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RUSTING A HOLE
IN HIS POCKET
Valuable Implements Left
Scattered Around to
Decay.
There was one thing that was
forever getting on my nerves on
my nerves on this trip. I would
come to a good farm, with great
crops of corn, cotton, etc., and I
would be thinking of the hard
earned profits this farmer would
reap this year. I would see a
new cultivator, a new hay rake,
a two-row corn planter, plows, or
maybe all, scattered over the
farm, some under a tree, others
with weeds or corn grown up
around them, others in front of
the farmer’s house on the side of
the road. These implements were
rusting a mighty big hole in the
farmer’s pocket. Some farmers
never give this a thought. To
leave the implments out in the
weather is to be careless, and the
farmer is forced to pay a higher
rate of interest on his own care
lessness than the “time mer
chant” ever charges. That is
saying quite a lot, but it is true.
If one is bound to be careless and
leave implements out in the
weather, why will they advertise
the fact by leaving them along
the public highway, or in view of
it? Every man that views such
will have less respect for the
business judgment of such a far
mer. It will take only a few
hours’ time to put all implements
under shelter, the only place for
them when not in use.—Fred
Tate, in Home and Farm.
Don’ts For the Auto
Drivers, by Woods.
New York, Dec. 3.—The de
crease the number of pedestrains
killed by vehicles in the city
streets, of whom there have been
450 thus far this year, Police
Commissioner Woods today is
sued a list of “dont’s” directed
to both pedestrians and drivers.
Some of his suggestions to chauf
feurs are:
“Don’t imagine that you are a
careful driver because you shout
or toot your horn at a pedestrian
crossing in front of you.
“Don’t forget that the pedes
train also is permitted to use the
roadway.
“Don’t forget that the children
must play sometimes in the
streets. Be ready to stop in
stantly if one runs in front of
you.
“Don’t fail to slow T down at
crossings.
“Don’t race home after your
day’s work.
“Don’t fail to examine your
brakes occasionally.
“Don’t leave an automobile
unguarded so that a child can
start it.
To pedestrains the commission
er recommended:
Don’t vacillate on the approach
of a vehicle. Act normally:
Don’t forget that the proper
place to cross the street is at the
crosssing.
Don’t day-dream while cross
ing the street: you are likely to
wake up in the hospital.
Lucian Knight is Orator
At Unveiling of Tablets.
Lucien Knight, state historian,
is being heartily congratulated
on the splendid addresses he de
livered at Milledgeville, Ga.,
Wednesday, during the unveiling
of two bronze tablets by the
Nancy Hart chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution.
The tablet placed on the east
side of the old capitol building at
the main entrance bears an in
scription telling of the history of
the structure, now the Georgia
Military college. The other tab
let placed on the old executive
mansion bears the names of the
governors of the slate who re
sided within its walls when Mil
ledgeville was the state capitol.
—Atlanta Journal.
Expect Cotton Seed to
Bring More than Corn.
Lyerly, Ga., Dec. 4. —That cotton
seed will sell at a higher price
than corn within the next few
months is the prediction of some
of the prominent planters of this
section. For several days local
seed buyers have been paying 60
cents per bushel for cotton seed,
and indications are they will
bring a better price within a few
days. Corn can be bought in
large quantities at prices ranging
from 62 1-2 cents to 65 cents per
bushel, but there is not much de
mand for corn at present.
Best Thing for the South.
It is high time those writers
and magazines are called to ac
count that continue to misrepre
sent conditions in the South.
This applies particularly to
the broadcast misrepresentations
about labor conditions in our
southern cotton mills. Those
conditions are not perfect here,
any more than in Massachusetts,
or New York, or the west. It is
true also that some other things
in the South need to be bettered,
especially the matter of rural
credits. Our own ideas on this
subject have been beautifully and
forcibly expressed in his recent
letter to tde constitution by Rich
ard H. Edmonds, editor of the
Manufacturers’ Record:
If the newspapers and the peo
ple of the South would whole
heartedly and unitedly seek to
banish from this section the curse
of alcoholic drinks; if they would
in the spirit of friendly co-oper
ation, rather than of hostility
and criticism, co-operate with
manufacturers who are vigorous
ly striving to better the condition
of their employees; if they would
unitedly seek to better the con
dition of the tenant farmers of
the South and stimulate them to
better farming and to the pro
duction at home of foodstuffs,
they would accomplish infinitely
more, not only for the material,
but for the moral and spiritual
advancement of the people of the
South that has been done, and
they would make attacks upon
the South unpopular aud un
profitable—Southern Farming.
