The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-22
ERIN CEN TRIAL
Ax1uur1Uf ITUJRAI A S60C lATlON

day Of August next which is the day OF the filth
annual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
~ Committee charged with the duty OF pres
criblng such general rules as they may deem ne
| cessary to proper management oil the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
| LIST The Fair Grounds and buildings WIN DC
opened for visitors Monday morning. and con
tlnue open until Friday evening Is 'here'ore DC
sirable that all persons having articles ior eXhioi
tion shall be on the ground as early as Fr'day OF
Saturday the 9Th and 10th August wheh ION
mittee will be there ready to receive Them
| I'd. The Association has an ample fund, and WIZ.
III all cases become responsible Tor the saIe-keephg
OF articles which may he placed in the hands OF ITS
officers and committees, tho owner taking check
for The same,) until the close OF the Far, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
give them opportunity 10 recover their goods, and
to prevent thereby the~eaving 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 NJ Calhoun, are
appointed committee whose duty It shall be TO see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for cxhi
ion shall have first been enteredin the Secreiarys
book or Iegistry-then labelled with the owners
name and residcIIce-and price, II for saie-givihg
to the corresponding card--stid Then class
fed and arranged by departments and in such order
as to facilitate the labors of the several committees
doorkeepers and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protection Of the grounds aud 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
cxhbtion--thc statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, if a 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 ofcultivation. IL Animal,
the pedigree stock, age, mode Of raising sc. If
Needlc-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 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 legble hand, and in style fit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the servera county Soce-
ties are requested and enioined to make out. upon
consultation, report of the present condition Of
Agriculture in their several counties, Of the inn
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 of preparation. time 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
SouthernA agricultural aud NJ .nufacturers Exchange
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
premium
It'll. Premiums 1t is impossible to name in no
tice like this ali, the various articles 10 which pre-
mums 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, 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 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 10 will be given; on the second best arti-
cles cup worth 5 5 will be given on the third best
s 2. so on the fourth an honor. And on all arti-
cles of the highest merit in the remaining depart
ments cup worth 5 will be given on the second
best 8 g SO on the third an honor; on the fourth
Cd honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one TO three doIlars--these how
general regulations, and in particular case
or cases Of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.
9Th. A hall will be prepared and assigned parti-
cularly to the Ladies for their garden products,
fruits, flowers paintings, needc-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
i'll 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-
scnce 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 in name, Southern
Central Agric ultural Association.
10Th. The President upon a consultation with
such members he call to his aid shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective de-
pfrtments, and to these committees appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists Of the
articles classec and arranged IN their respective
departments. order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will here repeat, and cnjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and arranged Oh 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 to the examination of arti
ces, and thereby have ample time to make their
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.
1lth. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
18th. The annual Grafton will be made or
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting
Immediately preceding the reports of committees
by Col John Billups, OF Athens, Georgia.
18th. The Committee have the prospect Of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
, Georgia Railroads, to accommodation cars
enry every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin. Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur
to Civ, fisitors the opportunity of the accommo.
dations ofthe good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair
18th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers
, and others engaged in the laborious business OF