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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1919)
SHOULD KEEP MILK RECORDS In This Manner Only Can Value of a Cow be Determined. While feeds are so high prices and labor so scarce it is of im portance to know profitable ani mals. A few unprofitable cows probably caused many dairymen to become discouraged during the last few years. Such dis couragement might have been avoided had the proper steps been taken in selecting and eliminating animals. There are three things that should be known in order to determine the relative profits from individual cows. These are the amount of milk produced, the per cent of fat in the milk and the amount of feed consumed. Keeping a daily milk record is the only satisfactory method of determining what individual cows do with the feed given them. The cost of keeping such a record is small and is more than offset by the advantages to be had from the record. The only thing necessary in securing a milk record are a pair of spring bal ances and a sheet for recording weights. Having a daily milk record makes it possible to feed cows with the greatest economy. The heavy and light milkers may be determined and fed in pro portion to their production. Daily records enable the herdsmen to detect sickness quicker than otherwise would be possible. This in turn enables him to avoid the use of unwholesome milk and to give prorppt and careful atten tion to animals in poor health. The daily records also make it possible to judge the work of different milkers. Experiments have shown that with certain cows some milkers are able to get as much as 25 per cent more milk than others. The greatest advantage to be had in having a record showing the individuality of cows, of course, is making it possible to eliminate the inferior ones and build up herds. A study of the data given in Bulletin No. 80 of the Georgia Experiment Station shows some of the importance of milk records. The best cow in the five herds considered produced in one year, 9,257 pounds of milk and 544 pounds of butter, while the poorest cow produced only 1,589 pounds of milk and 88 pounds of butter. A milker might be able to de termine a difference between the very best and poorest cow in a herd but he would not be able to draw the line of distinctionvin its proper place without a record. There is in„the Experiment Sta tion herds at the present time an inferior cow, for an experimental purpose, which might not be de tected from her appearauce but could be found easily by looking at her record. Her daily pro duction is about one-third as much as the average of the re mainder of the herd. There are other differences in the herd which would be difficult to detect without the daily records. Much data might be given to prove.the value of milk records but it seems that mere reasoning should be sufficient to convince dairymen that they cannot afford to be without such information. D. G. Sullins, Animal Husbandman Georgia Experiment Station. Citation. Georgia —Montgomery County. A. S. Dukes, administrator of A. S. Dukes, deceased, represents to the court in his petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully administered Ella B Dtikeß’ estate. This is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kin dred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said admin istrator should not be discharged from hie administration and re ceive letters of dismission on the first Monday in July, 1919. J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. ITS GLORY ALL IN THE PAST Passage of Time Has Left Quaint Old Welsh Town of Kidwelly Far Behind. Kidwelly Is a quaint old town In Wales. It Is a dreamy little commu nity set In snugly between broad marshes and Carmarthen bay, and di vided by a curving river with an un pronounceable Welsh name. Old Kid welly lives largely in tlie past. It has been the scene of battles and sieges. If has a castle whose turrets and round towers still stand bravely, their age kindly hidden by the vines that enfold them. It pretends to remember well the oc casion of the Welsh princess who stormed the town at the head of her array. It tells the story proudly, a little sadly at the end, for the warrior princess was executed by her enemies. It Is a dusty, unromantic climb to the battlements, but the view from the castle top Is worth the trip. The quaint, tumbledown houses at the foot of the walls are a mere skeleton of the old town as It was in Its prime. Be yond them are marshy fields rolling away to the next village.' Far below Is the river once thronged with ships of trade that long ago deserted It for richer ports. Its streets are almost empty, and Its old-fashiqned residents, primly oblivious to new Improvements and styles of architecture, testify loud ly to Its age. TRIPS MADE BY MAYFLOWER Famous Vessel Continued Voyages Long After That One of So Much Historical Interest. There is matter of Interest to May flower descendants, and Americans in general, in the recent discovery of let ters written some 250 years ago by John Eliot, the “Apostle to the In dians,” to his friend, Kev. Joseph Han mer of Barnstaple, England. By these old letters it appears that the May flower continued making trips to Amer ica, and that very many Americans nowadays might Justly claim that their forbears crossed in thut famous \jps sel, although not mentioned In Gov ernor Bradstreet’s passenger list. The Eliot letters, however, do not name subsequent passengers, although they indicate a bill-of-ladtng showing that the Mayflower continued in the ship ping trade with New England and was bringing over merchandise SO years and more after the landing of the Pil grims. Incidentally the humorists who have often asked how so much ancient furniture could have come over In the Mayflower are answered by the his toric fact that the good ship kept coming and going.