The southern press., 1851-08-28
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1.-THE Finh ApnQal Fair Of ths Southsrn Csn
ri Agricultural Association, win sbehsl
during the week sMIhr&cing "Wednesday, IN ~
day Of Augast next which is the day qf ghs ift
annual meeting At Atlantis Georgia
The COMMITTEES charged with The duty of pre-
cribng such general rules rs they may deem q ~
cessary to proper management of the approachin
Fair, have adopted the following
GENEaAL REGULATIONS. t
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings viii b,
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening Ii Is therefore de-
sirsble that all persons having articles for sxbib
..on, shall be on the ground as early - Friday OF
saturday, The 9Th and 10th August when Com
mil'ee w'll be there ready to receive them.
"a ihe Association has an ample fund, and will
"a an cases. become responsible for the saiekeepins
'rtices which may be placed in the hands Of III
s"cefs and committees, (thc owner taking check
ior the same,) until tls close OF the Fair, which
wui 90 announced beforehand, in ample time 10
give them OPP ortuBty To their goods, and
to prevent thereby The leaving Of any goods o.
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
! Association. ~, * . ,af Et
Sd. Marx A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard. and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to See
hat all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
ition, fla ihave first been cnercdn the Secretary q
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resdencc--and price, il for sals--giving
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors OF the several committees
on premiums and also 10 employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protection of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as thcy may need in the arrangement
and labelling OF articles. a9Fis attfS t'fis
4th There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
cxhDni0D-fhc statement 10 be delivered 10 the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, statement
OF Is powers and uses, cost, tune 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 ofcultivaton. Ii an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising &c. Ii
Needie-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 very old persons
tic value, uses, &C. Since this is the most reliable
mode Of collecting such information as NAV be
worth publishing in the transactions Of the Society
visitors. patrons and members all will take notice.
that premium " i'll not be awarded 10 any q ritz
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and, explanatory statements made out
IN legible hand, aud in style fit at once for the
press. ,I,.fsf-. t xxx
5th. The delegations Of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consulation, report of the present condition OF
Agriculture In their several counties Of the i'm
provements in farming, tiage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their cc,Iptiees
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 serveTai county |
societies would make up amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society. 81
9th. 1t is desirable TO make the Fair Central
her rn Ar ric1Ilt VI.
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sule such
az choice seeds, machines, stock &c.--to carry |
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums is impossible to name in a no
tee like this all the various articles TO which pre-
miuns will be granted. However comprehensive |
we might make any enumerated list there would
sill be many articles OF merit offered which would |
not be embraced in it, and yet richly deserving |
premiums, lest theI eore the announcement of pre
mlums Tor 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 wdest'scope, eninr acing
every thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art. All them with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The onl,
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
s, that, all articles Of the highest merit in the
pements, and valuable improvements or inventions
IN any OF the departments, premium of a cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
ces cup worth \ 5 will be given, on the third best
= so; on the fourth an honor And on all arti
cIes Of the highest merit in the remainino depar.
menis cup WORT, IS will be given on the second
best 2. 50 ON the third an honor; on the fourth
I'd honor On MINER and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three dol.ars---these how
ever ARE general reguiatcis and in particular case
or cases OF peculiar merli The committees will he
permitted, indeed are requested TO vary the rule
Sth. hall viii be pferc Nd assigned parli-
culsrly TO the Ladies iof .i,c,r garden products,
frul's, 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 TO this central
point induce usto invite, and TO expect the pre-
sencc and contributions Of many OF our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alsbama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name Southern
Central Agric uiural Association r
10Th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call 10 his aid shal appoint
committees and assign TO them then res pectiye de-
pdriments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shal furnish lists of the
Al ii'cies cisssed and arranged in their respective
departments In order to the perfection OF tins
arrangement, The committee appointed to publish
'nese regulations, Will b.re repeat, and enioin !
upon All 10 take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat-
urday the 9TH and 10Th Of August, 40 that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee Of reception NAV
nave her lists of articles, and the several COM
mt'ees proceed at once to the examination of art-
c'es, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday. |
Thursday will be devoted TO saIes--Friday to gen |
erai re-deisery of articles The exhibition con
tnung the whole time
ltsh Any alterations Of, or additions To-, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week
iNr. 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
'3th The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and |
Georg'a Railroads, to run accommodation cars |
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Grimm. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
TO CIV ''s'tors the opportunity of the accon,n,o.
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