Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a project of the Georgia Public Library Service.
About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1910)
TP\e ?\or\tgorr\&ry Monitor. PUBLISHED evatY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OMAN MONTQOMBRY COUNTY. Entered ;ir she PoKtofflcr* in Mi. Vertuin. <ia. as S'Coikl-CHhha Mail Matter. H. B. FOLSOM. Rdltor and Owner. *' a Year, in Advance m* ml wrtim mi nt* uniat invariably l < paid ia a<l\*n«-«-, at tin leg*) rate, and a« the law direct.: and mn.i lie in hand not later than fti-dneadar morninß or the flrat week of inaertion ■ ‘ - ”• J " 1 " 1 ' ' 1 1 " Ml. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Mar. io, 1910. THE FARMERS AT HOME. Soma years ago Mr. 1.. H. Bail ey, director of the State College of Agriculture, Cornell University delivered an address on some of the present problems in agricul ture. After speaking of the spe cial farm problems—those ques tions relating to the obstacles to ward profitable farming, to in sects, fungi, weeds and animal di seases; after expounding the prin ciples through which it is possi ble to augment production, Mr. Hailey said that the education must reach the farmer as a whole man, niust’tonch Ins business, his homes, and his ambition, Ins re lation t o good roads and good j schools and the church, to social forces and to all that make life! upon the farm comfortable and happy. We must st.ndv, he said in the I course of his adddress, “the san itation of tluqlarm house' t hat is, health hi the larni home. We must improve the architecture of the farmhouse, making it more; a!tractive as well as more com fortable. We must reach the reading of the farmer, the raising of children and the marketing <>l his crops. These, said Mr. Bail ey, “are th(> subjects that the ris ing educational impulse must at tack.” This,we believe our renders will suv, has been the course of Home and Farm for the past thirty yekrs. Nothing k that concerns life on the farm has been beyond the reach of our treatment. Home ami Farm, as we say so frequent ly, “is,made by,farmers for farm- 1 »*rv‘’ Ibre t hey tell t heir exper ience with insects, drouth and llnods, poor soil, poor 6 seod, poor markets. We believe that th" farmer is coming to a better understanding of his relations to society, to com merce. We believe that he is de manding better roads, better con-; siderution from the government , authorities. Through co-opera t ion he is get ting better prices for his products, and through educa tion—that is, through experience ns well as through teaching—he is understanding better the char acter of his soil, lie secs that if he wants to keep his family at Home, lie must keep them happy there, lie must give them social pleasures, contact with their fel low-men and women, pride in their calling. And so gradually the condition of the farmer is being improved and life on the farm is becoming more attractive. Now there is a great world move ment for drawing back the man to the soil. The cities have been drawing him away, but the trol ley line, the rural delivery, the telephone, better roads and better schools will reconcile the farmer's family to farm life. Then better prices for farm pro duct* is paying the farmer better for his unremitting toil. It is possible to increase the product, per acre of every farm in the South It. will be done when prices ! 111 the market justify. These are the subjects that in- 1 terest farmers, these are the sub jects treated in t hesecolumns from time to time. Let us hear from the farmers themselves of the thiugs that lu* nearest to their thoughts, to their daily life. In England they are asking why Ger many raises better crops per man and per acre than England raises The reason is that the English farmers do not own the farms. The great landed aristocracy control the lands and they get little out of them. There is a world-wide demand for more food crops, a demand that must be satisfied. We can not increase the lands, but we must increase the product of the lands. The farmer is at last com jug into his own.—Homed; Farm. THE ANT AND THE SLUGGARD. ' The man who never works hasn't a right to eat. But the, man who never plays can’t eat. ft is well enough for the sluggard to go to tlie ant. But there are , ants who would find it profitable to call on the sluggard now and | then, contemplate his sleek jowls! und imbibe a bit of his reposeful-, ness. All this is apropos a remark 1 which Dr. Woods Hutchinson made u» a conference of teachers in Indianapolis, Jnd. The doctor said that where a hundred people ; die from overindulgence in pleas-j me, a hundred thousand die from j overinduigence in work. He add-: ed that, grown folks should be! taught the importance of (day, just as children are taught the * importance of study. Not