The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-26
SOUTHERN CEN RAJ
AGuICUH4BRAL ASSOCIATION

annual meeting 1t Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
erib.og such general ruler as they may deem a ne
Fair, have adopted the following
GEEERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con-
tnue open until Friday evening 1t is therefore de-
sirable that all persons having articles for exhib-
| ton, shall be on the ground az early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mlttee will be there ready to receive them
| 3D. The Association has ample fund, and will,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safe-keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
oiticers 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 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, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for cxhi
tion, sha have first been entercdn the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled W tn the owners
name and residence--and price, for sale-giving
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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton--the 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 II horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting mode ofcutivaton. 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, if by children or very old persons
tie value, uses, SIC. 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 i'll take notice.
that premium will not be awarded TO any art-
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 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, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of Their ccuntiees
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.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and N,nufacturersE Elk change
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.
| 7th. Premiums. is impossible to name in no
tice like this ali, the various articles 10 which pre-
NUNS will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles oil merit offered which would
not be embraced in II, and yet richly deserving
premiums lest therefore the announcement of pre-
mums for particular articles mig be COZ strued BY
somento al 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 wdesl'scope, embI acng
svery thing that is ingenious useful In business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, 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 I'm
| plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium OF cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth 4 S will be given on the third best
2. so /; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
ces of the highest merit in the remaining dcpar.
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 3. SO on the third an honor on The fourth
I'd honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dol,ars-hese, 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 par,i-
cularly TO the Ladies for their garden products
c-,..
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 it is in name Southern
Central Agric ultura 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 chased and arranged in their respective
departments In order TO the perfection Of this
| arrangement, the committee appointed TO publish
these regulations will hire repeat, and enion
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 rresiheht 9nal appoint MS committees on
Monday morning, the committee Of reception may
have their lists Of articles, and the several com
mitteea proceed at once to the examination OF ar-
Giles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday vii! be devoted to ssles--Friday to gem
eral re-drlivery Of articles. The exhibition coz
tnung the whole time,
18th. Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
| foregoing rules, will be published at Atlantis early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
| l2h- The annua! Grafton will be made
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
! 18th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to accommodation
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give vIstors the opportunity of the accommo
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places whe in
attendance upon the Fair,
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