The southern press., 1852-01-10
UTHERN CEN RAJ
AaR1Ctt1TURAL AD1UClAfIoN

! The Committee charged with The duty Of pres
crIbing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary 10 proper management Of the approaching
FAIR have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con-
tinue open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sirablc that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ll"n shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th aud 10th August when Com-
m'ttee will be there ready to receive them.
I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and WILL
~ all cases, become responsible for the safekeepibg
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of its
cheers aud committees, (the owner taking check
ior 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. Mat. A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w
Lewis, VIM Ezzard, and James M. Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi
tion sha lhave first been EN- redin the Secretary's
book or legstry-then labelled with the owners
name and resdence--and price, iffor sae-giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then cassi-
fled 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 aud 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 of invention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. if horticultural or Agricultural Products,
,pAo <,c, md md
time of planting, mode ofcutivaton. 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 it, or the amount of
labor; the age, il by children very old per.ons
tie value, uses, &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information may be
worth publishing in the transactionsNf the Society,
visitors, patrons and members all VIII 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 legible hand and in style fit at once for the
press
5th, The delegations of the serycra county socie-
ties are requested and enjoned 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 be ing
adopted The leading products of their ccuntiees
the modes preparation. time Of planting and mod
OF cultiVaton. ne means ana measures OIL preSer-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scrveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. II is desirable to make the Fara Central
neutrality-suspicious. and NJ Manufacturers Elk change
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines stock, &c---to carry
them there for sae and not alone for exhibition for
a premium
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in no.
tice like this all, the various articles to which pre-
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-
miums for particular articles might be construed by
someinto 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 tho very widest'scope, embI acng
svery thing tl.at is ingenious useful IN business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
exhibition, are invited to come The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
s that, on 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, a premium of cup
worth \ 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth \ 5 will be given on the third best
~. sos on the fourth All honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor; on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and misce ellaneOus articles
premiums from one TO three dollars-thesc, how
ever 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 hail will be prepared and assigned parti
culariy 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 me-
cessary to proper management
9th. The facilities Of getting 10 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 it is in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrtments, and to these committees appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
al ticles classcc and arranged in their respective
departments. III order to the perfection Of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will h.re 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, 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 ut once to the examination of art-
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday viii! be devoted to sales--Friday to gem
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing 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.
| 18th. The annua! oration 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 Civ 'istors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations fthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
| I4h. 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 CuLrIvAToR, and to pro-
| far q ba;r