The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-24

III "A
TWIN r;fh Trrr.i Fail of the Southern Cent,
ri AvricaItnrsi Association, will behold
dnr;rr IN ,~s.,k embssciuE Wednesday, the lstn
d.v AZ In~ust uext, which is the, day OF the NTH
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
me COMMITTEES charged with the duty OIL pres
cribing such general rules As they "ay WI"
csssary to proper management Of the approaching
Fair. have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Isl The Fair Grounds and Buildings VIII DC
opened for visitors on Monday morning. ana con
tinue open until Friday evening. It is therefore ae
sirable that all persons having articles 10, eAnio
ton, shall be on the ground as cary as rloay Vi
Saturday the 9th and 10th August when Com
mittee will be there ready TO receive them.
Cd The Association has All ample fund, and VIII.
in all cases. become responsible for the safekeeping
articles which may be placed in the hands OF its
officers and committees, the owner taking check
for the samc,) until the close oil the FAR, when
will be announced beforehand, in ample time 70
give them opportunity to recover their goods ana
to prevent thereby the leaving Of any goods o.
articles unprotected after the adjournment Oh '''
Association. .,m
Sd. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David w :.
Lewis, VIM. Ezzard, and James M. Ca,aoun, arc
appointed committee whose duty IL sna. Co "
that all articles entering the ia'r grouus ~.
;ton an. lhav. frs, been enteredin the Secretary
hook or reota rv-then labelled with the owners
name and Tesidence---and price, iffor sae-givihg
to the owner corresponding Garland men classi-
fed and arranged by departments, and IN such oruer
IA TO facilitate the labors Of the several committees
on premiums ; and also to employ such ponce ana
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary Ior
the projection 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, minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
cxhibiton-,he statement to be delivered TO the
Secretary. For instance, IL Machine, statement
Of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, ana
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 ofplanting, mode ofcultivation. If an Animal
the pedigree stock, age, mode OF raising, &c. IL
Needle-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 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 tit at once Tor the
press.
5th. The delegations of the servcral county Soce-
ties are requested and enjoined TO make out, upon
consultation, report of the present condition OF
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the i'm
provements in farming tliage, 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 ofplanting and mod
of cultivation The means and measures of preser-
wing and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the seryeral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information TO be sent out in the published trans
actions of the Society.
II lei tn DO he Eoir
SouthernAgricultura and M Manufacturers Exchange
We request individuals who have surplus Of
choice articles, or who make them for sale -sucl,
as choice seeds, machines, stock, &c---to carry
them there for sale, and alone for exhibition for
q premium.
It'll. Premiums. is impossible to name in no.
tce 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 BIZ embraced in it, and yet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the announcement of pre-.
miums for particular articles mghtbe construed by
son.einto an exclusion 0fall 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, embr 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, and valuable improvements or inventions
in any of the departments, premium of cup
worth 10 will be given on the second best arti-
cles cup worth will be given, on the third best
81 So; on the fourth an honor. And on all arti.
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depar.
ments cup worth 4 S will be given; on the second
best q SO on the third an honor; on the fourth,
Cd honor. On miner and misce llaneous articles,
iufpc IN fhr..u I>ltc &kn
everare general regulations and in particular case
or cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed requested, to vary the rule.
8th 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 Flo
rida. We hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed ,whatitis in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10th The President upon consultation with
such members he call Ito his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pdrlments, and to these committees SO appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
articles classec and arranged in their respective
departments. i'll order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
tn ;se regulations, will here repeat, and enjoin
all to take notice that articles for exhibition
my 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 commitee o reception may
have their lists Of articles. anu the several COM
mttees proceed at once to the examination of arti-
cles, and thereby have am,,e time to make their
reports to the annual meetinA ~ Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to salas .ri>lav to gen.
eral re-delivery of articles. The y l.>jt:cn con-
tnung the whole time.
llth Any alterations of, or all ht.,. t.. re
foregoing rules, will be published at i:,s \,
Monday morning Of the Fair week
18th. The annua! GRAFTON will be M
Wednesday, the day of the Annversarymr e,
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 risitors the opportunity of the accommo-