The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, April 13, 1916, Image 6
®©:©'©•©•©•©: © ©; —— ©; I LOCAL - PERSONAL § W ft (©: ®'.g.® .©. ;© © ©:©©'©. &&&:&&(<& © Miss Annella Cook and Mr. Carl Adams have returned from Lumber City, where they repre sented the Mt. Vernon Epworth League in the District League Convention. Hon. R. A. Smith, the genial and able representative of Toombs county, in the legislature, was attending to business here Satur day. Regardless of the frost here Monday morning, several boys were out after the little red-eyes and warmouth perch, and caused the untimely death of several from the size of your thumb nail up to two inches in length. LOTS F'OK SALE-Four de sirable building lots in the town of Alston for sale on easy terms. W. F. McAllister, Mt. Vernon. Miss Willifred Sutton of At lanta is here on a visit to her sis ter, Mrs. Thomas J. Mcßae. Mr. George Pritchett of Reids ville, formerly of Dublin, passed through here Tuesday en route home. Miss Belle McLeod and Mr. Jack Crawford of Vidalia were here Sunday, guests of Miss Iris Simpson. Fresh Meats, the choicest, can be found at O. 11. Morrison’s. i I)r. A. L. Hirleman, in charge of the moving picture exhibition of the State College of Agricul ture, was a caller at this office Tuesday. Miss Vera Wright and Mrs. Drew, who have been spending some time with Mr. and Mrs: 11. J. Wright here, left Sunday to visit points in Florida before re turning to their home in Massa chusetts. Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers By Prof. R. J. H. De Loach, Director of Georgia Experiment Station. 2. INTELLIGENT USE OF FERTILIZERS IN GERMANY. The Second of a Series of Six Articles. All state Institutions have fostered the fertilizer trade since its origin In the early fifties Statu organizations of all kinds have taken a lively part in the building up of the trade, and in later years the status have taken It for granted that the trade is profitable to farmers and merchants alike, and have therefore framed laws to regulate its manufacture and sale. In every state where fertilizer is sold in appreciable quantities laws have been passed exacting certain requirements of the manufacturer, as to analyses, grades, etc. Resides tin* trade, over-ambitious, might forget its obligation to the consumer and offer for sale inferior material under the name of fer tilizers. We may say without fear of successful contradiction that the states themselves are largely responsible for tho rise and volume of the fertilizer trade. It has long been recognized that Germany leads the world in many lines of science. This is perhaps true In regard to the use of fertilizers in • arly years. Germany discovered that mineral salts applied to growing crops increased the yields immensely, and gave time and study to the under lying causes, and ha - suggested to the other parts of the world many valu able lessons on Iter findings. Von Liebig, through his studies and lec tures on modern agriculture, lias made known much of the work of Germany In the early history of the use of commercial fertilizers. Liebig says that Kuhlman, a German agricultural scientist, applied aalammontac to a meadow In the years IN4f> and ISlti. and found that on a hectare tacres) he gatli cred 8,140 pounds of buy more than on the same kind of meadow where he did not use the salattimoniae. lie secured this result by using about -Oh ] pounds of salamntoniac to the acre. In commenting upon this Von Liebig has the following to say: “It is | quite certain, that in the action of the guano, which produced the crop next highest after the t'ltili -■altpetcr, an unmistakable part was played by the ammonia contained in it tin the other hand, however, the experiments with eiirboua e and nitrate of ammonia show that a quantity of ammonia, or nitrogen, equivalent to that in 110 pounds of guano and employed under the same conditions, was almost without effect." Fertilizer Experiments In Germany. A little further along he says: “The most recent observations on the comportment of the soil towards the food of plants show how slight is the knowledge we ;•< . e s of their mode of nourishment, and of the pan which the soil, by its physical condition, plays in it. The comportment of the salts of ammonia, of chloride of sodium, and of nitrate of soda, towards the earthly plu plflites in the soil, may perhaps assist us In throwing some light on their action, or one of their actions, on the growth of plants.’ J This statement was made because it was always found that when common j salt was added to certain mineral manures, greater yield was obtained, and Von Liebig came to the conclusion that this was due to the relation of this added material to the liberation of potash In the soils. Only a short time after the war between the states the German pot ash beds were discovered and by rapid leaps and bounds this material gained In favor with planters as well a-, experimenters. The necessity for find ing a combination to liberate the potash in the soils was now removed and thorough satisfaction was found in the use of the nitrate of soda and I the potash -alts, and lu re the industiy stood for a long time. Liebig does claim, however, that Tril-.tstc phosphate of lime crept into the formula and was found efficient This fact is very significant and happened to be dis- ! covered by a constant stud) of the use of the nitrate of soda and potash salts. Liebig thought that these two plant food materials had the power | of dissolving phosphoric acid in the form of earthly phosphates, and these in turn added gieatly to the yield of farm crops. Germany’s C-op Yields Greater Than Other Nations. We have here hints of what afterwards really developed to be facts -namely that he three gteat elements of plant food that should be applied to the sod l>r x<hhl crop vie'ls are phosphoric acid, ammonia and potash For many years these three elements have been the essential elements of plant food in a fertilizer formula. Today Germany applies more mineral salts per acre to her crops than any other nation in tho world, and partly as a consequence gets higher yields of farm crops than any other nation It is significant that these two facts are so closely related, but it must be remembered that Germany has learned the lesson of good tillage—deep plowing, the proper use of vegetable matter In the soil, and the dangerous practice of continuous cropping with any single crop. It is also to be remembered that the lands on which the most money can be cleared without any kinds of fertilizers are the laud* that will give greatest profits with fertilizers. Hon Tom Eason of Mcßae was i a visitor here Tuesday morning. Mrs. C. E. Cook left Tuesday 1 morning for a visit to Blackshear and Waycross. Col. Girard Cohen, a prominent * young attorney of Savannah, was ’ a visitor here Saturday. Mrs. Claude Wright and Miss Jeddie Cockfield spent Sunday last in Mcßae. t Corn club boys who propose to compete for the valuable f rizes offered this year by the M. D. & S. railroad should not forget to make application to Mr. W. B. Alford, Macon, Ga., and have their names properly entered. If you do not feel inclined to lift up your voice in song, >ou may enjoy hearing others sing. And next Saturday and Sunday is the time, and Ailey the place for the big meet of the Montgom ery County Singing Convention. Fancy Groceries that measure up to the highest standard of purity and freshness. O. H. Morrison, Mt. Vernon. Mr. Thomas Morris of Higgs ton was a visitor here yesterday. Mesdames J. L. Carmichael and Wm. Holder and Mr. Geo. Sumner and Mr. Stratman of Swainsboro came down yester day to attend the Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Priest of Higgston were visitors to Mt. Vernon Tuesday. Mrs. Helen Daniels of near Longhond. is here attending the Presbytery. She is stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Howell Mc- Lemore. Mt. Vernon feels highly com plimented bv the coming within her gatesjthis week of such a fine body of Christian gentlemen as compose the Savannah Presby* I tery. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1916 I Peanuts For Oil And For Swine j John R. Fain, Professor Os Agronomy. Georgia State College Os Agriculture. That there is now at least a limited opportunity in the production of pea nuts for oil for those who are not in a position to graze the peanuts ofr with hogs, is unquestioned. This will certain last as long as present mar ket conditions in oil prevail. If the producer of peanuts can con tract ahead for 75 cents per bushel or above, he can figure a profit of some- ! thing like 16 cents per bushel based on 40 bushels per acre at average cost of production, if contracts can not. be made ahead for a definite price,- wherever possible, the farmer should lie in a position to graze the nuts off wilh hogs, in case the price of nuts ; at harvest time, does not make it prof- S Itahle to put them on the market. Estimates for the profitable produc- j tion of pork can be based on 200 pounds of pork per acre. There are a good many reports of as much as 1, 000 pounds of pork per