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GREAT VALUE IN OATS
AND EASY TO MAKE
Most Profitable Grain Crop
Because Os Little Cost
To Make.
The value of the oat crop is
not usually recognized by South
ern farmers, says W. R. Smith,
Farm Demonstrator. It ranks
fifth in value of the field crops
and third in value of the grain
crops.
It may be asked why so valu
able a crop has been so long neg
lected in the South. The follow
ing may be given as some of the
reasons:
1. In the early days the idea
prevailed that oats were not
adapted to Southern lands.
2. Newly cleared lands hav
ing stumps made it easier to
handle corn and other crops.
3. The custom of feeding farm
stock corn only as the grain ra
tion became fixed and hard to
change.
4. Harvesting in the old way
by grain cradle was slow and
laborious.
It has been fully demonstrated
that most of the land is well
adapted to oats. Much of it has
also been cleared of stumps so all
the improved planting and har
vesting machinery may be used
successfully.
The old idea that corn was the
best grain for stock has been
overcome and it is now conceded
that oats is much better food for
all young animals and lor work
stock during summer months.
The following may be cited as
some of the reasons for growing
oats on the Southern farm:
1. Oats on similar soils will
produce as many pounds of grain
as corn.
2. Oats require less labor to
grow and harvest than corn.
3. Oats furnish the best grain
for young stock and for work
animals during the summer
months.
4. Nearly all soils in the South
are adapted to oats.
5. Fall sown oats is one of the
surest grain crops.
6. Oats may be followed by a
soil improving crop such as cow
peas or soy beans.
7. Makes a good substitute
for cotton as a money crop.
8. Fits well in a systematic
crop rotation.
9. Affords a better distribu
tion of the labor of hands and
teams throughout the growth.
10. Helps to solve the labor
problem.
The land should be well broken
several weeks before seeding, if
practical, in order to allow set
tling of the soil. The surface
should be thoroughly prepared
by disc and section harrows be
fore seeding.
At time of seeding apply from
200 to 300 pounds of acid phos
phate per acre. About March 1,
or when oats begin to “boot" or
joint, broadcast 100 pounds of
nitrate of soda per acre. Follow
with section harrow with teeth
well slanting to prevent uproot
ing plants.
It seldom pays to plant any
but fall oats in the South. The
time of planting ranges between
Sept. 20 and Nov. 15. The most
satisfactory results have been
obtained from October seeding.
Red Rust Proof or related varie
ties, such as Appier and Culber
son, constitute the best general
purpose oats for the South. It is
better to procure native grown
seed, as these will be acclimated
and practically rust proof.
The best results have been ob
tained by planting with grain
drill. If grain drill is not avail
able, the seed may be sown
broadcast by hand and covered
with plow or disc harrow.
For the northern portion of the
cotton belt the open furrow sys
tem of planting may be safest.
This is done by opening drills
with shovel plow eighteen to
twenty inches apart, sowing the
seed in this furrow and covering
lightly.
The quantity of seed should be
Some Pumpkin
and Some Corn.
Theodore H. Price, the well
known cotton man tells his story
about a farmer in Texas: He
showed me an unusually large
pumpkin the other day and ex
plained that it would have grown
much larger except for a peculi
arity of the soil. When I asked
for an explanation, he informed
me that the pumpkin vines grow
so fast there they drag the pump
kins along the ground so rapidly
that their complete development
is prevented.
But a Cartersville man tells
one equal to it. An old farmer
came to town with a long face
and announced that he had lost
his entire cornfield bean crop.
As this is a serious loss to a Geor
gia farmer and his family, he
was asked how the calamity oc
curred. The old fellow replied
that his land was so rich and his
corn so vigorous that it grew so
fast it pulled all the beans up by
the roots.
Too Fast.
“I don’t believe in forcing
schools for children,” said Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson at a din
ner at Trenton. “A child that
knows at four as much as ordi
narily it would know at eight is,
to r mind, about as tasteful an
obj< tas Calhoun Clay’s watch.
“ ‘Tr .i’s a fine watch you’ve
go: m Calhoun, said a friend.
‘ls it a good goer?’
A ,-.t goer?’ said Calhoun
Cla you bet your life
it’s a good goer. Why, it can
do an hour in half the time!’
Milwaukee News.
To Start a Canning Factory.
The Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad officials, and es
pecially the industrial depart
ment, are enthusiastic over the
outlook for a large canning fac
tory at Fruitland, Ga.
Work on the factory will begin
on the fifth of October and it will
be pushed to completion as rapid
ly as possible. Sweet potatoes,
vegetables of all kinds and syrup
are to be canned. The promoters
of the enterprise are men of ex
perience and the railroad officials
are going to try to get the farm
ers down that way to plant plen
ty of cane and other products for
use in the cannery.
