The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, July 01, 1920, Image 3
LABOR IS SCARCE AND TWINE IS CHEAPER AS HARVEST TIME NEARS * !'V ' • - >'**\ ;*4sSsi*' * T^; . V "V' - . '■■'• . * ... : ::i '.**< .•. ••• : >- / ' • > ' . ■- V ■ * * . '■'*•. ;* • yf ] " %v :< >'" . / ’-^9S ■ ... •■-Z ■ >•.;, >■ * ■■ '■■• : • .■■ : J ,: • • ■ , ■ ■ ■• '. Doctors, Lawyers, Merchants and Fair Folk of the Cities Donned Old Clothes and Overalls to Help in the Harvest Fields During the War—the Famous “Shock Troops," to Whom the Secretary of Agriculture Has issued an Appeal for Similar Aid This Year. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Labor and binder twine. On the eve of the sea son the wheat-growers’ thoughts turn to these two necessary items, particu larly the former, which caused him much worry during the years of the war. Os course, labor is the chief problem, bin binder twine is some thing that must be reckoned with as well, and in its own way is a very important feature in the harvesting operations. The wheat-grower, need have no ap prehension as to the supply of binder twine this season. Reports coming to the bureau of plant industry indicate that there will be a plentiful supply of this commodity available for the American farmer. Not only will it be plentiful, but it is likely to be cheaper this year than for some years past. Yucatan —the chief and cheapest source of henequen, from which the twine is made —produced a large crop this year, which, coupled with the termination of control of prices by the commission regulators, was re sponsible for a drop in the price of tiller from 15 to 10 cents a pound ear ly in March. The price is now re- Hr. **’*'*' . Not Afraid to Don Overalls and Do Their “Bit." ported to be 8 cents a pound. This reduction should be reflected in the price of twine this season. Supply Not Affected by Revolution. Thus far the recent revolution in Mexico has not affected the henequen industry of Yucatan and Campeche, the two important fiber-growing stafes of that country. It is too late now for any disruption of this industry to af fect seriously the supplies of twine for this year’s harvest, as practically ECONOMICAL METHOD IN THRASHING WHEAT Task Should Be Performed Di rectly From Shock. Grain That Is Handled When Damp Will Sweat Too Much and Be come Hot and Burned—Commu nity Plan Most Desirable. When thrashing can he done early, the most economical method is to thrash directly from the shock. Thrash when the grain- is dry, either before or after it has gone through the sweat. If the grain is too dry, it will crack in thrashing. Wheat thrashed before sweating In the shock will go through the sweat in the bins, giving the grain a darker and richer color. Grain that is thrashed when damp will sweat too much and become hot and bin burnt. When grain is stacked it should he allowed to go through the sweat before thrashing. Community thrashing is desirable where the farms are not large. The Individual farmer will get his thrash ing done more rapidly and econom ically where a group of farmers can own and operate a thrashing outfit to gether. See that the separator is well cleaned before the thrashing Is started, in order to prevent the mixture of grain and the scattering of weed seed from the neighboring farms. Watch carefully the working of the machine to see that the grain is en tirely removed from the straw and that the chaff is blown out. Stack the straw, use it as feed or bedding for live stock, and so con vert it into manure. Write to United States department of agriculture. Washington, D. C., for a copy of Fanners’ Bulletin No. 678, “Growing Hard Spring Wheat.” Buy Labor-Saving Tools. If labor Is scarce and high priced, buy !abor-savlng machinery and imple ments. alt tiie fiber necessary for the present needs have already been imported to the United States. Although there is no danger for this year’s twine supply, officials of the department of agriculture are somewhat apprehensive over the effect that the low prices for fiber prevailing now will have upon the production of henequen during the next few years. Low prices, according to reports to the department, are leading the grow ers in Yucatan to reduce their plant ing, with the result that a real short age of the fiber five or six years henco is a very likely possibility. The labor outlook is not so cheer ful. The supply of hired farm labor is about 72 per cent of the normal. Although no appropriation was made by congress this year for carrying on the department of agriculture’s war time activities in aiding the farmers to get laborers, the department is do ing what it can to assist farmers with this problem. The state directors 01 extension and the county