The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-17
UTHERN CEN RAJ
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

oribiDg such general rules as they NAV deem ne.
cessary TO proper management of the approaching
AIR, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning and con
unuc open until Friday evening Ii is therefore de-
sabie that all persons having articles for exhibit
aon, shall be on the ground as early Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com
mit'ee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd The Association has an ample fund, and will,
ID all cases. become responsible for the safekeeping
OF articles which may be placed in the hands Of its
onicers and committees, the owner taking 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
Association.
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James Nj. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty il shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi-
itoD, sha have first been enteredin the Secretary
book or registry-then labelled With the owners
name and residence-and price, il for sale--givng
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
ned 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. @ aa
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition--the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, II Machine, a statement
OF is powers and uses, cost, time ofinenton, 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 of cultivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, &c. If
Needle-work = 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 art-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in jegibe hand, and in style fit at once for the
press. ~ 6-G m lsst 8c
5th. The delegations Of the serveral county Soce-
ties requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consultation, report Of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tllage, 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 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 TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society. -4ela..l gtHf
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair a Central
SouthernAgrcultural and NJ. MISUNDERSTANDING
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 sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium. 4ama5d gaf ,sTn3e5tf p
7th. Premiums 1T is impossible to name in no
arf rl ,b; oh
mums 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 might be construed by
someinto an exclusion ofall 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, embr acing
every thing that is ingenious 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 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 arti-
cles cup worth viii be given on the third best
81. 50 on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth 5 will be given; on the second
best S 3. so; on the third an honor on the fourth
ID honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dolars--these, how
ever,a general regulations and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted indeed are requested TO vary the rule.
9Th. hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
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
cessary to proper management
9th The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce usao 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 it is in name Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he cen call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdriments, aud to these committees 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 NAV
have their lists Of articles, and the several COM
mttees proceed.at once to the examination of arti-
I cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
| reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
! Thursday will be devoted to saleg-Friday to gem
eral re-delivery OF articles. The exhibition con-
tinung the whole time
llth. Any alterations of, or additions TO, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
| Monday morning Of the Fair week
l2th. 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 accommodation
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
| Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain and Decatur,
! to Civ. nsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places lille in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens Of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business of
| the fair.
| 18th. The Secretary is directed TO publish
these regulations in the CULr,vAroR, and to pro-
| cure far practicable their publication in the