The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-14
UTHERN CENTRAL

raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during tho wesk embracing Wednesday, the l4th
day Of August next, which 10 the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Comniitee charged with the duty Of pres
crbipg such general rules ss they may deem NO
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 on Monday morning and con-
tlnue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibit
tion, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mitteo will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
In all cases. become responsible for the safekeepng
OF articles which may be placed In the hands Of its
officers and committees, (the owner taking check
Tor the same,) until the close of the Fair, which
Till 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 il shall be to soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for cxhi
ion shall have first been enteredin the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and rcsidence--and price, iffor sale-giving
to the owner corresponding card--aud then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the labors 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. ~ aH a
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhbiton--ihe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, 8 statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of 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 ofcultivation. II an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age mode of raising SC. II
Needle-work or Painting, or any wQxk Of Art, the
length Of time bestowed on 1t, or the amount of
labor; the age, If by children or 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 ofthe Society,
visitors, patrons and members all will take notice.
that premium will not be awarded 10 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. , 4aittt ~ go
5th. The delegations Of the serveral county Soce-
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, 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 of planting 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. efg
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observation-Disclosures
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
a premium ai1a
7th. Premiums. 1T 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 ait, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat it is intended to give the action OF
the Association tho very widest'scope, embr acing
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
| or exhibition, are invited 10 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
Elements, and valuable improvements or invention.
in any Of the departments, premium of a cur
worth s 10 will be given on the second best arti.
cles cup worth 5 will be given on the third hes
81. 50; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the seconc
best 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 cas-,
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will b,
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule
9Th. A BAH will be prepared and assigned part
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, Deedle-work, &c. The,
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
, in many departments Of the fair is absolutely ne
, ccssary TO proper management
9th The facilities of getting 20 this centra
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
r sencc and contributions Of many of our fellow
4 citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
' rda. We hope they will unite with us in maxim
this institution indeed what it's in name Souther
i Central Agric ultural Association.
. 10Th The President upon a consultation wit
such members he call to his aid shall appoin
committees aud assign to them their respective de
s pdrimeDis, and to these committees so sppointe
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists Of tn
l., articles classed and arranged in their respectiv
< departments. In order to the perfection Of tn
% arrangement, the committee appointed TO pnbis
Is these regulations, will here repeat, and enioi
Te upon all To take notice that articles for exhibitio
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sa
urdsy the 9th and 10th of August, so that whe
the President shall appoint his committees o
Monday morning, the committee OF reception ma
have their lists OF articles, and the several con
mittees proceed at once TO the examination Of art
at cles, and thereby have ample time to make the
or reports TO the annual meeting on "Wednesday
e. Thursday viii be devoted to sales--Friday TO ger
ernl re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition cor
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations OF, or additions TO, tn
u foregoing rules, will be published at Atant. earl
4 Monday morning Of the Fair week
18th. The annual Grafton will be made o.
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees
J, by Col John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
>, 18Th. The Committee have the prospect O
j. making arrangements with the Macon, State an
n Georgia Railroads, TO run accommodation car
early every morning and late In the afternoon, L
3 Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
4, to Civ dsitors the opportunity of the accommo
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while i