ail of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who dc from overwork are responsible ; for the oncoming of their parti cular disease. With some of them it is simply a question of break-! mg down or starving out. But 'with very many of them it is otherwise. There are brains and bodies so tempered that they find it all but impossible to lie placid. Th'* capacity for recreation and levity is by no means a common thing Indeed, it is a golden gift w hich few nidi are wise or l'ortun-!; ate enough to carry with them : from the green, enchanted forest : I of you!h. Most oI the really big men of the world, however, retain much j; >f Lheir boyhood. They mingle j: play with work, and that is why they work so well. The most! strenuous character in American!: history has given the good part of j a year to a hunting trip in the j: jungles of Africa. Sir Walter : Scott, who wrote more books than any man of his time, was accust- j; joined to spend the forenoon of loach day sauntering among the j 1 hills around Abbotsford. The j business or professional man, the U farmer or the craftsman who j j wishes to work spontaneously and i! effectually, must in some form or other play whole-heartedly.—At- Uinta Journal. SONG BIRDS OF THE SOUTH. From the Macon Telegraph. J This is the mule, half brother, to the horse, second cousin to the o\, and closely allied with Sam >o in all good, bad and indiffer ent words. He is perverse in many tilings, but when directed aright he is exceedingly useful. He is ready to go to work w ith the crow . mg of the cock, and he is equally j ready to salute the dinner horu. Ho is said to be lacking in the J pride of ancestry and the hope of j posterity, and for that reason 1 j probably his history is sha dowy and uncertain. But he has work to do and therefore enters largely into the economy of the farm and dray line. The pi ice on his head has ad-* vanned along with the horse. The' auto wagon has not reduced his value; on the contrary, he grows in value if nut in grace. He is not romantic nor fleet nor beauti ful; neither is he noted for his “horse-sense. ’ He is plain,prac tical and homely. His voice is not like the swan’s, nor are his! heels made of love licks. Geor g a farmers buy him by the thous ands annually, work him hard, f*ed lnm poorly, wear him out, and then buy him again. The stream of gold that goes to Ken tucky for him cuts the profit out of cotton. By coming in at once, vou can get The Montgomery Monitor and the Atlanta Weekly Georgian at #1.25 per year. Same rate to old subscribers. Get outo this at once. Pay up vour subscription and have 1 the Georgian sent you also. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—TITT’RSPAY, MARCH 10, 1010 , SLEEPING SICKNESS VIRUS IN VEINS OF ROOSEVELT. 1 | Washington, I). C. —Captain Fritz Duquesne, of German East Ffrica, lion hunter and Boer war fighter, at one time considered by former President Roosevelt to head his African expedition, ex pressed four here that Mr. Roose velt and members of his party have not escaped infection from i the sleeping sickness. Captain Duquesne said that the subtle ' poisons of the infections African 1 regions are in the blood of the members of the Roosevelt party, unless they miraculously escaped ! infection, and that they will ' manifest themselves before the ; party reaches Europe. “It is highly probable,” said 1 Captain Duquesne, “that every ■ niembur of the Roosevelt party ; now has the virus of the sleeping sickness in his veins. It may not develop until they reach .Europe, or even America. The sleeping !sickness sometimes is not rnani- J fested in the person for several . months after the infection occurs, j lit is well nigh incredible that the Roosevelt, party, passing through so many of the sicknesss zones, has escaped infection,” Monuments, Tombstones ; [j IRON FENCING | Wo desire to inform the people of if this section that we have opened a | first-class marble business in Vida- | lia. We are prepared to furnish l; | on short notice anything in the line 1 iof Monuments, Tombstones, Orna- ji mental Iron Fencing, etc. | Designs the latest and most correct if :§ and tasty. Prices are right, and | work will give satisfaction. I YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED j VIDALIA MARBLE WORKS !