The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-24
fl SOUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS.


annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with HE duty oil pres
cribiug such general rules as they may deem me-
cessary 10 al proper management OF The approaching
Fair, have adopted the following t tftsf
GENEuAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
lopeped for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tinue open until Friday evening 1t IS therefore de
sirabIe that all persons hav ng articles for exhibi-
tion shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mttee will be there ready TO receive Them >,
ID. The Association has an ample iund, ana VIII,
IN all cases. become responsible for the sac-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
cnicers and committees, (the owner taxing cneck
Tor the same,1 until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, IN ample time 70
give them OPP. orunty 10 recover their goods, ana
| to prevent thereby the leaving oil any goods OF
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 1t shall be TO see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for cxhi-
ition, sha have first been cneredln the Secretary
book or registry--then labelled W IN the owners
name and residence-and price, il for sale-glving
! to tho owner corresponding card-and then cassI-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as TO facilitate the abors 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.
| 4th. There will positively be required, in all
eases, minute aud accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--ihe statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, IL Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost time Of invention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If horticultural or Agricultural Products,
| mode of preparation Of land and soil manure and
time Of planting, mode ofcultvation. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode Of raising, SC. If
Needle 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 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 will not be awarded to any arti-
| Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements made out
in legble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5lh. The delegations ofthc serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and enoined TO make out upon
consultation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provemcnts 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 ofplaning 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. iate
| 9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
-SouthernAgricultura and Nj nufacturers Exchange
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 sa!e and not alone for exhibition for
a premium. h
| 7lh. Prcmiums.--It is impossible to name in a no.
tice like this all, the various articles TO which pre-
mitims 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 il, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto ali exclusion OF all articles unannounced.
the Committee requests the people generally TO
Observe hat it is intended to give tie action of
the Association the very widestsscope, emDl AGING
svery thing Tat is ingenious or useful in Business
OF art All then, with whntever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
is, that all articles of the highest merit in The
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
IN any oil the departments, premium OF q cup
worth s 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth as will be given ,on the third best
50. so; on the fourth an honor. And on all afti-
| cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 5 ,. SO on the third an honor on the fourth,
I'd honor. On MINER and misce llaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doars-these how
ever ARE 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 parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products
fruits, flowers paintings, needle work, &c. They
are cordially invited 10 attend. Their assistance
in many apartments Of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities of getting 70 this central
point induce us''o invite, and TO expect the pre-
sencc and contributions of many of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and To-
rda. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed whatits in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
| 10Th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call TO his aid, shall appoint
committees aud assign to them their respective de-
pdrtmenis, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
diicies 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 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 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
mlttees proceed at once to the examination of ar-
cles, and thereby have ample time TO make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday wit 5etevoted TO sales--Friday to gen
eral re-delivery &C articles. The exhibition Goa
tnuing the whole time.
ll,h. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
12,f. The aDnua! Grafton viii 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 COMMITTEES 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, 10
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
da,ons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair. ~
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
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