The southern press., 1851-08-25
SOUTH ERIN CEN + RIA l.
A0RICULTUkAL ASSOCIATION.

| Il
Fair have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and CON
tlnue open until Friday evening II is therefore de-
sirabIe that all persons having articles for exhbi-
tion, shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mitee will be there ready 10 receive them.
I'd The Association has an ample fund.- and win,
in all eases become responsible for the safekeepng
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands OF its
oihcers 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 opportunity 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
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ton, sha have first been enteredin the Secretary's
book or registry--then labelled til the owners
name and residence--and price, ffor sale--givng
TO the owner corresponding card-and 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
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.
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--ihe 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. Ii Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultvaton. 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, if by children 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 " i'll not be awarded to any art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legbe hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5lh. The delegations of the servera county Socie-
ties requested and enloned 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 ofpreparaton. 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 serveral county
societies would make up 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
SouthernAgrcultura and NJ ,nufacturers 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. is impossible to name ia mo-
tcc like this ALL the various articles 10 which pre-
| abano
we might make any ated list there would
still be many articles Of merit offered which would
not be embraced in il, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest there eore the announcement Of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto 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, embl acng
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 on this point perhap
is 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-
oles cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
So. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
, cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth s 5 will be given on the second
best 5 .. so on the third an honor on The fourth,
ID honor. On MINER and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from TO three dollars-these, how
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 parii-
! culariy TO the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings neede-work &c. They
are cordially invited to attend, Their assistance
IN many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
! cessary TO proper management
OsL We. e. r
point induce us.to invite, and to expect the pre-
f sence and contributions of many of our fellow
citizens OF Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdr'ments, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classed 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 enjojn
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
mlitees proceed at once the examination of arti-
I cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
r reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted TO sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delvery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuiDg the whole time.
llth. Any alterations of, or additions TO-, the
foregoing rules, viii be published at Atlanta early
: Monday morning of the Fair week
18th The annual oration will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees
by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia
!, i3h. The Committee have the prospect o
: MAKING arrangements with the Macon, State and
n Georga Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, tc
. Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
, to CIV, nsitors the opportunity Of the accommo
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while il
, attendance upon the Fair
. l4th The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
h and others engaged in the laborious business o
the fair
o 18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CuLTIyAroR, and to pro
ns cir ms, itcation in tb.