The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-18

yCIIE4F lhk "A 9An4 tAr Of the Soutt.ern CENT
II raj Agricultural Association, wrl- beleid
| dirieg tho MAX embracing "Wednesday, the iath
day Of August next, which is the day Of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia xf|
l. The Committee charged with die duty OF PreS-
ofibing such general rules As they may deem ne
cessary TO proper management OF the approaching
FAIR have adopted the following ia
s4 GENERAL REGULATIONS, s4 81 az s4
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and CON
tinue open until Friday evening u is therefore De-
sirabIo that all persons having articles Tor exhb-
lion shall be on the ground a. early as FRIDAY or
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mttce will be there ready to receive them.
| I'd. The Association has an ample iund, ana VIII,
in all eases. become responsible for the safe-keeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF its
officers and committees, (the owner taking q check
for the same,) until the close oil the FAR, winch
will be nnounced beforehand, IN ample time to
give them opportunity to recover thelr goods, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving oil any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF tho
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-
ion shall have first been enteredin the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iffor sale-givng
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 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
exhbtion-,he statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, a 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. IL Animal,
the pedigree 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 or very old persons
tie value, uses, sc. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as may be
worthpublishing 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 legibIe hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. .tetei
5th The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, a report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provemen.s in farming, tage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress Of being
adopted The leading products Of their ceantees
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 serveral county
societies would make up amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. andM ,nufacturersE Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus Of
choice articles, OF 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 premium.
7th Premiums is impossible to name in a no
tce 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-
mums for particular articles mightbe construed by
somento an exclusion OF all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
OBSERVE hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embracing
every thing tEat 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 on all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural In
pements, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium of a cup
worth 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
Giles cup worth will be given, on the third best
So. so ; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 2. 50 on the third honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dol,ars-these, how
ever 5are 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 par-
cularly 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 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, what il is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10Th. The President upon consultation with
such members he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them Retrospective 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 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 once to the examination of ar-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Friday to gen
eral 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 Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annual Grafton will be made ON
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia
18th. 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 afternoon, to
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
\ 18th. The citizens Of Atlanta have provhed