The southern press., 1851-04-09
THERN CENTRAL
A AaRTr,11TTIyWA A ANSOCIATION

cessary to proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted tho following
fN GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Ist The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. II IS therefore de-
sirabic that all persons having articles Tor exhip'-
tion, shall be the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mttee will be there ready to receive them- j.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, ana VIII,
in all cases become responsible for the safe-kccping
oil articles which may be placed IN the hands OF It's
olhcers and committees, (lhe owner taking check
for the same until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, ~ ample time TO
give them op; ortunty 10 recover their goods, ana
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 M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty II shall he TO see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exh-
tion shall have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book or registry then labelled with the owners
name and residence--snd price, if for salc--giving
to the owner corresponding card-and then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
as 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.
4th. There will positively be required, In all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--,he statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il a Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinyentoD, 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 ofcultvaton. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, &c. II
Needle-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length Of time bestowed on IL, or the amount OF
labor; the age, if 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 10 any arti.
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legibls hand, and in style fit at once for the
press
5th The delegations Of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoincd to make out. upon
consultation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
provements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted. The leading products of their countless
the modes ofpreparaton. time Of planting and mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures Of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
hRV.CultuEdI MCuOub lIOul tlC hcTNCIdl 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
neutrality-suspicious. and NJ snufacturersExchang
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c.--to carry
them there for salc and not nlonc for exhibition for
premium.
7th Prclniums.--lt is impossible TO name r mo-
tce like this ALL the various articles TO which pre-
miums will be granted. However comprchensive
we might mako 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 ofsll articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is Intended to give the action of
the Association the very widsst-scope, embracing
svery 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
il, that all articles of the highest merit in The
department of Stock, Mechsnics, Agricultural I'm
plements. and valuable Improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium oil a cup
worth 3 10 will be given on the second best arti-
clcs cup worths will be given, on the third best
81 so F; on the fourth an honor. And on all a, ii,
menis cup worth IS viii be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor; on The fourth.
I'd honor. On miner and misc, lianeous articles,
premiums from one 10 three dollars--these how
ever are general regulations, and in particular
OF 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, needle-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend Their assistance
in many departments Of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary 10 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. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10Th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he call TO his aid shall appoint
committees and assign TO them eirrespectye de-
pdrtments, 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 10 publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enioin
upon all to take notice that articles Cor exhibition
may be received and arranged on Friday and Sat
urday The 9Th and 10Th Of August, so ths, when
the President shall appoint his committees ON
Monday morning, the committee OF reception nav
have their lists OF articles, and the several com
mi,tees proceed at once to the examination of arti
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports TO the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii be devoted to sales-Fridayto gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tlnuing the whole time
llih. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning Of the Fair week
l2tt- The annua, oraiion win be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports Of committees
by Col. John BIlups, 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
Grifhn, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors The opportunity of the accommo-
dn'ions ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
| 18th The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
and others engaged in the aborous business of
the tair.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations IN the CurrsAroR, aud to pro-