The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-10

Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will DC
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de
srable that all persons having articles for ex9io'
ton, shall be on the ground as early as.Frday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when CON-
mittee will be there ready TO receive mem :,
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and VIII,
in all cases. become responsible for the safe-keepng
OF articles which NAV be placed in the hands Of its
officers and committees, (the owner taking cneck
for the. same, until the close OF the FAIR which
will be announced beforehand, IN ample time 10
give them opportunity TO recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving oil 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 arc
appointed committee whose duty It shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhl-
ition; shall have first been enteredin The Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, if for sae-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then cassi-
fed and arranged by departments and in such order
as to factde the labors of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkecpers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
suc&iclerks 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
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. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultivation Ii an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. II
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 pcra0ns
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 will. not be awarded to 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.
| 5th The delegations of the servera county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, O 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 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
eOCiCt1co WouiO AidhO up Oil ~uIOuht VI sWuduic
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura and MISUNDERSTANDING
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.-It is impossible to name in ano-
tce like this ali, 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-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
somento an exclusion ofall 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, embracing
svery 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
ia, 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, a premium of a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles CUP worth will be given ,on the third best
4 2. SO; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments a'cup worth s will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor; the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doliars--these, how
ever, ARE general regulations, and in particular
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted indeed are requested to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti
culariy 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 me-
cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities Of getting TO 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 is in name, Southern
Central Agric ulturaI 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-
pdrtments, and to these committees appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classcd and arranged in their respective
departments In order to the perfection of this
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, 30 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
mittees proceed at once to the examination of art-
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
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
1lth. 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 Billups OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the Iaborious business of
the fair.
18th. The Secretary is directed. TO publish
| these regulations in the Cti rtyarop and IN nro-