agents arc aiding in bringing together farmers and men who want jobs on farms. Calls for “Shock Troops.” Results are expected from the ap peal of Secretary of Agriculture Mere dith to city men, college students, and others to spend their vacations work ing on farms, particularly as helpers in harvest fields. Frequent inquiries are being received by the department from university and college students as to where their services could best be used. The need for the now fam ous “shock troops”—volunteer helpers from the city who shocked wheat— that gave such a good account of them selves in the harvest fields during the war is believed to be as urgent this year as in those trying days. The mobilization of these forces is what Secretary Meredith is seeking to ac complish. According to reports of the depart ment, Kansas leads all other wheat growing states in its demands for la bor—so,ooo outside men is its esti mated need. Nebraska requires 6,000 additional men for its harvest, and Oklahoma. 4,000 or 5,000. No figures have been received as to the require ment for the Dakotas. It is expected, though, that the labor shortage there will be largely met by the workers in the other wheat states which have earlier harvest seasons. The central employment office established by the department of labor in Kansas City is undertaking the task of gathering the laborers and distributing them in the various localities. COULD DOUBLE CORN YIELDS Desirable to Produce Enough to Meet All Demands on a Smaller Num ber of Acres. Corn yields per acre in the United States could be doubled within a few years, and this could be accomplished without increase in work or expense. It is not to be understood that it is desirable to double the present corn crop, but that it is desirable to pro duce enough to meet all needs on a smaller number of acres and with less labor, says the United States depart ment of agriculture. If 60 bushels are raised on one acre instead of on two acres, the labor of plowing, harrowing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting is greatly reduced. FEED FOR STOCKER CALVES In Addition to Pasture Young Animals Should Be Given Cottonseed or Cake Oil. In the range sections of the United States Stocker calves and yearlings should he fed from one to three pounds of some concentrate, in cottonseed or oil cake, in addition to pasture, ex- ! cept in severe weather, when they i should also have roughage. Drainage improves soils. • * • Sudan grass is winning on merit. • • • Locate your farm build legs to save steps. * * * Encourage the song birds; they arc friends of the farmer. • * • The . richest land i* usually the cheapest measured by net profits. • • • The loco weed does not grow abun dantly except in seasons when there | is an abundance of moisture. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. Id doe house IS PROFITABLE Hog Raisers Everywhere Now Recognize This Fact. SAVES THE LITTLE PIGS Modern Weather-Tight Home for Sows Permits Two Litters a Year Instead of One —Good Type Illustrated. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and rive advice KREK OF COST on all subjects oertuining to the subject of building work on the farm for the readers of this oaper. On account of t his wide experience as Editor, Author and ■ Manufacturer, he is. without doubt, the ) highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Rad ford No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, ' 111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for ■ reply. ‘ Hog raisers everywhere are rapidly recognizing the modern, weather-tight' hogliouse as a most profitable invest -1 ment. Where the sows are properly - housed they respond with two litters 1 of pigs a year instead of one ; the pigs are marketable at the time when .prices are highest, and a greater per centage of each litter is brought to maturity. The advantage of having the sows' farrow in the late winter are well known to every hog raiser. But to have the pigs come along while the weather is yet cold is unprofitable un less tiie mother and young pigs have a house that will keep them warm, dry and healthy. Modern liogliouses arc designed and built to give the sow and her pigs just such a home. Herewith is illustrated such a hog house, It is a frame building set on ; a concrete foundation and has a ce ment floor. This building is 24 feet wide and 42 feet long and has pens for ten sows and their pigs. The peculiar shape of the roof nakes possible a warm sunny interior. I'he house is set so that it extends ■ast and west and faces the south. This position gives the windows the I enefits of tHe late winter sun, light ■ntering the lower windows falling on me row of pens and on the other from he