An Excellent Movement.
Governor Harris is quoted as
saying that the extraordinary
secsion of the Legislature just
closed has convinced him that
some plan ought to be devised
that will relieve the Legislature
of the necessity of handling pure
ly local legislation. He feels that
this takes up too much of the
time of the General Assembly,
when it could be just as well,
and much more advantageously
done outside of the Legislature.
Several years ago we came to
the same conclusion and time and
again we have had editorial ex
pressions on the subject. In the
House, alone, at the regular ses
sion of the Legislature, last sum
mer, seven hundred and seven
bills were introduced, many of
them, of course, purely local in
character and we cannot see the
necessity of the state’s paying
$1,500 a day—about what the
Legislature costs—for the hand
ling of local matters, when the
Superior courts could more ef
fectively and more satisfactorily
handle this question.
It is said that a bill looking to
the removing of this burden from
the shoulders of the Legislature
will be introduced next summer
and we sincerely trust that this
will be done. —Monroe Advertis
er.
Twins His Gift
On Thanksgiving.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 26.—J.
A. Moore, an iceman, was the
father of thirteen children until
yesterday forenoon. At that
time his wife broke the thirteen
hoodoo by presenting him with
twins. Mother and father are
do ng well— 3o are the twins.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915.
MANAGING THE DAIRY COW
By Dr. A. M. Souie.
Kor the next four or five months every owner of a dairy cow faces a more
or less difficult problem. With the approach of cold weather there is natu
rally a tendency for cows to diy up; at le.'.st for the milk flow to fall off
decidedly. The cost of the daily ration, however, tends to Increase because
grass furnishes the cheapest roughage possible, and naturally it is not avail
able during the winter months. Comparatively few cow owners have pro
vided for any green feed during the winter. Those who have seeded a
patch to cereals are to be commended, for they have provided their cow with
a most desirable addition to the dietary. Where patches of alfalfa or other
winter growing legumes have been established, enough green feed at least
will be available to help keep the appetite on edge and to afford a tonic from
time to time lor the system as well.
it should not be difficult to obtain an abundance of any or all of the fol
lowing forms of roughage: Cotton seed hulls, shredded corn stover, sorghum
fodder or baled sorghum hay, peavine and sorghum bay, oats and vetch bay,
Jttermud" or mixed hay, and oat straw. In a few instances there may be
some alfalfa hay on hand and, no doubt, other forms of roughage will be
found in larger or smaller quantity, but in the main the ones enumerated
must provide the greater part of the roughage fed. In many Instances these
materials have, no doubt, been stored in considerable quantities. If not,
their purchase will be in order as it will not be practical to find cheaper or
better substitutes.
Non-Legumes And Legumes
The foodstuffs mentioned fall naturally into two classes: those deficient In
protein, and those containing more protein; or in other words, the non
legumes and tlie legumes. Os course, any one who has had experience in
feeding a dairy cow knows that she must be supplied with a considerable
amount of protein. This fact lias been denu nstrated over and over again.
The analysis of milk and the fact that it is a product largely of nervous
energy show that this conclusion is right. A dairy cow should be fed as much
roughage as she will cat up clean, and it should always be presented lo her
in the most palatable form. Since she is a machine lor t lie manufacture
of milk, it is necessary in order to secure the best results that the machine
be worked to the limit and its operation facilitated. Variety in the dietary
and palatability should therefore be emphasized as strongly as possible, and
in case of all long fodders or hays, it will generally be best to run them
through a cuttingbox, thereby making them fine and easily masticated. It
will also be an advantage to wet them down with a bucketful of water in
which a couple of handfuls of salt have been dissolved. If the feed for the
following morning is prepared the night before in the manner indicated,
the hard dry fodder will have taken up the moisture, will be much softer
than it would otherwise be, and will be eaten with greater avidity and masti
cated more thoroughly. Moreover, when cut up in the manner suggested,
meal may be sprinkled over the mass and thoroughly mixed with it. This
prevents (he cow from gulping the meal down separately and (hereby en
couraging indigestion, a trouble which is very common, if the writer may
judge correctl*' front I lie correspondence which he receives. Os course,
some of tlie roughage should be fed in the dry form. It would hardly be
worth while to moisten hulls, for instance. It will be good practice to
have a rack in the yard or stable preferably where the feed can be kept
dry and in which a supply ol' long fodder of any of the varieties mentioned
may be kept, so that the cow can pick and choose what she wants of this
character of food from time to time.
