The southern press., 1852-01-12
OUTHERN CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

day of August next, which is the day OF the fift
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty Of pres
crIbing such general ruIea as they may deem ne
cessary to proper management Of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will b.
opened for visitors on Monday morning, aud con
tnue open until Friday evening. II is therefore de
sirable that all persons having articles for exhibi
lloh, shall be on the ground as early as Friday OF
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when Com
mlttee will be there ready to receive them.
"a, The Association has All ample fund, and will
~ all cases, become responsible for The keeping
oil articles which may be placed in the hands of il
oiliccrs and committees, (the owner taking checl
Tor the same,) until the close of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time tc
give them opportunity to recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the leaving of any goods OF
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association.
Sd. Max 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 for exhi-
itOn, shal have first been cneredn the Secretary S
book or legislry--then Labelled with the owners
name and residence-and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed aud 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
d0orkeepers 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
exhiblton--the statement TO be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, il Machine, a statement
OF is powers and uses cost, time of invention, and
~. a.
maker. IL Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
mode of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time Of fpIanting mode ofcultivation. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode OF raising &c. II
Ncedle-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, &c. 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 premium will not be awarded to any arti-
Gle, whatever its merit unless accompanied by
Illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legbc hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Soce-
ties are requested and eDioined to make out, upon
consuation a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the i'm
provements in farming, tillage, draining and manu-
ring, which have been or are in progress of being
adopted The leading products of their countless
the modes ofpreparaton. time of planting aud mod
Of cultivation. The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
9th. 1t is desirable to make the Fair Central
neutrality-suspicious. and M,nufacturersEx change
We request individuals who have surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale such
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c--to carry
them there for sale and not alone for exhibition for
premium.
7th. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
tice like this all, 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 it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scope, cmbI acing
every thing that is ingenious 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, on 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, premium of cup
worth l0 will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
2. so on the fourth an honor And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments a cup worth SIS will be given on the second
best 2. so !; on the third honor on the fourth,
I'd honor On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars--these, how
everarc general regulations, and in particular case
or cases OF peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cuarly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needc-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 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 what tits in name, Southern
Central Agrc ultura 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-
pdrtments, and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classe6 and arranged in their respective
departments. III order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
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
mttees proceed at once to the examination of arti
cles, and thereby have ample time to make then
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday
Thursday will be devoted to sales--Frday to gen
eral re-delivery Of articles. The exhibition con
| tinuing the whole time
llth. Any alterations of, or additions TO, thu
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
| 18th. The annual! oraion will be made or
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees
by Col. John Billups, Of Athens, Georgia.
I3tb. The Committee have the prospect o
making arrangements with the Macon, State ant
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation car.
early every morning and late in the afternoon, tt
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
to Civ 'istors the opportunity of the accommo
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while il
attendance upon the Fair.
l4h. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
and others engaged in the laborious business o
! the fair.
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