The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-01
HOUTHERN CEN RAJ
AGRICULTURAL ASSOC iATIOA.

during the week embracing Wednesday, the ith
day OF August next, which is the day OF the min
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
| The Committee charged with the duty OF pres
cribing such general rules as they may deem ne
cessary 10 aproper management of the approaching
FAR, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS
Isl The Fair Grounds and buildings wni NC
opened for visitors on Monday morning sno con
tnue open until Friday evening. IL Is thereore ue
srable that all persons having articies lot oAhipi
iion, Shall be on the ground as early as frioay OF
Saturday the 9th aud 10th August when ION
mitee will be there ready to receive Them
| ID. The Association has ample fund, and VIII,
IN all cases. become responsible Tor the saiekeepng
OF articles which may be placed IN the hands OF Its
officers and committees, the owner taking chech
| for the same) until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity to recover their goods, ana
to prevent thereby the leaving OF any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment OF The
Association.
3D.. Mark a. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis VIM. Ezzard, and James nj. Calhoun are
appointed committee whose duty IT shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor exhi-
tion shall have first been enleredn the Secretarys
book or Iegistry--then labelled with the owners
name and residence--and price, iitor saie-glvng
to the owner corresponding card-and then ciassi-
fed 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
doorkeopers and clerks, shall be necessary Tor
the protection Of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks 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
eXhibtIon--the statement TO be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, if Machine, statement
OF is powers and uses, cost, time OF invention and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker liz Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultiyation If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock. age mode OF raising, &c. If
Nsedle-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length of time bestowed ON 1T, or the amount of
labor; The age, ii by children or very old persons
tie value. uses, sc. 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,
THAI a premium wall nei be awarded to any arti-
CHE Whatever ats merit, unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements made out
IN iegihie hama, and in sts4e 81 al once for the
lipreSs
5th The iatersltuns III the sarFeral county Socie-
taos are requested and nilnined TO make out, upon
consultations, a report of the present condition of
! Agriculture IN tfnlr several counties of the i'm
proyenen,H IN farming tallage, draining and manu-
ring, which huxe been on are in progress of being
the mndasuf Eus 1srslion. time planting and mod
of pultivatlcu- The means and measures of preser-
wing AIt Increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
socI sties would make up amount of valuable
information 10 be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and N,nufact urers Exchange
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock ,Sc---to carry
them there for sae and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums is impossible to name in ano-
tice 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 all articles unannounced
| the Committee requests the people generally to
observe that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, embI acing
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
worth III will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth IS will be given on the third best
81 SO; on the fourth an honor And on all arti-
Giles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth \ 5 will be given on the second
best =. 50 on the third an honor on the fourth
I'd honor. On miner and scelaneous articles
premiums from to three dollars-lhese how
ever,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, needle-work, &c. 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 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 Fo-
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed what it is in name Southern
Central Agric utural Association.
10th. The President upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them Retrospective de-
| pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classeG 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, 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
mittees proceed at once to the examination of ar-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
4 reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to Friday to gen
eral re-dellvery of articles. The exhibition con-
tinuing the whole time.
llth. Any alterations Of, or additions 10, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th The annua! Grafton will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
Immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John Bilups, 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 Hsitors the opportunity of the accommo-
daons ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
4 18th. The citizens of Atlanta hoya iied