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GIRLS WILL LEARN
THE CANNING INDUSTRY
State Being Organized By
Miss Mary E. Creswell
of Athens.
If the Georgia corn club boys
don’t look out, the Georgia can-1
ning club girls are going to give
them a good, hard run for the
honors.
Miss Mary E. Creswell, who
is in charge of the girls canning
clubs for Georgia, under the co
operative management of the
State College of Agriculture at
Athens and the United States de
partment of agriculture, who was
here today making arrangements
for the exhibits of the girls, says
where there were only about 50
girls enrolled in the canning
clubs in 1911, when the work
was first begun, there are now
2,000, and the organizations are
growing in strength and num
bers every day.
Although every congressional
district is represented, the fact
that organizations of girls can
ning clubs have been perfected
in only about twenty counties
gives rise to some interesting
speculation as to their possible
extent when every county in the
state is organized.
Miss Creswell has arranged to
have the canning club exhibits
placed in that wing of the state
capitol immediately at the Wash
ington street entrance and ex
tending back to the dome.
So far eighteen counties are
represented and they will send
approximately 1,000 exhibits, av
eraging ten cans each. The
counties from which these exhib
its will come are Bartow, Gor
don, Thomas, Clarke, Paulding,
Clayton, Lowndes, Tift, Irwin,
Decatur, Grady, Macon, Ran
dolph and Terrell, a total of
eighteen, and two or three others
may enter before the corn show
is opened on December 3.
The exhibits will include
canned vegetables and fruits in
tin; canned and preserved fruits,
pickles and relishes in glass, with
a variety that will open the eyes
of many who do not know the
extent to which this work is be
ing done.
Governor-elect John M. Slaton,
on a recent visit to the Bulloch
county fair, purchased for his
pantry a large supply of canned
goods put up by members of
girls canning clubs in the First
congressional district, and it is
said some other well known
Georgians have already spoken
for some of the exhibits which
will appear at the corn show af
ter it is concluded. Many of
them have already been on dis
play at local fairs and have been
highly complimented.
A large number of the canning
club girls, particularly from the
nearby counties, will visit At
lanta during the corn show.—
Georgian.
Girls’ Canning Clubs.
There are now about 25,000
girls enrolled in the girls’ farm
clubs in twelve of the Southern
states, and work could be great
ly extended if more money were
available for instruction. It is
estimated by business men and
the Department of Agriculture
that the girls’ club work has been
worth just about $1,000,000 to
the state of Oklahoma this year.
The basis on which this estimate
is made is the fact that early in
the previous season one of the
farm demonstrators tried to find
in the city of Oklahoma some of
the sort of cans that the depart
ment is using in the girls’ club
work. He found them only in
one store, and that was a lot
that had been shipped by mis
take. During the past season
150,000,000 of these cans were
shipped into the state and in
Oklahoma City 11,000,000 were
sold.
Bring me your eggs and chick
ens. Cash prices.
J. C. Brewton
8.-P. Institute.
The Kind of Cows to Buy.
It is not difficult to find men,:
even in the most prosperous
dairy communities, who do not
believe that dairying pays. They
have tried it and failed. . Some
" have purchased good stock, but
I poor management or false econo
my in housing or feeding pre
vented them from getting the re-;
suits they expected, but by far;
the largest number of these ani
i mals that are not adapted to:
dairying.
Those w T ho purchase a few
cows when the price of butter- i
fat is high and sell them off
when the price goes down nat- j
urally have a rather poor opinion
of the dairy business. To obtain .
the best results it is essential |
that that the animals purchased
for the dairy should be of the
strict dairy type, and be made a
permanent part of the farm live
stock. Those who purchase cows
with the intention of milking
them but a short time and then |
selling them when the price of
butter-fat drops or when the ani
mal goes dry naturally look more
for beef producers rather than
milk producers. It is impossible
to build up a good dairy herd by
this method.
Dual purpose animals may be
jsed in some localities to good
advantage, but to get the best
results one of the special dairy
breeds should be used. This does
not mean that only thoroughbred
animals should be used, but ani
mals that are bred for milk pro
duction. A good dairy cow should
produce enough butter-fat in her
best days -that the value of the
beef may be of secondary im
portance, if not entirely ignored.
