The southern press., 1851-12-31
UTHERN ENTRAL
AawICULTURA A0oOCIATlON

'ISnE rim Ann1st eat ol INC oOuthefp Senty
raj Agricultural Association, will behold
during the week embracing Wednesday. The tth
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with The duty OF pres
or'bns such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to aproper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GEnEaAL REGULATIONS,
lot The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening II Is therefore de-
siTabic that all persons having articles for exhibi
ton, shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
ID. The Association has an ample fund.- and WILL
IN all cases, become responsible for the safekecpiDg
oi ARTICLES which may be placed in the hands Of lis
officers and committees, the owuer taking check
lor the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
will 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.
ID. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James NJ. Calhonn, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
i0n, shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry---then labelled with the owners
name and residencess-and price, iffor sale--gvng
to the owner corresponding card-aud then classi-
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
dOorkeepcrs 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 belling OF articles.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibit0n--the statement TO be delivered 10 the
Hopr afopu rrx,st. ~lafas
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 aud
time Of planting, mode ofcultivation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, &C. II
Needlc-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 as may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice,
that premium i'll not be awarded TO any art-
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 seryeral county Socie-
Lies are requested and enjoned TO make out. upon
consultation, report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
ring, which have been or 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.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fara Central
SouthernAgricultural and lnufac 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 1t is impossible to name in mo-
tice 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 it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums 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 the very widest'scope embI 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 on this point perhaps
s, 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-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
81. so; on the fourth AN honor And on all art
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth : will be given ; on the second
best q so on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dolars-these, how
ever ARE general regulations and in particular case
s,f c,li
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
9th. a hail 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 10 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
scnce 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 ,whatitis in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign TO them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classcc and arranged in their respective
departments. Ill order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
''S'S ieeuldtious, VIII utTc repeat, anu enJolu
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
mitees proceed at 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--Fridsy to gen.
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Bilups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. 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 1sItors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dationh of the good Hotels st those places while in