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ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittec will be there ready TO receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases. become responsible for the saiekeepng
Of articles which may be placed in the hands Of III
ciiicers and committees (the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close OF the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them op, ortunty 10 recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment Of the
Association.
3D.. 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
itiOn shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled w tn the owners
name and rssdence-and price, ffor sale--givirg
to the owner corresponding Garland 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
doorkcepers and clerks, as 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.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition-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. IL horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting mode of cultivation If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode of raising, &c. 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 sc. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions Of the Society,
4 ,t~oro
that premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in cgible hand, and in style fit of once for the
press.
5th. The delegations Of the several county Socc-
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, 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 planting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures Of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scrveral 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 MtEufacturersEx 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 alone for exhibition for
a premium.
| 7th. Premiums.-It is impossible to name in a no
ce 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 ther etore 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 10
observe, hat it is intended TO give tie action OF
the Association the very widest'scope, embracing
svery thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary this point perhaps
Is that all articles Of the highest merit in the
department OF Stock Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
elements, and valuable improvements or inventions
| in any OF the departments, premium of cup
worth III 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. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth S will be given on the second
best 2. 50 on the third an honor on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dol,ars-these, how
ever general regulations, and in particular
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 TO this central
point induce u,.to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many OF our fellow
citizens If Carolina Alabama, Tennessee and To-
rida. We hope they will unite with in making
this institution indeed what is in name, Southern
Central Agric ulural Association.
10th. The President upon a 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 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, 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 art-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday to gem
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time
| lltH. ANY alteThuOnH Oh, OF HuultlOnS 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
| 18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
| by Col. John Bups, Of Athens, Georgia.
| 18th. The COMMITTEES 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-
dntions 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 laborous business Of
the fair.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CulrVAToR, and to pro-
cure AZ far 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 25th June 1880