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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1915)
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. For Long Term Farm Figs for Sale. Loans, Fine blooded stock; cross be ___ . _ ; tween the Big Bone Guinea and SEE A. B. HUTCHESON. Tam worth; $lO per pair. See or I am negotiating some very j Adams & Son,^ attractive Long Term Farm Loans i Vernon, (.a. for the best companies doing bus- | iness in Georgia, witli lowest rates ' of interest and the most liberal \#r n /<i> i\j terms of payments ’’ • A* I jix, I have several years experience ... , ... ~ in the loan business, am located lilucksmitU & Repair at the county site and believe that I am in position to give you the WOFKS, best terms and as prompt services as any one. ALSTON, GEORGIA. If vou need a loan see me before .. „ ... , application. AII C1 “ 88H8 ot K ‘ P“ ir Work Wolk A. B. Hutcheson, Quickly and Correctly Done Mt. Vernon, Ga. 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