acre on pea nuts, hut 200 pounds can safely be taken as the minimum. If 600 to SOO pounds of pork can he obtained it will give a larger profit than peanuts at 75 cents sold to the oil mill. One of the main differences between grazing hogs and selling nuts to the mill is the maintenance of tiie fertil ity of the land. Tills is a most im portant factor and it should he clear ly kept, in mind that where hay and nuts are all removed the land will de preciate in crop-producing power. Where the hogs graze I lie peanuts the land should increase in crop-producing power. » Livestock Campaign Quits Successful Milton P. Jarnagin, Professor Os A.ni mal Husbandry, Georg a State College Os Agriculture. The campaign for more and bet ter livestock which lias been conduct ed in Georgia by Ihe College of Agri culture in co-operation with the rail roads, proved as great a success as could be hoped for. Practically the whole state was included in the itin erary, every line of railroad being used. About 175 stops were made by tiie exhibit cars, the arrangement be ing to make two stops a day. About 175,000 people visiteii the exhibits and heard the speeches made by the ex perts accompanying the exhibits. All those who saw tlie exhibits know more today about what pure bred live stock is, what different breeds ate and their adaptability to local condi tions than they ever knew before. Un questionably many have been led to desire pure-bred animals and many have already determined to have such types of animals as their foundation for breeding. The ultimate outcome of the campaign, therefore, will he a large contribution to tiie improve ment of livestock, the influence of which will continue indefinitely as the | effect of better breeds develops from year to year. This campaign would have been im possible without (he assistance of the railroads. They joined most heartily in the undertaking. The exhibits of homegrown feeds added conclusive arguments in favor of the livestock industry in Georgia. In fact, the conclusion which the cam paign enforced with no room left for doubt, is that Georgia affords splen did opportunities for livestock grow ing. Farmers CauiiortEt! About Phosphate-Lime Fertilizers W. A. Worsham, Jr.. Professor Os Ag ricultural Chemistry, Georgia State College Os Agriculture. Requests have come to the College of Agriculture for informa;ion about the value of phosphate lime which is being advertised under attractive trade names, and, in away, to indi cate that the soil requirements for phosphorus and lime can be obtained ! very cheaply in this way. The Department of Agricultural ; Chemistry of the College makes the following statement: “From their ad vertisement the reader would fie led to believe that the material is differ ent from the finely ground phosphate rock, commonly known as 'floats.' The descriptions ate such us would easily lead the farmer to believe that the i lime in the phosphate material is cn j pable of correcting the acidity of the ! soil —the purpose for which lime is 1 used. There are only three forms of j lime which can be used for correct ing the acidity of the soil, but at lime, slaked lime and ground limestone. No oilier form of lime should be cousid ered by the farmer for this purpose. The particular material which is be ing advertised to suppij both p’ : photic acid and lime is a lov gt.uie ! phosphate rock finely ground, it con tains a relatively high p •cen’r.Te of | iron and aluminum which is ebjec j tionable. The lime contacted in phos phate rock and acid phosphate i no value for correcting soil acidity "Any one contemplat'ag using t -i; phosphate should write the C \.. sot la circular recently * of ground rock phosp! Value of the Farm Woodlot J. B. Berry, Prof. Forestry, Ga. State College Os Agriculture. Just what value do you place on I that patch of woods on your farm, 1 or do you consider it only as an ob- ! stacle to the cultivation of the land? A hund'd years ago timber was very plentiful and prices low. At the pres ent time the best of the timber in the East and South has been logged, or destroyed, and lumber prices are advancing rapidly. No longer are the big timber holders of the United j States recklessly logging their land.s —rather, they are holding their tim ber to take advantage of the rapid increase in wood values. It is con servatively estimated that the pres ent forests of the United States cannot supply the demand for ; more titan seventy-five years. I When this is gone we shall have to < mpete with England and Germany in the world’s markets. During the | year 1014 lumber prices In Germany j ranged about four times as great as in the United Slates, and these prices showed an increase of 10 per cent to 15 per c< nt over the current prices of the year 1313. If this then is true — that the present lumber prices of the United Slates will be increased 300 1 per cent or 400 per cent during the next twenty or twenty-five years—can there be any doubt as to the value ol a timber investment? The South is particularly favored in the matter of wood produc tion. Nowhere else do trees and Tor-; c ts grow more rapidly. During the course of twenty years a second growth thicket of old field pine and yellow poplar has developed into a forest, the trees of which average 12 to 15 inches in diameter. While trees of this size do not produce a high per centage of good lumber, there is a strong demand for this class of mate rial in the production of boxes and packing cases. Even as rough lumber the product of these trees would have a value of from S2O to ?40 per thou sand feet, and, at the present rate of increase, these prices will have dou bled in ten years, quadrupled in twen ty years. If this is true, and there can be no doubt of it, are there any other portions of the farm with the potential value of these thickets of young trees? What, then, is to be thought of a man who clears away this young timber, often from steep slopes, with the object of placing the land under cultivation for a few years until erosion has carried away the surface soil) and then abandon ing the area to weeds and small trees until nature has painstakingly and slowly re-established a forest cov er? Instead of creating wealth, is he not in reality destroying it? % ___ | A New Typewriter | | hunt HOMaanan • Yes, the crowning typewriter triumph is HERE! IT IS JiJST OUT—AND COMES YEARS BEFORE EXPERTS EXPECTED IT. * J. For makers have striven a life-time to attain this ideal machine. And Oliver has won £ again, as we scored when we gave the world its first visible writing. 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It’s a pleasure for us to tell you about it. £ * OLI VER TYPEWRITER CO. Oliver Typewriter Bldg., CHICAGO % * At Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc., required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, Os The Montgomery Monitor, published weekly at Mt. Vernon, Ga., for April 1, 1916. State of Georgia—County of Montgomery. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared H. B. Folsom, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Editor of the Monitor, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24. 1912, embodied in section \ 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business man ager are: Publisher H. B. Folsom, Mt. Vernon, Ga. Editor * do Managing Editor do Businsess Managers do 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of of the total amount of stock.) H. B. Folsom, Mt. Vernon. Ga. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. j 4. That the two paragraphs next above giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and se curity holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two parapraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustee, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that an other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him, H. B. Folsom, Sworn to and subscribed before me this Ist day of April, 1916. Jas. F Currie ( Seal > Com. N. i>. M. C., Ga. _ (My commission expires June 30, 1918.) I LOANS and INSURANCE j Farm Loans in Montgomery and | Wheeler Counties at Low Rates jf | LOANS SECURED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILING OF APPLICATION 1 ; 5K § •-H g 1 We write fire insurance on town and m I *5 j| farm property throughout the county. | i & S ; Vi UJ | If you need a loan, or if your property | is unprotected, see us at once. I V* { MT. VERNON LOAN AND COLLECTION f AGENCY I I OVER POSTOFFICE MT. VERNON, GA I STOP IN ATLANTA AT HOTEL EMPIRE Opposite Union Depot on Pryor St. Renovated and refurnished throughout. Reservations made on application. Hot and cold water, private baths, electric lights and elevator. First class accommodations at moderate prices. Roomssoc anduV N 1,. liIIMON IISON, Prop. Republicans Put Out Candidate for Congress. Dublin, Ga., April 10.—J. M. Outler, of this county, was nom inated today by Henry Jackson Republicans for Congress from the Twelfth District. The nomi nation has been accepted, and for the first time since the dis trict was created the Democrats : will have an opposition candidate.