The southern press., 1851-08-26
sOUTHERN CENTRAL
A0HICULZUWAL AL ASCOT AE1ON

annual meeting ut Atlanta Georgia N
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary 10 aproper management Of the approaching
FAR, have adopted the following
GENERAL RKGuLArIoHs.
iot The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning. and con
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
sirabe that all persons having articles for exhibit
tlon, shall be the ground as early Friday or
SATURDAY, The 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittec will be there ready to receive them.
"a The Association has an ample fund, and will,
III all cases, become responsible for the safekeeping
Oh articles which may be placed IN the hands Of lis
cheers and committees, (the owner taking check
Tor the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
viii be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods, and
TO prevent thereby the leaving of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment Of the
Association
3D. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w. f.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il 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 with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sae--givng
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, aud
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-the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, If Machine, 4 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 ofpreparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcutivation 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 ii, or the amount of
labor; the age, il by children 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,
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 legbe hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5lh. The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
| provements in farming, tage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been in progress of being
adopted. The leading products Of their countless
the modes OF preparation. time of 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 TO be sent out in the published trans
| actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgrcultura and M 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
| premium
/ 7th, Premiums. is impossible to name in no
tce 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 therefore the announcement of pre-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
somento an exclusion of all articles unannounced,
I the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action of
7 the Association the very widest'scope, emDI acing
every 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
plemenis, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth l0 will be gwen on the second best arti-
cles cup worth S5 will be given on the third best
v
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best ,. SO on the third an honor on the fourth
ID honor. On miner and misce lIaneous articles
premiums from one TO three dolIars--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.
sth. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
| fruits, fowers 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 70 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 il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10Th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign to them their respective de-
| pdrfments, and to these committees 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
mlttees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
I reports 10 the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Frday TO gem
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, viii be published at Atanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th The annua. oraiion 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 10
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain. and Decatur,
to Civ. nsitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dn,ions ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
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