The southern press., 1851-09-03
s0UTHERN CEN TKAL
AaRICUITURNL AsSOClATION.

during The week &tAOTaCtnK wednesday, inc i7tti
day Of August next, which 10 the day OF the nth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia -slt y
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres-
cribing such general rules they may deem
eessary TO proper management Of the approaching
Far, have adopted The following
GENERAL KEeuL ATOMS. 3cr' ef
/ Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings viii be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnue open until Friday evening II As therefore de-
sifable that all persons having articles for exhiDi-
tlon shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when Com-
mites will be there ready 10 receive them.
20. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
Ia all cases, become responsible for the sae-keepng
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands OF ITS
cheers aud committees, the owner taking check
Ior the sane,) until the close OF The Far, which
| will be announced beforehand, IN ample time to
give them opportunity TO recover their goods and
to prevent thereby the leaving of amy goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
Association.
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM Ezzard, and James Nj Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to soc
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh
ition shall have irst been enteredn the Secfetarys
book or regstry---then labelled W tn the owners
name and residenceand price, If for sale---givihg
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors of the several committees
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. f5t
4lh. There viii positively be required, in all
cases minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--lhe statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance if a Machine statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, 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 If an Animal,
the pedigree or 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, il 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 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.
ties requested and enjoined to make cut. 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 are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
4
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.
4 9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
| SouthernAgrcultura and 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.
i Tth Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
hce like tins 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-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
some into an exclusion Of all articles unannounced
It the Committee requests the people generally to
II observe, that il is intended 10 give the action o
The Association the very widest'scope enbI acing
every thing that is ingenious or 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, A Agricuural I'M
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium Of cup
worth 10 viii be given; on the second best arti-
| d
50 so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
81 cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
mens cup worth will be given on the second
best 9. so on the third an honor on the fourth,
q ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dol,ars-these, how
ever, are general regulators and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
: permitted, indeed are requested, 20 vary the rule
Sth hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
culariy to the Ladies for their garden products,
|. fruits, flowers paintings, needie-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend Their assistance
in many departments of the fair Is absolutely ne
n 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
y rida. We hope they viii unite with us in making
this institution indeed what is in name Southern
! Central Agric ultYal Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign TO them their respective de-
8 pdTtments, and to these committees so appointed
the aommtee Of reception shall furnish lists of the
Articles cassed and arranged in their respective
2 departments In order to the perfection of this
, arrangement the committee appointed TO publish
3 these regulations, will here repeat, and enjon
e upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
arday the 9Th and 10th of August, NO that when
. 4 ue rFHSfuehl shMi appoint ms committees on
Monday morning, the committee OF reception may
have their lists Of asticles, and the several com
mittees proceed at once TO the examination of arti
[ cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
r reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday
: Thursday will be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delivery of articles The exhibition con.
upuing the whole time.
i lih, Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing ruies, will be published at Atlanta early
: Monday morning of the Fsir week.
e., 18th. The annual Grafton will be made on
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 o.
/ making arrangements wiih the Macon, State and
n Georgia Railroads, TO run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, &C
), Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
|, to Civ ,isitors the opportunity of the aceommo
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while il
r attendance upon the Fair,
l.. 14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
h and others engaged in the laborious business o