Producing The Roughage
It should not be a difficult matter to provide a good variety of roughage
for a dairy cow. no matter how the owner may bo situated; but, in provid
ing the roughage, only a small part of the problem has been solved, for no
cow can produce milk economically or maintain a satisfactory How unless
the concentrated part of the ration be adequate as to character, quantity and
quality. Attention has already been directed to the necessity of supplying
a liberal amount of protein, and this point is emphasized with propriety in
those cases where no legume hay is available, as will happen In many in
stances.
Os the various concentrates available for use in the South, there is none
which can compare with cotton seed meal, because It provides a larger pro
portion of protein at a relatively lower cost than any other foodstuff on the
market. Many are now complaining of the price of cotton seed meal, saying
that it is too high to feed to dairy cows, and wondering if they can not sub
stitu e corn, bran and oats ami mixed foodstuffs to better advantage. In
this tin y are very much mistaken, as they will quickly find out if they will
secure figures on the price per ton of any of the above concentrates, ascer
tain the amount of protein each contains, and sit down with a pencil and
figure out the relative cost of protein per pound in each. While, of course,
cotton seed meal may be used as the sole concentrate, where some corn
and oats are available these may lie mixed with it. For Instance, corn and
cotton seed meal can be fed on the basis of half and half. If there is a
desire to add oats, make the ration one-third corn, one-third oats and one
third cotton seed meal. A still belter arrangement, however, is one-half cot
ton seed meal, one-quarter oats and one-quarter corn. There is no objec
tion to grinding corn, cob, shuck nnd ull together, and the oats can nlso bo
ground to advantage.
Feeding Cotton Seed Meal
Where cotton seed meal is fed alone the amount should be gauged accord
ing to the size and age of Ihe cow and the flow of milk. From Ito 0 pounds
may be fed to the average cow weighing 800 to 1,000 pounds and giving two
gallons of milk per day. As much ns 8 pounds may be fed to a particularly
large, vigorous cow giving three gallons of milk. If cotton seed meal Is com
bined with the other foodstuffs mentioned in the proportions suggested,
then the amount fed per day should be increased from 8 to 12 pounds lie
cause the use of corn and oats with cotton seed meal tends to reduce tho
per cent of digestible protein in the ration, and the other foodstuffs not
being so concentrated a larger amount must of necessity be used. There
should thus t.e no serious difficulty experienced on the part of (lie average
cow owner in providing an adequate ration for the winter months at a rea
sonable cost.
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REDUCED PRICES!
1* BEGINNING DEC. 13
Reduced prices on entire stock, including
some articles we will discontinue. Fol
lowing prices prevail through the 27th:
Calumet Making Powder, the 10 cents, size $ .07
Calumet Baking Powder, 25c size .18
Wash Bowls and Pitchers, *1.25 values .87
Stick Brooms, regular 35c values .29 ;
!l Five-gal. Pump Oil Can, filled with Oil 1.98 !
!; Regular 25c Plow Lines 22c. Charmer Coffee, 25c seller .19 i
; Ten Pounds Green Coffee, SI.OO. 18 Pounds of Rice 1.00 \
; Beautiful Enamel Ware, regular 50c values .29 ;
;! Dish Pans, the kind you pay 20c for, will sell for .16 :
| Men’s Fine Hats, $3.00 values 2.38 !
Men’s Pants, worth $1.95, $1.35. Men’s 25c Suspenders .17 !
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•! Boys’Suits, $2.95 values 2.15 ;
i! Suit Cases, worth $1.15, to go at .85 :
I Suit Cases, worth $1.75, to be handed out at 1.23
Boys’ Express Wagons, $1.75 values, sold for 1.34
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SAWMILL FOR SALE.
I offer for sale one No. 1 Mal
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