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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1918)
Using Grass Roots as Forage for Texas Cattle. One of the greatest immediate needs of western Texas, the sec tion which suffered from drought last season, is feed for live stock. There is a large area in Johnson grass in this locality, the roots of which are being utilized for stock feed by some of the stock men in that locality. The United States Department of Agriculture states that the root stalks of Johnson grass are eagerly eaten by cattle and other live stock, and many farmers have at times utilized this fact to help clear their land of Johnson grass. When the grass is plowed so that the roots are near the surface the animals will eat all that they can easily obtain. Numerous articles, says a specialist of the department, are found in which plowing in winter is suggested as a method of com bating Johnson grass, and spring plowing at least every third year as a method of improving John son-grass meadows. In cases where the roots prove to be a profitable stock feed, they could no doubt be made available by the same plowing which was in tended either to kill the grass or to improve the meadow. In the! latter case, it is not likely that the stock would rid the land of the roots to such an extent that the stand would be injured. There is no question, he says, but that cattle, sheep, and horses would do well on these roots and gather them up after the plow. Os course, a supply of hay is necessary for feeding during wet weather and at other times when plowing can not be done. The experience of a Texas stock raiser, who recently wrote AMERICA WILL WIN ONLY by United Effort of HER People Every t rut' American lias a part. Indiffer ence may lost' the battle. Montgomery county people will get together FRIDAY, MAR. ISTH for ;i Patriotic Rally, at every School House in the ('oimty, where speakers will discuss with the people plans by which we can and must win the war. I nited effort in PURCHASE OF WAR STAMPS AND BONDS. AID FOR THE RED CROSS. THE SAVING OF FOOD. EDUCATION. The entire people of each community are called upon to rally to the cause. Assemble at your school house, at the hour named, and it you love your country, work for its • *■' * success. It is our duty. We must not fail. SOUTHERN SECTION: Violet Hill 9:00 Kemp 10:30 Hancock 1:00 Swift Creek 2:30 Tarry town 9:00 Kibbee 10:30 Poplar Head 1:00 Ruth's Chapel 2:30 McGregor 9:00 Higgston 10:30 New Hope 1: Tiger 2:30 Hack Branch 9:00 Sadie 10:30 Sharpe Spur 1: Alston 2:30 Uvalda 9: Seward 10:30 Charlotte 1: Longpond 2:30 ! The entire public invited. Attend the exercise nearest your home. >[ to the department telling of his . success in utilizing Johnsonlgrass , roots in feeding his large herd, is of unusual interest at the present time. “The value of 1 these roots,” he writes, “is not i a matter of doubt—l carried ' through some six or seven hun dred head of stock on my ranch I last winter on these roots with ' practically nothing else. Now I have five or six hundred head on i the same sort of pasture and they are doing splendidly. An ordi -1 nary turning plow or single-disk 1 plow run for one-half day will supply four or five hundred head in good grass land. Os course, the plow must be run daily. The cattlemen throughout this section of the country seem to be unac quainted with the value of these roots for feed. My experience in plowing the grass leads me to believe that the meadow is really benefited. The cattle do not clear the ground of roots to the extent that the stand will be af fected for the next season. This sort of pasture is equally good for cattle, horses, and hogs—l have never tried sheep or goats, but probably they would do well on it also.” There are doubtless many parts of Texas where there is a large reserve of stock feed in the ground in the shape of Johnson grass root stalks which can well be utilized to help in the present emergency, say specialists of the department. Spanish Peanuts. Little White Spanish variety; very prolific. See me now. J. M. D. McGregor, 3-7 Ailey, Ga. NORTHERN SECTION: Thigpen 8:30 Orianna 9:30 Orland 11:00 Red Bluff 12:00 Rosemont 1:30 Lothair 2:30 Edna Terrace 9 Zaidee 10 Willis 11 Hutcheson 1 Crooked Run 2:30 ‘25 earnest Speakers will discuss vital top ics of the day. They | ask only one hour of | vour time. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918. RICE GAVE AS LARGE i RETURNS AS COTTON Wa« Grown On I .and Too Wet For Other Crops "My rice land paid me as large a profit as my cotton land,” said a farm er, as he was having his rice cleaned at the mill at Tlfton. Georgia. This is the first year that an appreciable amount of rice has been grown in this immediate section, but “the production was large enough to supply nine sur rounding counties," says Mr. C. W. Fulwood, owner of the mill. The way the rice business got start ed at Tlfton was this. Mr. Fulwood, who, by the way is a lawyer, was mak ing speeches over Tift county last spring, encouraging greater food pro duction, and in his speeches he prott ised the people that he would put up a rice mill if they would grow rioe. When the harvest season came there was the rice and there was the miA, though, as Mr. Fulwood says, ‘‘l had to supervise the installation of the mill myself and then spend my spare nights in learning how to run it.” Profits of from S3O to SIOO an acre were made by the different farmers and all this was money which they considered that they had “just picked up.” They planted generally from three to five acres of the wet, low lands which are found on