A person purchasing an imple
ment considers first how much
service he can get out of it and
not its value as scrap iron when
worn out. Those who purchase
dairy cows should consider how
much butter-fat she will produce
and not the value of her hide and
carcass. —E. A. Markham, Idaho
Experiment Station.
Civil War Shells in Trees.
The last battle of the Civil war
of any importance was that in
April, 1865, at Bentonville, John
ston county, twenty-five miles
from Raleigh, N. C. To this day
many trees of large size, notably
the pines, show the effect of can
non fire and in some cases of the
extremely hot musketry fire.
Albert Ross, a farmer, recently
cut some timber and burned the
badly shaped portions. There
was a series of explosions and
the workmen fled. Shells em
bedded in the wood had exploded
and fragments were hurled in all
directions.
For years sawmill men have
been very careful about handling
the timber from this section, be
cause saws have been almost
ruined by striking embedded bul
lets.
General Sherman declared that
at Bentonville he received the
greatest setback on his famous
march through Georgia and the
Carolinas.
Quite the Thing.
“I told you that if you came
tomorrow morning I would give
you the money for my wash.
Why did you come tonight?”
I said Miss Philis to the daughter
of her laundress.
‘‘l know you said tomorrow
morninin’,” responded the girl,
j but me mother she told me to
come tonight, cause she was
afraid you might be gone away j
by tomorrow mornin’.”
‘‘l certainly should not go with
out paying my laundry bill,” said:
Miss Philis sharply. ‘‘No res
pectable woman would do such a j
: thing.”
‘‘Oh, yes, maam, they would,”
replied the child knowingly.
‘‘There’s lots of respectable la
dies does.”
Church Pews for Sale.
The pews in the Mt. Vernon
Methodist church are for sale at
a reasonable rate. In good con
j dition. Call at Mt. Vernon Bank.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITQR-THPRSDAV, NOV. 21, 19i2.
The Ideal One-Horse Farm.
Guided by the yields reported
from several counties this fall, i
following a notably unfavorable 1
growing season, the ideal one
horse farm for South Georgia t
should contain about five acres.
If it is desired to sow grain and
forage crops, five additional acres j
| would be needed. The five acres j
for cultivation could be divided
about as follows, with the yields
estimated: Corn, two acres,'
yield 200 bushels; cotton, two
acres, yield four bales; sweet po
tatoes, one-fourth acre, yield 100
bushels; sugar cane, one-fourth
acre, yield 250 gallons of syrup:
; wheat, one-half acre, yield twelve
: bushels.
All of the yields given have
been exceeded this year and
there appears no gv:od reason
why they should not become the ;
average instead of the excep- j
tions. Estimating from that
basis, the five acres would afford 1
|
| plenty to maintain the average |
family in comfort and furnish j
feed for the farm animals, leav- ,
ing a surplus, besides the cotton,
to sell. The half-acre for wheat
could be deyoted with profit to
truck if a market was close by,
and with the potatoes could be
raised watermelons for family
use and for sale, and with the
corn a fall crop of peanuts for
fattening the year’s supply of
pork.
Five acres for oats would be a
valuable addition to the farm but
not a necessary one. The oats
could be followed by peas, hay or
sweet potatoes and the forage
would command cash or be valu
able winter stock feed. It has
I not been many years since forty
acres was considered the mini
mum for a one-horse farm. Then
ten bhshels of corn to the acre :
and a bale of cotton to four acres
were considered a good average 1
crop. But we have progressed. 1
The smaller acreage-can be made 1
to yield more than the big acre- 1
age, with less fertilizer and less !
work. Georgia farmers are 1
learning that it is not necessary :
to be land poor in order to make
a good living.—Savannah News. 1
Around the World.
A St. Louis man made $54,000
as a rag picker.
Very few American families
spend less than $l5O a year on
meat, and milk and butter cost
the average family at least $75 a
year.
In 1907 the average outlay for
food per each American family
was $357, while ten years before
it was a trifle less than S3OO. At
the present time this figure has
reached $4lO.
Since bread is the staff of life,
and bread to the Americans means l
wheat almost exclusively, it is j
perhaps not surprising that we |
consumed pproximately 567,000,-
000 bushels of wheat last year.