—Christian Science Monitor. Salzburg. Salzburg lies on both sides of the Salzach river, hemmed In on either bend by precipitous mountains. A large fortress overlooks It on the south, from the summit of a perpen dicular rock, against which the houses in that part of the city are built. The streets are narrow and crooked, but the newer part contains many open squares adorned with handsome foun tains. The variety of costume among the people is very interesting. The In habitants of the salt district have a peculiar dress; the women wear round fur caps, with little wings of gauze at the side. I saw other women with headdresses of gold or silver filigree, something In shape like a Homan hel met, with a projection at the back of the head, a foot long. The most Interesting objects In Salz burg to us were the house of Mozart, In which the composer was born, and the monument lately erected to him. — Bayard Taylor. Great American Historian. In 1796, on the 4th of May, William Prescott, the historian, was born at Salem, Muss. When Prescott entered the field of world history America had yet to make her mark in that line. Her historians hud been Imitative of the European writers or hopelessly In ferior. Prescott’s work was accorded Im mediate recognition in Europe and he was recognized as being the highest In rank of all American historians. His best-known works are the “History of the Conquest of Peru” and the “His tory of the Conquest of Mexico.” He died at Boston on the 29th of January, 1859. By-Products, These are substances or results ob tained collaterally or Incidentally in the operation of a specific process, or the manufacture of something else. In burning game for food the hide and feathers are by-products. In ginning cotton the cottonseed Is a by-product which for many years was regarded as a waste. Now It is used In the making of cottonseed oil. In the manufacture of lumber, sawdust Is a by-product; coke Is a by-product In the manufac ture of gas, but not the only one in the process. Whisky Term- The mixture called 100 per cent proof Is less than 50 per cent of spir its. The volume of water Is about 57.16. The origin of the term “proof spirit” Is interesting. Formerly It was customary to test the strength of spir its by pouring a sample on gunpowder. If, when a light was applied, the al cohol burned away and left the pow der so damp that It could not he set on fire the spirit was declared to be under-proof. A sample Just strong enough to Ignite the powder was called proof. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1919. Notice of Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced ill the 1919 session of the Georgia Gen eral Assembly a bill of which the following is the text of the enacting caption: An Act to repeal an Act enti tled “An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Mont gomery, consisting of three mem bers; to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; to prescribe their qualifications; to divide the said county of Mont gomery into three road districts and provide for the election of one commissioner from each of said road districts, to provide for the selection of a clerk of said board of commissioners and fix compensation; to provide for an attorney for said board and fix his compensation; to provide for the publication of quarterly re ports of the actings and doings of said board, and for other pur poses;” approved August 17th, 1914; which said Act was amend ed by an act approved August 13, 1915. Notice to Debtors and Creditors, Georgia—Montgomery County. All creditors of the estate Mrs. Sarah J. Wilkes, late of said coun ty, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said es tate are required to make im mediate payment to me. This the 2d day of June, 1919. A. D. Hughes, Adr. Mrs. Sarah J. Wilkes. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tues day in July, 1919, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a complete descrip tion : One certain lot of land situate, ly ing and being in the 275th G. M. dis trict of sa id county, containing 25 1-2 acres more or less and hounded as follows: On the north by the colored portion of the Town of Uvftlda, on the east by lands of Arrena Ashford and Haroid Gibbs, on the south by lands of J. J. Moses and on the west by the colored portion of said Town of Uyalda. Said land having been conveyed to Arrena Ashford by J- J. Moses* Jan. 7, 1918, as Shown by deed and plat to same recorded in Deed Book 23. page 404, of file clerk’s of fice of superior court. Also lots 4 and sin block number 2 in the Town of LTvalda, fronting 132 feet on McKin ney street and running hack 155 feet to "an alley, in the colored portion of said Town. All of said property levied on and will Ire sole! as the property of Arrena Ashford to satis fy two fl fas issued from the superior court of said county in favor of G. A'. Galbraith vs Arrena Ashford, and being pointed out for levy by plaintiff. Written notice of levy given in terms of the law, tins the 3d day of June, 1919. K. E. Burch, Sheriff. [Junderwood & Harris, A ttys, for Pllf. Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. To all whom it may concern: W. J. Helms, a resident of this state, having in due form applied to the undersigned for the guar dianship of the persons and prop erty of Thelma Sharpe, Mabell Sharpe, Butler Sharpe, Lome Sharpe, J. C Sharpe, Mary Alice Sharpe, Laura Shurpe and Bessie Sharpe, minor chi dren of D, C. Sharpe, late of said county, deceased, notice is hereby given that said application will be heard it next court of ordinary for said county, on the first Monday in July, 1919. Witness my hand and official signature, this the 9th day of June, 1919 J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. Wagons and Wire Fencing. Have just received a carload of Florence One- and Two-Horse Wagon 9. Also a Carload of Wire Fencing. Come and see me be fore buying. E. L. Meadows, 11213 Vidalia, Ga. Dipping Vats. Bids will be received by the undersigned at the office of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the construction of dipping vats for Montgomery county. Get specifications at once. A. B. Hutcheson, Clerk. The Section Harrow Effective Implement. If the grass is well rooted and large, of course, the section har row will not prove an effective implement for cultivating corn or cotton. But it. is really during a wet spring that the harrow is most effective. During, wet weather the small implements which take only one row at a time, or require twice across the field to cultivate a row, cannot cover ground rapidly enough to cultivate the whole crop during the days it is dry enough to get in the fields. But the section harrow, which can cover the ground three or four times as fast, may enable one to cultivate the whole crop often or whenever a few days of suitable weather comes. It is because it covers ground rapidly and kills the grass and weeds just as they are com ing up that the section harrow is valuable for cultivating corn and cotton early in the season. But the lack of preparation given a large part of the land planted this spring would make the ef fective use of the smoothing har row impossible any sort of a sea son. Much land was just given enough preparation to cultivate the clumps of grass and give them a good start ahead of the planted crops. Os course, those in the grass will “lay it to the wet weather,” but most of their trouble is due to the fact that the land was only half-prepared and was not clean when the crops were planted. It is not often that the man who thoroughly prepares his land ard uses the section harrow freely whenever the soil is dry enough to work “gets in the grass” early in the season. —Progressive Farm er. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery <lounty. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on t he first Tues day in July, 1919, between the legal hours ol sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a complete descrip tion : One certain bay mare, about seven years old, named “Leila’’ and weigh ing about eight, hundred pounds; one Singer sewing machine; one organ; live head of black and white spotted hogs. Said property levied on and will be sold as the property of H. (!. Cook, principal and James Cook, security, to satisfy a mortgage fifa Issued from the superior court of said county in favor of W. E. O’Neal vs H. C. Cook and James Cook. Property being in the possession ol W. E. Allmond and pointed out for levy by plaintiffs. Written notice of levy given in terms of the law. This the 3d day of June, 1919. E K. Burch, Sheriff. Underwood & Harris, A ttys, for Pllf. Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. To all whom it may concern. John Cooper, Jr., of said state having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of ad ministration oil the estate of Ar abella Cooper, late of suid county, deceased, this is to cite all und singular the creditors und heirs of Arabella Cooper to be and ap pear at the July term of court, 1919, and show cause if any they can why permanent letters of ad ministration should not he grant ed. Witness my official signature this the 2d day of June, 1919. J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. Stray Cow. Taken up at my place, one cow of very mischievous tendencies. Owner may describe the animal, prove ownership, pay cost of* keeping, etc., otherwise it will sold according to law. D. H. Phillips, 5154 Rt. 3, Soperton, Ga. For Long Term Farm Loans, SEE A. B. HUTCHESON. I am negotiating some very attractive Long Term Farm Loans for the best companies doing bus iness in Georgia, with lowest rates of interest and the most liberal terms of payments I have several years experience in the loan business, am located at the county site and believe that I am in position to give you the best terms and as prompt services as any one. If vou need a loan see me before application. A. B. Hutcheson, Mt. Veruoii, Ga. If WHAT ABOUT A TRUCK ATTACHMENT I FOR A FORD? I HAVE A NEW ONE TO If SELL CHEAP. Have two dandy Chevrolets that have been used slightly.. Both are 1 BIG BARGAINS. Tires guaranteed 3500 miles, : cheaper than anybody. Also inner : |!| tubes. You can get bargains in cars, tires, tubes, truck attachment from L. B. Godbee, Oakland and Chevrolet Dealer | VIDALIA, GA. • fTTfTTTfTTTfTTTTf fTTTTTTTT fTTTTTTTfTTTTTTTTTTTTTtft• l CONDENSED STATEMENT OF ] THE BANK OF SOPERTON j » 4 t SOPERTON, GA. 3 i As reported to the State Bank Examiner at the close 4 ► of business March 14th, 1919. < t 4 t 4 t RESOURCES : ► 4 ► Loans and Investments $203,409.52 3 \ Bank Bldg, and fixtures 20,000.00 \ l Case on hand, in other < ► banks, advances on 4 ► cotton and LIBBUTY 4 \ BONDS 96,093.11 \ \ Total $379,562.63 : : LIABILITIES : l Capital Stock $ 25,000.00 : t Surplus and Profits 25,063.06 3 E Dividends Payable 24.00 4 t Bills Payable 30,000.00 \ t Notes Re-discounted 10,876.95 4 t TOTAL DEPOSITS 288,598.62 3 I Total 1379,562.63 : t : t “SAFETY FIRST, THEN SERVICE AND EFFICIENCY" 4 • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAA aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa • • wTTmmfmmTTTfmT? mTTTmwTTmmTTTTT l McCRIMMON I GROCERY \ STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES j l HAY, GRAIN AND FEEDSTUFF j l FRUIT AND TABLE DELICACIES . : l .. \ ► Best Peanut Hay, $35.00 per lon < t : Pure Georgia Cane Syrup in Barrels J J 4 ► Agency for Arab Horse Feed 3 The Best in Groceries—Sold at 3 Z 4 Z 4 ► Lowest Margins : I McCRIMMON GROCERY j ► (Old Stand Mt. 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