many farms and which can be used for no other crop. Some grew more than five acres and this year there is one man who expects to grow thirty acres in one field. The rice was drilled in three foot rows and thinned about a hoe’s width, leaving several plants In a hill. Most of the farmers gave the crop just enough cultivation to keep down the weeds and some of them stated that a little bettor attention to the crop would have brought them much larger net returns. Rice may be used to take the place of wheat and hence it has been urged by Dr. Andrew M. Soule. Federal Food Administrator for the state, that the hundreds and thousands of acres of “crawfish” lands in south Georgia be planted to rice this spring. The grow ing of rice will not take the land which has been formerly devoted to other crops, and thus It can be seen that it is strictly a war measure and one that is very profitable. The cost of the rice mill at Tifton was $1,676, including the building and the cost of Installation. In its first year It has made a good profit on the Investment, is a paying proposition and has brought to the farmers of Tift county money that would have other wise been lost to them, for If the mill had not come the wet lands would still be a liability and not an asset.— Editor, State College of Agriculture. FINISHeThOGS BRING PREMIUMMARKET Packers tWant Hogs Weighing From 150 to 200 Pounds The co-operative hog sales over the state show that hogs weighing from 160 to 200 pounds and well finished are bringing a premium of from one to two cents a pound over the light and unfinished hogs that are offered for sale by the farmers. This shows that the packers are willing to pay good prices for the right kind of hogs, and that a hog will no longer sell for a fair price merely because he Is a hog. Light hogs make the most rapid and economical gains. After the hog passes the two hundred pound mark the gain per pound of food consumed steadily decreases and the hog soon becomes a losing proposition. The marketing of the hog at an early age gives the farmer a chance to turn over his mon ey oftener and thereby make a larger total profit. The boys in khaki need more and more bacon for the world’s meat sup ply is not large enough to meet the demands. By feeding out the light hogs and finishing off the young ones so as to bring them to one hundred and fifty pounds as quickly as possible the same results may be accomplish ed that would otherwise have to be brought about by increasing the num ber of hogs, that is increasing the total meat supply.—Editor, State College of Agriculture. COUNTYAGENTSTHANK STATE WEEKLY PRESS I Hearty Co-operation Shown on The Part of Newspapers At the annual meeting of the coun» ty agents and the home demonstration agents of the State College of Agri culture in Athens during the week be ginning January 14, a resolution was 1 Introduced thanking the weekly press of Georgia for the aid and co-operation which the county agents had received ; from the weeklies. The resolution follows: ’’Resolved: That we, the County Agents and the Home Demonstration Agents of the Extension Division of the Georgia ' State College of Agriculture, 225 strong, do hereby unanimously ex ’ press our sincere thanks for the kind and cordial co-operation of the mem bers of the Georgia Weekly Press As sociation In the Improvement of the home life and the agricultural inter ests within the slate.” The resolu ‘ tion was signed by William Bradford, $. Luke Burdett, Miss Hoyle Skinner and W. W. Driskell. I THE REGAL I I Ri-Pow|r Four 1 I \t 1 | Has a reserve surplus of de- | \t pendable power ample, and M to spare for any emergency, f A Regal factory - built motor g y —that 5 8 why. v || GAINS BY REGAL MOTOR CAR COMPANY $795.00 gj & COMPARISON DETROIT, MICHIGAN F. 0.8. FACTORY I Mt. Vernon Regal Car Co. i Notice to the Public. All parties holding County Warrants drawn by County Com missioners of Montgomery coun ty will present them for payment at once. Interest will not be paid on any warrants after this date. This Feb. sth, 1918. A. B. Hutcheson, Clerk. Auto for Sale. Brand new Overland Touring Car, 6 Cylinders, for sale or trader Bargain.- J. E. Hall, 1129tf. Soperton, Ga. MASON GROCERY STORE Offers to the Public a New and Complete Line Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Soft Drinks, etc. WE HELP FEED THE PUBLIC WITH THE BEST and the public is invited to let us do it, with fair prices and cour teous treatment. In charge of Mr. Jim Truett, (formerly with Thompson Bros.) who invites his i friends to call. In Currie old drug store building. AILEY, GA. MULES! Carload Tennessee Mules, all good, sound stock, just received. See me for the best in farm stock. Price right—stock right. D. A. Mcßae, Mt. Vernon, Ga. A. L. Lanier, Attorney at Law, MT. VERNON, GA. Will Practice iu all the Courts of the State. M. E. CALHOUN Atty at Law, Mt Vernon, Georgia |jj STATEMENT OF || I THE BANK OF SOPERTON g I SOPERTON, GA. | (Condensed From the Report to the State Bank Examiner gg Sept. 10th, 1917) H RESOURCES I Loans and investments $186,702.16 || Buildings and fixtures 23,929.67 j|j H Other resources 1,222.50 jj| j §j Cash on hand, due from banks g| , H and advances on cotton 150,519.57 p | 8362,375.90 1 i LIABILITIES H Capital stock $25,000.00 g I if Surplus and profits 21,016.13 Is p Bills payable 12,500.00 gg g DEPOSITS 303,859.77 g 1 * $362,375.90 | “Safety First, Then Service, Promptness ‘and Efficiency”. Courtesy Always. 1 OFFICERS gj SN. L. GILLIS, President W. D. MARTIN. Vice-Pres. || J. E. HALL, Vice-Pres. and Cashier 83 I. H. 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