| Yidalia, Ga. | John H. Hunter, Wm. K. Pearce, Frank C. Buttey. | :j HUNTER, PEARCE & BATTEY, j || Cotton Factors Naval Stores !; i! EXPERIENCED Pflrtnrc ! HANDLERS OF * || I Upland Cotton, Florodora, Allen Silk & Other Extra Staples, i| Sea-Island Cotton & Naval Stores, jj OVER THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS Ij ! Oue of The Largest Factorage Concerns in the South. Each |!j Commodity handled in a Separate Department. j; i!j Strictest Attention to Each. ||j || Nitrate of Soda and Other Fertilizers, i; Upland and Sea-Island Bagging, ;|| Ties and Twine. ji Liberal Advances made on Consignments. Money Loaned ]j to Cotton and Naval Stores Shippers on Approved Security.' SHIPMENTS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. j, 126 Bay Street, East. * SAVANNAH GA. jj InONEY TO LBND j Loans of any amount from #3OO to #50.000 on farms in Mont gomerv and adjoining counties. No delays for inspection. >. Have lands examined by a man living near you. | LOANS ON FIVE YEARS TIME, payable in easy installments to I GEO. 11. HARRIS |. 1 Merchants Bank Building McßtlC, Gil. | 1 ' Epilepsy, Fits "My son was cured of a very bad case of epilepsy with Dr. Miles’ Nervine.” MRS. D. BAKER, Cleveland, O. "My little daughter who was afflicted with St. Vitus’ Dance is now entirely well after taking Dr. Miles’ Nervine only four months.” MRS. C. G. BENNETT, Alma, Mich. Epilepsy, Fits, St. Vitus’ Dance and Spasms, are all nerv ous diseases. They have been cured in so many instances with Dr. Miles’ Nervine that it is reasonable to conclude that it is : almost sure to cure you. With nervous diseases of a severe type, persistent use has almost : invariably resulted in a complete cure or lasting benefits, worth many times the cost of the rem edy. The best evidence you can get of its merits is to write to those who have used it. Get a I bottle from your druggist. Take it all according to directions, and if it does not benefit he will re turn your money. How Do You Feed | Your Crops? DO YOU KNOW just what your cotton and corn need, and are you furnishing' it in such quantities as required and in such shape that tae plant can use it ? Suppose you should put the food for your stocl in a box, nail it up and place it in their trough would ye ti ex pect them to thrive and grow r fat ? Hardly ! Well, did it ever occur to you that when you use limpy, badly mixed fertilizers you are putting this same preposi tion up to your crops —offering them plant food in such shape that they can’t get to it? Fertilizers, to do your crops any good, must dissolve in the soil waters. These are constantly in motion, rising to i the surface during the day and sinking at night passing and repassing the roots of the plant, w’hich absorb the food contained in the water —and this is the only way in which the plant can feed. Therefore, when you buy fertilizer, you should do so with the idea of furnishing food for your crop and on the . same principle that you should purchase food for your stock. It should not only contain the necessary Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid and Potash, but above all else these should be In soluble form —the mechanical condition : of the fertilizer should be such as to permit the plant to absorb every particle of it, and the goods should be manu factured from materials that will not give up their plant food at one time, but furnish a steady supply th-oughout the entire growing season. This is the fertilizer you should have and can {let — in only one way. It is impossible to produce a goods like . this by the dry-mixing of raw materials, whether you do this at home with a shovel and a screen or buy it from (j someone who has made it the same way —the only differ- ■ ence being in the quantity. i These materials must be ground to a powder, and it re- ? quires machinery costing thousands of dollars to do it a properly. They must then be so manipulated that when complete, you have a compound, each ounce of which is : exactly like every other ounce, and not a mixture, one part of which would contain too much Ammonia and too little Potash, while another part would be exactly the opposite —and all of it contain plant food locked up and not available. Remember that the chemical analysis of a fertilizer is no - }■ test of its crop growing qualities. The chemist can pul- ' verize lumps and by the use of various means search out the plant food ; your crop can’t. You can take an axe, break open the box and get the corn ; your mule can’t. Don’t risk a crop failure ! Insure your peace of mind as well as your crop by using Armour’s Animal Ammoniated F ertilizers Manufactured by Armour Fertilizer Works ATLANTA, GEORGIA | SEABOARD I AIR LINE SPY. j| These arrivals and departures published only as |! ! information, and are not guaranteed. jj Schedule Effective January 3d, 1909. ij ILv. Mt. VERNON all trains daily. j! 10:28 a. m. For Helena, Abbeville, Cordele, jj Americus, Columbus, * j; 8:22 p. m. Montgomery, and all points west. |! 5:47 a. ui. For Lyous, Collins, Savannah, |! 4:53 p. m. ami all points east. Ij For further information, reservations, rates, etc., see your j| nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent, or write Jl R. H. STANSELL, A. G. F. A., - jj Savannah, .... ... Georgia. ; I Monitor and Atlanta Weekly Georgian 81.25 * o
