The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-14
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cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approaching
| Fair have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening II rs therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles Tor exhibit
tion 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
%. The Association has an ample iund, ana VIII,
in all cases. become responsible for the saie-keepng
oil articles which may be placed in the hands OF ITS
officers and committees, (the owner taking check
for the same,) until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, IN ample Tune 10
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.
3D. Mark A. Cooper Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, arc
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for eXh-
ition shall have first been cneredn the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdence--and price, iffor sale--gving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
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, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--,he 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. If horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode OF preparation OF land and soil, manure and
time Of planting, mode ofcutivation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, sc. Ii
Needlework or Painting, OF any work OF Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children very old persons
the 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,
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 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 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 countless
the modes ofpreparaton. 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. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernA agricultural and N; 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 sae and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Prcmiums.--It is impossible to name in no
tlce 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 ii, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give tie action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embr acing
every thing that is ingenious or useful In business
art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
IL 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, premium OF cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth : 5 will be given on the third best
2. 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 5 2. so on the third an honor on The fourth
I'd 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 part-
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 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. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it in name, Southern
Central Agric ultura Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members 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 cassed and arranged in their respective
departments In order TO the perfection of thus
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here 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 viii be devoted to sales-Fridny to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions to- the
foregoing rules, viii be published at Atlantis early
Monday morning of the Fair week
| 18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia
l3th. 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 Civ dsitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dotions 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 laborious business OF
the far.
18th. The Secretary Is directed to publish
these regulations in the CULTIVATION, and to pro-