Of articles. The exhibition con
tnuing the whole time.
lltb. Any alterations of, or additions 10, Tn
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta earl,
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2h. The annual oration will be made OF
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding ibs reports Of committees
by Col. John Blllups, OF Athens, Georgia.
ii )9h. The Committee have the prospect
: making arrangements with the Macon, State an
n Georgia Ra'isosda, To rpn accommodation car
early every morning aud laie In ths afternoon, 7
:. Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Dscatu,
|, to CIV nsitors The opportunity Of the accomnie
datons ofthe good Hotels at hose places while
r. attendance upon The Fair
D. Aihf Ihe citizens of Atlanta have provide
comfortable quarters fpr pommll,ees and onicen
h and others engaged in the labor,ous business