The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-06
ERIN CEN TRAL
GRICUJTURAJ ASSOCiiTEON

cessary to proper management OF the approaching
Far, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS
lst The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
opened for visitors on Monday morning, and con
tlnuc open until Friday evening. 1t is therefore de-
sHabe that all persons having articles for exhibi-
ton, shall be on the ground early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Com
mlttee will be there ready to receive them.
ID The Association has an ample fund, and will.
IN all cases become responsible for the safe-keepng
OF articles which may be placed in the hands of its
uttccrs and committees, (the owner taking check
for the same) until the close of The FAIR which
viii 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.
Sd. Max A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James NJ Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty ii shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds Tor eXhi
ion, sha have first been enteredn the Secretarys
book legistry--then labelled with the owners
| name and resideuce-and price, iffor sale--giving
to the owner corresponding Garland then CLASH
fed and arranged by departments, and in such order
| to facilitate the labors 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 and buildings, and
such clerks 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
exhibiton-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. If horticultural or Agricultural Products
mode of preparation Of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultvaton. If an Animal
the pedigree or stock age, mode of raising, sc. If
naII Dni t,,ar r,Hfh ptt hn
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children 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,
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 for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Socie-
ties are requested and eniolned to make out upon
consultation, report of the present condition of
! Agriculture in their several countless of the inn
provemcnts 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 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 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
SouthernAgriculural and NJ inufacturcrsEx
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 sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium
7th. Premiums. 1t is impossible to name in no.
tice like this all the various articles 10 which pre-
I La. tod 4 IL.
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 then eiore the announcement of pre-
miums for particular articles might be construed bys
someinto an exclusion ola articles unannounced
| the Committee requests the people generally To
observe, hal it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest'scopc, cmbr 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, all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural I'm
| plements, snd 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 he given, on the third best
| 50 so on the fourth an honor. Aud on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth 5 viii be given on the second
best J ,. so on the third an honor; on the fourth
| I'd honor. On miner and miscellaneous 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 arc requested, to vary the rule
| Sth A hail will be prepared and assigned part-
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 70 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 consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
| pdrments and to these committees so appointed
the committee OF reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classeC 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 enioin
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
mlttees proceed at once to the examination of art-
cles, and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales-Friday to gen
eral re-dellvery of articles. The exhibition CON
tlnung 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.
! l2h. The annua! Grafton will be made
! 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 prosDect O
making arrangements with the Macon State and
Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, TO
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to Civ 'isitors the opportunity of the accommo-
dations 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,
and others engaged in the laborous business of
the fair.
18th. The Secretary is directed to publish
these regulations in the CULTivAToR, and to pro-
cure far as practicable their publication in the