The southern press., 1851-04-03
OUTHERN CEN TRIAL
A II RIEUJV .TlJR Al A ASSOCIATlON.

u II Il II ERIN u r. N i RA IL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
i raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the ath
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
crbng such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary TO aproper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
nue open until Friday evening. ii is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
in all cases. become responsible for the saie-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
oiiicers and committees, (the owner taxing check
Tor 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
Assoc aton
3D. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W.
Lewis, VIM Ezzard and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
ition shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
name and residence-and price, if for sae-giving
to the owner corresponding card--and then class-
fed and arranged by departments and IN such order
rs 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.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, 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, 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 ofplanting, mode ofcultivation. If Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising, SC. 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 very old persons
tie value, uses, &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information 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 art-
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 serveral county Socie-
consultation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
proyements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products Of their ceuntiees
the modes ofpreparaton. time of planting aod 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.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgricultura andM,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 SALE and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Prcmiums.-lt is impossible to name in no
ce 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 it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
| someinto an exclusion ofall articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally 10
observe, hat il is intended To give the action Of
the Association the very widest'scope, embI acing
svery thing that is ingenious useful IN business
or art All then, with whatever they have for sale
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
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 a cup
worth s 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth 5 will be given on the third best
8 ,. so ; on the fourth an honor And on all arti.
cles of the highest merit in the remaining dcpar,
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third honor; on the fourth,
2d honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one 10 three dol,ars-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.
Sth. A hall will be prepared and assigned pari-
cuarly 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 ne
cessary TO proper management
9th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce usfo invite, and 10 expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee aud Flo
rida: We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what il is in name Southern
Central Agrc uItural Association.
lO'h. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrimeDts, and TO these committees so appointed
i' 'v''tSt vi icctption slali lu'nlsn llstS O the
articles classed and arranged in their respective
departments In order TO the perfection of tins
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enon
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
mtiees 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 wii! be devoted to saes-Friday to gen
eral re-delvery Of articles The exhibition CON
tinuing the whole time
llth. Any attentions Of or additions to- the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week
l2th. The annual oration viii be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
l3tb. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
on W nv Il IL