It is believed that the canning
factory will prove a good paying
investment and that it will also
encourage the growing of vege
tables and truck. —Valdosta
Times.
The State College
Has Good Attendance.
Athens, Ga., September 28. —
Thirty-three per cent more stu
dents have enrolled in the long
courses of agriculture at the
Georgia State College of Agricul
ture up to this time than were
registered last year up to a simil
ar date. The increase is remark
able considering that this is a
short crop year for Georgia, and
certainly evidence an appreciation
of the college by the farmers of
the state. Every part of the
state is well represented in the
i attendance.
When the present college build-
I ing was erected some would have
j it that the building was too large
but already the class rooms and
laboratories are overcrowded,
j President Soule states, however,
that provision can be made for
a limited number more of agri
i cultural students. Inquiries be
ing i r eived indicate that others
| are going to enroll.
lab' it - '.rue for any of the
. is. From two to
two a; i one-half bushels seed
per acre uave given the best re
turns.
For further information send
for the following bulletins:
United States Department of
Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletin
i No. 436.
Alabama Experiment Station
Bulletin No. 127.
Georgia Experiment Station
Bulletins No. 44 and 72.
THE MONTGOMERY MOXITOR-TIUIRSDAV, OCT. 3, 1012.
SUCCESSFUL MEN GET
TO WORK EARLY
Atlanta Men Who Caught
Habit of Early Rising
On The Farm.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28.—Atlan
ta’s mature millionaires and mid
dle-aged business men who have
risen to positions of leadership in
the communinty attribute their
success in a good many instances
to a life-long habit of early sising
acquired on the old farm.
It is positively amazing how
main, of the big men in Atlanta,
bank presidents, noted lawyers,
real estate magnates and finan
ciers, get down to their desks
every morning, year in and year
out, earlier than their clerks and
stenograpers.
Instead of rolling down be
tween 9 and 10 o’clock in their
limousines, you can see a long
precession of the best known fi
nancial figures in Atlanta hiking
it along about 7:30 o’clock every
morning to work.
The procession is usually headed
by Forrest Adair, who is never
at his desk later than 7:45. Close
in behind him comes Asa G. Can
dler, who works as hard as any
of the SSO a month clerks and
stenographers in his big building.
Pretty soon rolls along Col. W. L.
Peel, white haired but active as a
boy, president of a big bank,
president of the Music Festival
Association and leading spirit in
a lot of other enterprises. Luther
Z. Rosser, one of Atlanta’s really
big lawyers, recognized heavy
weight of the Georgia bar, is in
such a hurry to get to his work
every morning that he sometime*
forgets his necktie. Alex W.
King and Jack J. Spalding, both
names to conjure with work a
longer twelve-hour day than any
struggling young lawyer of the
whole local bar. Dick Gray and
Clark Howell make a habit of
getting down town as early as
any of their reporters. The list
could be strung out with dozens
of other names almost as equally
well known.
A Freak Pig.
Will Davis, a colored citizen of
this county, claims to possess a
pig that, from his description, we
judge excels anything in the way
of a freak of nature that has
been seen in this section for a
long while.
This pig, Will says, has only j
one eye, which is right in the
center of the forehead, and has a
snout one and one-half inches
long, resembling in form that of
an elephant; it has two natural
pig’s feet and two with nails re
sembling the finger-nails of a
child; has no hair except it’s
eye-brows, and its skin is per
fectly white; was born on June
11th, and had five teeth at birth.
Fine Chickens.
A few choice thorough-bred
R. I. Red and Barred Rock cocke
rels for sale. Belmont strain,
Mrs. W. A. Peterson,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Church Pews for Sale.
The pews in the Mt. Vernon
Methodist church are for sale at
a reasonable rate. In good con
dition. Call atMt. Vernon Bank.
SEED PEAS.
We have a limited number of
bushels of first class Peas. Clay :,
Unknowns, Straight Running
j Speckles, Running Speckles mix
led with Clays, Straight Un
knowns, which we will deliver
for the next 20 days at the f<>:
lowing prices:
| Choice Clays,
Unknowns, 2.85
Straight Running Speckles, 2.70
Rnn’gSpkls mixd wth C1ay5,2.75
A few damaged Running Spec
les at $2.50
If you want good stock serxl
us your orders, think that pric
will be higher. Peas on hand un
til August.
H. n. Franklin,
TENNILLE, GA.
I YOUR TRADE
? ®
Is always appreciated, whether
| large or small. See me for |j
SPRING AND SUMMER 1
| Honest Goods, Honest Weights and Honest Measures, i
g Courteous treatment for long years has marked my business, p
| What you need in
j DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, GROCERIES
AND FARM TOOLS i
| will be Sold at Live and Let-Live Prices. 1
j WARRANTED NEW HOME SEWING MACHINES, M’CORMICK I
| MQWERS, REAPERS AND BINDERS, HARROWS 1
I AND CULTIVATORS ARE SPECIALTIES WITH ME. f
W. H. McQueen J
| (The Old-Line Merchant, With “the Goods”) |
j Mt. Vernon, Ga. 1
Immzmmxssmw
A PROCLAMATION.