With the completion of the
Panama Canal, Japanese steam
ships will probably, for the first;
time, ply on the Alantic seaboard,
particularly in connection with
the extensive raw-cotton freight
traffic.
All our coffee must be purchas
ed outside of this country, but
this does not deter the American
public from using 870,000,000 j
pounds of it every year, or nine!
and one-quarter pounds for each 1
man, woman and child in the
country.
Os the 523,000 public school;
teachers the United States, morej
than four-fifths are women.
Dwelling for Sale.
Intending to move away, I ;
i wish to sell you my home place j
|in town. Good-sized lot, conve-j
; niently situated, on principal
street of the town. Rather sor- 1
ry dwelling, but a nice place to
:build a new one on. Good-sized;
| garden spot, poultry yard and a;
: well-stocked Fish Bait bed in
back yard. This ought to appeal
to you. Literal terms. See me.
10-23-12 W. M. Lewis,
ad Mt. Vernon, Ga.
THE GEORGIA VOTE j
IN LATE ELECTION
I
All Constitutional Amend
ments Ratified By a
Large Vote.
Consolidated returns from ev
i
! ery county in Georgia for the
national election on the sth inst.
have been received in Atlanta.
They show that 121,533 votes
were cast, the number beingjust
11,183 less than in 1908. And
although less votes were cast
than in 1908, the Democratic
majority is far greater this year
than in 1908, being 64,309 while
in the election of 1908 it was
only 13,031.
Hon. A. Hardy Ulm, executive
secretary to Governor Brown,
completed the consolidation on
| Wednesday of last week. The
three constitutional amendments
1 voted on were ratified by large
majorities.
The vote for the amendment
creating Wheeler county stood
68,627 with 13,003 against.
The vote for congressman of
the new Twelfth District gave
Hon. Dudley M. Hughes a total
of 7,791.
Wants Brantley in
Wilson’s Cabinet.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 13. — A
movement is on foot by people of
this city, which no doubt will be
given - hearty approval by the en
tire Eleventh district, to use
Congressman W. G. Brantley’s
name in connection with the for
mation of President-elect Wil
son’s cabinet. Mr. Brantley’s
name has already been suggested
for the secretaryship of commerce
and labor owing to his successful
handling of matters pertaining to
commerce, navigation and the
cause of later and as a member
of the Workmen’s Compensation
Commission during his congres
sional career which comes to a
close with the expiration of his
present term, next March.
It is the intention of those
championing the movement to
have the Brunswick Board of
Trade and commercial bodies of
Georgia get busy immediately
and recommend to Mr. Wilson
the name‘of Congressman Brant
ley.
Whether Mr. Brantley will
consent to having his name used
in connection with the formation
of the next President's cabinet
is not known at this time. When
he stated last spring that he
would not seek re-election as con
gressman from his district, he
also said he was tired of public
life and would retire for good.
But whether he will be influenced
by his friends to consent to en
ter official life again is now mere
ly a matter of conjecture, as
knowledge of the movement has
yet to reach him.
Rounds Tax Collector.
SECOND ROUND
Monday, Nov. 18. Landsburg 9,
to 10 a. m.
Glenwood, 10:30 to 1 p. m.
Alamo, 1:30 to 4 p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 19. Erick 8:30 to j
10:30 a. m.
Spring Hill, 11:30 to 12:30.
McArthur, 2:30 to 4 p. m.
Thursday, Nov. 21. Charlotte,
9 to 9:30 a. m.
Uvalda, 10 to 12 a. m.
Alston, 12:30 to 1:30 p. m.
Higgston, 3 to 4 p. m.
Friday, Nov. 22. Lothair, 9 to
10 a. m.
Orland, 10:30 to 11:30 a. m.
Soperton, 12:30 to 4 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 23. Tiger, 9 to
10 a. m.
Kibbee, 10:30 to 11:30.
Tarrytown, Saturday evening.
Mount Vernon the whole week of
court which is the 3rd Monday in
December.
D. F. Warnock, T. C.
Seed Oats For Sale.
Rust-proof Appier Seed Oats,
1 to 25 bushels, 85c per bu.; 25
to 100 bushels, 80c per bu., f. o. b.
