The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-27
SOUTHE ERIN e Il N L RIA
AGVICULTUKAL ASSOCIATION.

day Of August next which is the day oil The nth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with HE duty OF pres
orbng such general rules they may deem ne
cessary to proper management OF the approaching
FAIR, have adopted the following
! GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds aud Buildings VIII DC
opened for visitors on Monday morning. ana con
tnue open until Friday evening. 1t Is thereiofe &c
srable that all persons hay ug articles 10, eAhioi-
ton, shall be on the ground as cary as may OF
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when oom
mittee will be there ready TO receive them. go
| ID The Association has ample fund, and VIII,
IN all cases, become responsible Tor the c-keePp5
Oh articles which may be placed IN the iauus OF It's
cliccrs and committees, (the owner taking chech
Tor the samc) until the close of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, 10 ample TIME TO
! give them OPP ortunty to recover thelr GOODS ana
to prevent thereby the leaving oil any so ds OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF the
/ Association.
3D.. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis VIM Ezznrd. and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee hose duty II shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhI-
ition sha have first been enieredn The Secretary
book or registry labelled til the owners
| name and reside lfce--and price, ltDr sale--Biyltg
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
doorkcepcrs and clerks, as ahaI! be necessary Tor
the projection of the grounds and buildings, aud
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling OF articles.
4th There will positively be required, IN all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
/ eXhbtion--,he statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary For instance, If a Machine, 4 statement
of is powers and uses, COST time OF invcntion and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure aud
time Of planting mode ofcultvation. If an Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. II
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 SIC. 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 a premium will not be awarded TO any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legblc hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations of the servcra county Socie-
ties are requested and enioined to make out. upon
consultation a report Of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the inn
provements in farming, tage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of bring
adopted The leading products of Their countless
Of cultivation The means and measures Of preser
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
AAgricultural 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
Southern Agricultural and "; nufacturcrsExchange
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice setds, machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for SALE and not alone for exhibition fo
, a premium,
7th. Premiums. Sit is impossible TO name u no
tice like this all the various articles 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 I'M and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement Of pre-
miums for particular articles mig be Construed by
I someinto an exclusion of all articles unannounced
: the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended TO give tie action OF
: the Association the very widest'scope embI acing
3 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 I'M
, elements and valuable Improvements or inventions
in any Of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be gwen on the second best arti-
: ~
. 4 = SO on the fourth an honor. And on all att
z cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
menls cup worth $ s viii be given; on the second
best q 50 on the third an honor on the fourth,
ID honor. On miner and misc, llancous articles,
, premiums from one 10 three dOllars--ihese. how
ever ARE general regulations, and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar meTl. the crmmitees VIII be
permitted indeed requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. a hall will be prepared and assigned parli-
$ cuary to the Ladies Tor their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needc-work, &c. They
arc cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely me-
cessary To proper management
9th. The facilities of getting 20 this central
point induce us.to invite, and to expect the pre-
{ sencc and contributions OF many OF our fellow
citizens Of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and I To-
rida We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what il is in name, Southern
Central Agric uliural Association.
10Th. The President upon consultation with
such members as he call TO his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pGTtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists OF the
A. ticlrs cassed and arranged In their respective
! departments. In order to the perfection of this
, arrangement, the committee appointed 10 publish
? these regulations, will hsre 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
mit,ees proceed at once the examination Of arii-
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting ON Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Frday to gen
era re-delivery o' articles. The exhibition cor
unuing the whole time.
lth. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published Atlanta early
+ Monday morning of the Fair week.
12tf. 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 Commute have the prospect OF
y making arrangements with the Macon, State and
n Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, 10
!. Griffin, Marietta Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
!, to give visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in