The southern press., 1851-03-29
THERN CEN RAJ
ASSOCIATION.

sou THERN CEN I RA l.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
i raj Agricultural Association, will beheld
during the week embracing Wednesday, the 18th
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
criblng such general rules AZ they may deem me-
cessary to apropcr management OF the approaching
Fair have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
st The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will De
opened for visitors on Monday morning, aud con-
tinue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles Tor exhlpi
tion 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 VIII,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safe-keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of ITS
oificers and committees, Qhe owner taxing check
for the same,) until the close OF the Far, 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
Sd. 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 eneredn the Secretary
book or registry-then labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale-giving
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the lnbors the several committees
on premiums and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks 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
exhibtion--the 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 ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock, age mode of raising, &c. If
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 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 ar-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made oul
in Iegible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and ehjoned to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
: Agriculture in their several counties, of the I'M
provements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress OF being
adopted. The leading products of thef cclntiees
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 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
SouthernAgricultural andM: nufacturersExchanee
We request individuals who have surplus of
choice articles or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machnes stock, &c---to carry
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
, a premium.
7th. Premiums. is impossible to name in no
tlce like this all the various articles to which pre-
! mums will be granted. However comprehensive ye
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be embraced In il, and vet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement OF pre-
mums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
Observe hat i. is intended TO give the action OF
the Association tho very widest'scope, embr ing
every thing that is ingenious or 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, 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 arti-
cles cup worth will be given on the third best
2. SO on the fourth an honor. And all arti-
cles OF the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth s S will be given on the second
best 9. SO; on the third an honor on the fourth
. ID honor. On MINER and miscellaneous articles
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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. A hall will be prepared and assigned parii-
! 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. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, it in name Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
10th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees aud assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles classed and arranged in their respective
uoP""eh's. IN ORDER 10 Inc per!ecton OF this
arrangement, The committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat and enion
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
mittees proceed at to the examination of ar,i-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to saes-Friday to gen
eral re-delIvery OF articles The exhibition CON
tnuing the whole time,
llth, Any alterations Of or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week