Submitting' a proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, to be voted on
at. the general State election to
be held on Wednesday, October
2, 1912, said amendment relating
to the making of tax returns t<
the Comptroller-General. By Hi:
Excellency, Joseph M. Brown,
Governor.
State of Georgia, Executive Department.
Atlanta, July 21), 1912.
Whereas, the General Assembly at its session in
1911 proposed an amendment to the Constitution ol
this State as set fourth in an Act approved Aup
uet 19, 1911, to-wit:
An Act proposing to amend the Constitution < .
Georgia by adding to second Section of the seven! it
Article of said Constitution a new Paragraph for
requiring certain tax returns to be made to tin
Comptroller-General on or before the first day of
March of each year, and for requiring the tax
arising on such returns to be paid on or before Un
iat day of September, end to authorize the Gem
al Assembly to pass such laws as may be necessary
and proper for carrying out said provisions.
Section 1. lie it enacted by the General As
sernbly, That it shall la? and is hereby proposed to
amend the Constitution of Georgia, by adding to %
the second section of the seventh Article a new
Paragraph to l>e known as Paragraph six, as f<>\
lows: “All persons or classes of persons who
were, by laws of force January Ist, 1911, requir ed
to make returns for taxation to the Comptroller
General, and all who rnay hereafter be so required,
shall, on or before the first day of March of ea< h
year, make such returns as of date of January Ist
of that year, and shall pay the taxes arising on
such returns in favor of the State on or before the
firs! of September of the same year, anything
heretofore contained in the Constitution or laws «»f
Georgia to the contrary notwithstanding. '\ '<e
laws of force on said date governing such returns
and payments, and the collection and enforccmen
thereof ohall remain of force as applicable to tie.
returns and payments herein required until the
same shall be changed by law. The* General As
sembly shall have jxwer to make or alter all law ■*
t hat may be necessary or proper for enforcing the
provisions of thi Paragraph.
Hkg. 2. He it furt her enacted, I bat whenever
the above proposed amendment to t be Omfttitm ion
shall lx; agreed to by two-thirds of the memo* ,
elecled to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, and the same has been entered upon
their Journals, with the ayes and nays ta’.*n
thereon, the Governor shall cause said amend
rnent to be published in at least two riewspap
in each Congressional District in thin State for- he
period of two months next proceeding the tim<
holding the next general election.
Heg. iS. Be it further enacted. That the pro
pox;<l amendment shall be submitted for iatili< a
tion or rejection to the electors o^thisState at. s he
next general election to be held after the publi- a
tion as provider! in the second Section of this At
in the acveral election districts of this State, ;<x
which election every pernon shall be qualified
vote who is entitle! to vote for members of th<
General Assembly. All persons voting* at u h
election in favor of adopting the proposed amend
rnent to the Constitution shall have written m
printed on their ballots the words “For amend
merit to the Constitution requiring tax returns o
the Comptroller-General to tx- paid on or befor*
September Ist of earrh year," and all persons op
I#os<sri to the adoption of said amend merit, shall
have written or printed on their ballots the wool
“Against amendment to the Constitution ro<p.
ir.g tax returns to the Comtroller-Cieneral to »m
paid on or before September Ist of each year. -
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws-'
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and th«
same are, hereby repealed.
Now. therefore, \, Joseph M Brown, Governor
of said State, do issue this my proclamation her*
by declaring that the foregoing proposed amend -
rnent to the Constitution is submitted for ratifica
tion or rejection to the voters of the State quici
tied to vote for members of the ( General Assn-m 1
at the general election to be held on Wednesday,
October 2, 1912.
By the Governor: Johkph M. Brown,
I'hill.ip Cook, Secretary of State.
M. B. CALHOUN,
Atty ut ..aw,
Mt Vernon, Georgia-.
The BANK OF SOPERTON
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Paid in Capital Stock, $25,000.00
Surplus and undivided
I profits $6,500.00
| Total resources over $100,000.00
|. General Bunking Business Conducted, Accounts Solicited.
I Interest on Time Deposits
OFFICERS:
N. L. Oilliß, President. J. B. O’Conner, Vice-President.
J. E. Hull, Cashier. I. H. Hall, Asst. Cashier
DIRECTORS:
N. L. Oillis, M B. Oillis, J. J. O’Conner, W. C. Futrill, :
W. 1). Martin, W. 11. Fowler, J. E. Hall.
SOPERTON, GEORGIA.
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