The southern press., 1851-12-30
OUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURE A9SOCIAYfON

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
ne Committee charged with The duty Of pres
elioing such general rules as they may deem ne
Gessafy to aproper management Of the approaching
arr have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
ISL The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
,inue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
nraoic that all persons having articles for exhibi-
uoh, shall be on the ground as early Friday Oh
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mit'cc VIII be there ready to receive them.
"a. The Association has ample fund, and will,
IN all cases, become responsible for the safe keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of lis
oncers and committees, Che owner taking check
ior 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. Ma,h A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
ion, shall have first been enteredin the Secretary
book or Iegistry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sae--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
fed 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
exhlbition--ihe 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
,ol, ,<.fx~ L.
time of planting, mode ofcultvation. 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 il, 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 egible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Socie
ties 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, tllage, 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 aud 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. 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
SouthernAgricultura and ufacturers Ex xchange
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 for SALE and not alone for exhibition for
| premium
7th. Premiums. 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 would
not be embraced in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest ther eore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
some TO 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, embI 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 further necessary on this point perhaps
is, that, on 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, a premium of a cup
worth 10 will be given, on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
q so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments 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 aad miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doilars--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-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, howers 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 20 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. VIC hops they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classeG and arranged in their respective
departments. order TO the perfection of thus
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enioin
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
me PRESIDENT shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee OF reception may
have theis lists Of articles, and the several com
mttees proceed at once to the examination of art-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
| reports to the annual meeting oa Wednesday
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Friday 10 gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con
| tnuing the whole time
| llth Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
| Monday morning of the Fair week
l2tf. The annual Grafton will be made on
wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
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 hate in the afternoon, to
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to giv hstors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business of