The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-09
OUTHERN GEN n RIA l. ~
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

during the week embracing wednesday, the litf
day of August next, which is the day of the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of pres
crlbing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary 10 proper management OF the approaching
FAIR, have adopted the following
GENEnAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning. and con
tnue open until Friday evening. IL is therefore de-
srable that all persons having articles for exhibit
ton, shall be on the ground as early as FRIDAY or
Saturday, the 9th and 10Th August when a Com
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
ID The Association has an ample fund, and WAL,
IN all cases. become responsible for the safe-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands OF It's
officers and committees, the owner taking check
for the same until the close OF the FAR, which
Will be announced beforehand, III 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
3D. Mail 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-
iton, sha | have first been eneredin the Secretary
book or legis,ry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence nd price, ifior sale--givng
TO the owner corresponding Garland 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, 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 viii positively be required, III all
cases, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
cxhibition--the statement TO be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, if Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time ofinyenion, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor OF
maker. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode Of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultiyation If an 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 1T, or the amount OF
| labor the age, if by children or very old per.ons
tic value, uses, SC. Since this is the most reliable
mode Of collecting such information 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 arti-
| Gle, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
| illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legjblc hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th The delegations oflhe several county Socie-
ties are requested and enjoned TO make out, upon
consultation, a report Of the present condition of
| Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
proyemenis in farming, tillage, draining, and manu-
ring which have been or are III progress of being
adopted The leading products of their ceuntiees
the modes OF preparation. time of planting and mod
| of cultivation The means and measures of prescr-
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.
| 9Th II is desirable to make Tire Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and MISUNDERSTANDING
! We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, 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.--lt is impossible to name in no
tce like this ali, 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-
miums for particular articles might be Construed by
someinto an exclusion OF all articles unannounced
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, hat il is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embr acing
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 this point perhaps
is that, 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, premium of cup
worth 5 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth IS will be given on the third best
50. SO on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining deuar.
ments cup worth S5will be given on the second
best 2. so on the third an honor ION the fourth,
Cd honor. On MINER and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three dol.ars-these, how
eyer,are general regulations, and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. hl!I will be prepared and assigned pari-
ar n hfI Uar ON I,pts
fruits, flowers paintings, noedlo-Work, &c. They
are cordially invited TO attend Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
ccssary 10 proper management
\ 9th The facilities of getting TO this central
point induce usto invite, and to expect the pre-
i sence and contributions OF many of our fellow
citizens OF Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Flo
! rda. 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 consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them therrespective de-
pdrtments, and TO these committees so appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists Of the
aiucles classec and arranged in their respective
departments. order 10 the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed 10 publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles tor exhibition
may be received and arranged OH 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
mlttees proceed at once The examination of arti-
t ces, and thereby have ample time TO make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday vii! be devoted to sales Friday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
tinulng the whole time.
18th. Any alterations Of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
: Monday morning of the Fair week.
l2lh. The annual Grafton will be made on
Wednesday,, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
j, by Col. John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The COMMITTEES have the prospect OF
: 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 Civ visitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations 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,
Al.