The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-06
SOUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION,

annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
crlblng such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aproper management of the approaching
falr, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
! opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
unue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
sraole that all persons having articles for exhibit
uon, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready TO receive them.
"a The Association has an ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safe-keepng
Oh articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
oihcers and committees, the owner taking check
Tor 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. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
lon, shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale-gving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
ned 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 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
exhibtion-the statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance il Machine, a 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,
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time OF planting mode OF cultivation If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode Of raising, &c. If
Needle-work or Painting, or any work Of Art, the
length OF time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children very old persons
tie value, uses, sc. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information 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 several county Socie-
ties requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
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 appropriation. 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 servera 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 a Central |
SouthernAgricutural and nufac turersEx
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
It'll. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in a no
tice like this ALL the various articles to which pre-
NUNS 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 fall 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, embIa cing |
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 on this point perhaps
is, that, all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
pements, and valuable improvements or inventions !
in any OF the departments, premium of cup |
worth 10 will be given on the second best art- |
ces cup worth will be given on the third best
2 So on the fourth an honor. And on all art |
cles Of the highest merit in the remaining depar,
ments cup worth 5 5 will be given on the second
best q 50 on the third an honor on the fourth
ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles /
premiums from one TO three doIars-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. hall will be prepared and assigned parti- |
cularly 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 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
rda. VIC hope they will unite with us in making !
this institution indeed, what tisin name, Southern
Central Agrc ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign TO them ther respective de-
pdTments and 10 these committees so appointed |
the committee Of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles classec and arranged in their respective !
departments. III order 10 the perfection of thus !
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
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Friday TO gen
sral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tnung the whole time
llth. Amy alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning OF the Fair week
lNh. The annual Grafton will be made on
! wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees,
by Col. John Bllups, Of Athens, Georgia.
l3h. 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, Gsitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dauons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
! l4h. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
! and others engaged in the laborious pusiness Of