Uvalda. Peter Johnson,
Uvalda, Ga.
fj "Oculnm” “Oculnin” “Oculum” |
I *§ 's 1
{ | Eggs Going Higher! | J
| Eggs this winter will he higher than ever. jjf
| » Even you have only ten hens, get a bottle of
“Oculum” and put them in shape and get 25
j | per cent, more eggs. At your dealers or by
jfj mail, 50 cents and 11.00 per bottle. *
| .. |
I *|
v* “Oculum” is a Guaranteed Cure and a %
IS ~ f-:
II c Preventative of p p
1 = COOLERA, ROUPE, WHITE DIARRHEA, SORE f 1
1 © HEAD, GAPES ANU CANKER 9 I
S'* "* S
in Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks. Inoculate &
your poultry and keep them well. Forsale by
Mt,. Vernon Drug Co. Mt. Vernon, Ga. %
W. J. & T. A. Peterson, Ailey, Ga.
| W. J. Cameron, Druggist, Glenwood, Ga.
I Alamo Drug Co., Alamo, Ga. 1
Ig a P
|| J. R. WILLCOX | |
| Q SAVANNAH, GA. Q if
| * Agent for the State of Georgia 5 §
| “Oculum” “Oculum” “Oculum” |
MACON, DUBLIN & SAVANNAH RY.
Schedule Effective Oct. 22, 1011.
si LION'S No. 19 No. 17
A. M. P. M A. M I’. M.
700 I OU Leave on Arrive II 25 1 28
714 414 Swift Creek 11 12 #5 27
7 251 4 2ft Dry It ranch 11 08 404
727 427 At In nf in 10 50 400
7 511 481 Pike’s Peak 10 56 866
789 480 FiUpatrick 10 48 849
744 444 Ripley 10 48 844
756 456 Jeffersonville 10 81 882
806 506 Gnllenmre 10 19 821
8 16 5 16 D invillf 10 09 8 11
8 21 5 21 Allentown 10 04 8 06
8 81 5 81 Mont men 9 54 2 56
842 542 Dudley 948 245
8 48 5 48 Shewmake 9 87 2 89
8 64 5 51 Moore 9 80 2 82
910 6in Ar. Lv. 915 217
Dublin
915 615 Lv. Ar. 910 212
917 617 SMI) &S J 908 210
9 21 6 21 N M D &■ S J 9 04 2 06
9 81 6 81 Cn Min 854 1 56
941 641 Minter 848 146
951 661 Rock ledge 881 188
956 656 Orlsuid 826 127 ,
10 11 711 Hopei ton 810 112
10 22 722 Tarry town 758 100
10 80 780 Kibbnn 76012 52
10 45 745 Viduiin 7.85 12 87
CONNECTIONS:
At Dublin with the Wrighfsville iV Tennille and the Dublin & South
western for Eastman and Tennille and intermediate points
At, Macon with .Southern Hallway from and to O’inclmiatti, Chattanooga,
Home liirmiiigliam, Atlanta and intermediate points. Also the Central of
Georgia Railway, G. S. Ar, E. liailwe , Macon and Birmingham Railway
and Georgia Hailfoad.
At ltockledgewil.fi the Milieu and Southwestern for Wad ley and in
termediate points.
At Vidalia with the Seaboard Air Dine for Savannah and intermediate
points, and with the Milieu and Soul liwestuin for Millen, Stillmore and in
termediate points.
J A STRICYKR, G. P. A., Macon, Gu.
MONEY! MOdEY! MONEY!
Plenty of Money to Lend
i:
jj On Improved Farms at Six per Cent. Interest- Any Amount jj:
\ From SBOO Up. lie-payment, Allowed Any Time. Prompt jj;
j i Service and Courteous Treatment. jj:
| HAMP BURCH,
l Melt AII, GEORGIA. |
gtto£So3eSsoossSsSSSs VAX?.' ‘* ‘■.'A-,','.',',',', H
Brick! Brick!j
Plenty on Hand fur Prompt
| Shipment. Standard Grades and Low jj;
j j Vices Prevail. Write for Prices.
I QOOi IBRICK YARD
J. A. McBRIDE, Proprietor jj;
Mt. Vernon, Ga. |
