The southern press., 1851-04-07
SO UTHERN CENTRAL
A4RfClfI.TGTR Al. SSOCl lATlON.

air, nave adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tnle open until Friday evening. 1t Is therefore de-
sirabe that all persons having articles Tor exhibi-
tion, shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday. The 9th and 10th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready TO receive them
I'd. The Association has ample fund, and Will,
IN all cases become responsible for the saie-kcepng
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands Of its
.hcers and committees, Che owner taking check
for the samc,) 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.
I'D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
iion, shall have first been eneredn the Sccretary's
book or regstry---then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, if for sale-gvng
TO the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
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.
cases, minute and accurate written statement
Illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, IL Machine, a statement
Of is powers and uses, COST time of finvention 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 ofcutivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode of raising, SIC. Ii
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, 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 " i'll not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in lcgible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the servcral county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out. upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
proyements in farming, tilage, dranr,, and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their ccuntlees
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 servera county
societies would make up an 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
SouthernAgricultura and ndM,Eufactnrers 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 sae aud not alone for exhibition for
premium.
| 7th. Premiums is impossible to name in a no
tice like this 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 IL, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles mig be CO.. strued by
someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended TO give the action o
the Association the very widest'scope, embI acine
svery thing that is ingenious 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 perhaps
is that on all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock Mechanics, Agricultural In
plements. and valuable improvements or inventions
| in any of the departments, premium OF cup
worth \ 10 will be given; on the second best art-
cles cup worth 5 will be given, on the third best
4 = so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
| menus Il cup worm Will De gwen on llc secD1U
best 2. 50 ; on the third an honor the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three 1oars--these, how
ever,are general regulations and in particular case
or cases OF peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, 10 vary the rule
9Th. hall will be prepared and assigned pari-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, neede-work &c. They
are cordially invited TO attend. Their assistance
| urtarfmpnta N he fair ia ,haofutalv
cesssry TO proper management,
9th The facilities OF getting 20 this central
point induce us'o invite, and TO expect the pre-.
sence and contributions Of many OF our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama Tennessee and lo-
rida We hope they will unite with us in making
th's institution indeed, whatiis in name, Southern
Central Agric ulural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdTtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
Jticles 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 enioin
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
nave their lists or arucles and the several COM
mttees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday wit be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition coa-
tinning the whole time.
l1th. Any alterations of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlante early
Monday morning of the FAIR week.
18th. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday the day of the Anniversary meetings
Immediately preceding the reports OF committees,
by Col. John BiIlups, of Athens, Georgia.
l3th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the Gfernoon, TO
griffin, Marietta Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
t6g'se visitors the opportunity Of the accommo-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
| 14th. The citizens of atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and Others engaged in the laborious business of
the iair.
18th The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CuLTIvAron, and TO pro-
cure as far as practicable their pr''ication in the