The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-03
SOUTHERN CEN IRA l.
a CDUCUrV rTJRAL ASSOCIATION.

day of August next, which is the day OF the fifth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management OF the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
! GENERAL REGULATIONS.
LIST The Fair Grounds and Buildings Will be
opened for visitors Monday morning, and con
tnue open until Friday evening II IS therefore de-
slrable that all persons having articles LOT exhibi
ton, shall be on the ground as early as friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when Com-
mittee will be there ready to receive them.
| Cd. The Association has an ample fund and WILL
in all cases become responsible for the saiekeepiTg
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 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. Marx 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 Tor exhi
tion shat have first been entcrcdn the Secretarys
book or registry--then labelled with the owners
name and resldcncc--and price, II Tor sale-givihg
to the owner corresponding Garland then classi-
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
to facilitate the labors of the several committees
doorkecpers 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, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhbtion--thc statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance il Machine, statement
of is powers and uses, cost, tune of Invention, 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 ofcultyation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, Sc II
Neede-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 very old persnns
the value, uses, &c. 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 lcgible hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations fthe several county Socie-
ties requested and enlOined to make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provcmens in farming, tilagc, draining and manu-
ring which have been or are III 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 servcraI county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out i'll the published trans
actions Of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and M.nufacturersEx Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
hnIrn etc
them there for sale and not alone for exhibition for
| q premium.
It'll. Premiums.-lt is impossible to name in no
ticc like this ALL the various articles to which pre-
NUNS 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 fall articles unannounccd
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe hat it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embracing
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
plements, and valuable improvements or inventions
| in any of the departments, a premium of cup
|
clcs cup worth VS. will be given on the third best
~. 50 on the fourth an honor. And on all art-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth IS will be given on the second
best 9. 50; on the third honor; on the fourth,
I'd honor On miner and eaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars-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 hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, ncedle-work, DC. They
are cordially invited TO attend. Their assistance
| in many departments of the fair is absolutely ne
cessary to proper management
9TH. The facilities OF getting TO 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. VIC hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed ,whatiis in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural 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-
! pdrtmeDts, and to these committees SO appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles classcc and arranged in their respective
departments. III 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, 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
mitees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
| reports to the annual meeting Wednesday,
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Frday to gen
eral re-deivery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
| 1lth. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
| l2b. The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day Of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col, John Blllups, 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 snernoon to
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to CIV 'lsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
datons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
l4th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers