The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-26
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Fair, have adopted the following ffIAttA
ns..i GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors ON Mondsy morning, and con-
Due open until Friday evening. 1t Is therefore DC
sirable that all persons having articles ioy exhioi-
iou, shall be on the ground as early az riday or
Saturday. the 9Th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be- there ready to receive them. :,
Cd. The Association has ample fund, and will,
in all cases, become responsible for the salc-KcePng
Of articles which may be placed IN inc nahds OF us
officers and committees, (the owner taking cneck
for the same,) until the close Of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, IN ample time 70
give them opporunty 10 recover their goods, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF tho
Association
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhi
iiion shall have first been enieredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, II for sate--gvihg
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as 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 projection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling Of articles.
@th. mere Will pOSitIfciy NC IcquuCu, III ~l
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibiton--the statement TO be delivered to the
Secretary For instance, IL Machine, q 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 ofcultivation II an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, BE. 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 &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 will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in Iegiblc hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enloined TO make out, upon
consultation, a report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
proyements in farming, tage, 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 planting 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 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. II is desirable to make the Fair Central
SouthernAgrcultura andM snufacturersE 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
a premum l-a. oN ~.
It'll. Premiums is impossible to name in no.
tice like this all, the various articles 10 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 mightbe construed by
sOmeinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended to give the action Of
! the Association the very wdest'scope, embracing
svery thing that is ingenious useful business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary 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 \ 10 will be given; on the second best art-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
3 so; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth 5 will be given on the second
best g. 50 on the third an honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dol.ars-these how
ever are general regulations and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needIe-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 70 this central
point induce us'to invite, and to expect the pre-
sence and contributions Of many Of our fellow
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what il is in name Southern
Central Agric utural 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
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 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
cles, and thereby have ample time make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday Will be devoted TO saes--Friday to gen
era re-delivery of articles The exhibition con
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations OF. or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at AtantN early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
| l2th. The annua! Grafton will be made
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John BilIups, Of Athens, Georgia.
18Th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon State and
Georgia Railroads. to run accommodation cars
enrly every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin, Marietta Stone Mountain and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the nccommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels Mt those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
! l4th. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the Iaborious BUSINESS of
the fair
18th. The Sccre,aA is directed to publish
these regulations IN the CuLTivAToR, and to pro-
cure rs far as practicable their publication in the