windows in the roof. The multi ilieity of windows also permits good entilation, which is another necessity u a hogliouse. The young pigs are vanned hy the heat from the mothers «• IJ iMcjPLip. | J | / \| f rroitL find the sunlight. The heat from the sows, however, Is moist and unless ventilation is provided the house will he damp and chill. The interior arrangement of this hoghouse is shown by the accompany ing floor plan. Through the center of the building runs a feeding alley, with the pens on either side. Doors at botli ends permit free access to the build ing, either for taking feed to the hogs or for removing litter. Each pen is 6 feet 6 incites wide and 8 feet 0 inches deep. The cement floor is cov ered by a board floor, slightly raised from the concrete, for a distance of five feet from each wall. This board floor, covered with bedding pro vides a dry place for the mother and J pigs. Despite the general impression that hogs are filthy animals, they are not and will keep the board floor clean and dry. In the plan shown, the pens along the soutli side of the building are con nected witli outdoor runs, making the house usable in summer as well as winter. The doors of the pens are so placed as to provide direct runs to each of tiie yards. This sort of modern hoghouse will enable hog owners to double the num ber of pigs usually raised, and will make bog raising more profitable. The cost of the building Is low, but the In crease in receipts from the drove are great. While it may he a little early to be gin now to construct farm buildings that will not he needed until next winter, it is a wise plan under present conditions to make arrangements for any contemplated building as far In II advance of construction as possible. Contractors everywhere are busy and material dealers must place their or j ders with manufacturers several j months in advance. This hogliouse can be built In the late fall or early winter, so long os the concrete floor is laid before frost conies. The balance of the building is of lumber and can be erected at any time. Nothing raised on the farm is more profitable than liogs. These animals bring high prices, the demand con stantly is growing and with prop«/ housing and care a maximum number of young pigs can be brought to ma turity. Health is the prime essential that makes for profitable liog raising and to be healthy, liogs musjt be kept in clean and sanitary quarters. A hogliouse with a cement lloor is easy to clean. Where water under pressure is available the cement floors can be washed and the litter that is not gathered up hy the fork carried out. Sunshine helps a great deal iu preventing diseases, the sun’s rays be ing a germ killer. The double row of windows admits sunshine to every part of the hogliouse illustrated. Modern farm buildings of all kinds are helping to solve the labor-shortage problem that confronts farmers every where. Modern buildings, equipped with modern, labor-saving devices for doing tiie work necessary to give the live stock proper attention make the work easier and quicker, (bus saving a great deal of labor. Hog raisers will find it is a good in vestment to build a modern hogliouse this summer. GLORIOUS CITY OF ROMANCE . Historic Edifices and Monuments of Constantinople Unequaled by Any Other Capital. In spite of filth ami evil odors, the one dominant note of Constantinople is Romance. It meets you at the threshold of every one of Its 2fX) mosques and its hundreds of chapels. In tiie Church of St. Sophia, with its stupendous dome, its dream-like beauty, and its 16 centuries of history; in the Suleymaniya mosque, with its colossal columns and its miracles of Saracenic decoration; and tiie Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I, with Its six sky piercing minarets, exquisite in their grace, and its columns more than 100 feet in circumference. In the Hippodrome, where gladiators fought and clinriots raced to the plaud its of Roman spectators, you can see the famous column of tiie Three Ser pents, which stood 2,000 years ago in the Temple of Delphi. Tiie Old Seraglio recalls Mohamme dan splendors of long-gone centuries. Once a royal residence, it still con tains the mint and museum and 11- brary; and perhaps the most won derful sight in Europe, the treasury, with its fabulous treasures of jewels and golden ornaments, worth incal culable millions. Leaving Stamboul and crossing the Golden Horn we conic to Galata, the quarter of the mer chants, a busy hive of commercial in dustry, with warehouses and factories and the coming and going of great ships from all the world’s seas. From Galata we pass to Pera, the aristocratic quarter, with its stately embassies and consulates, its walled in palaces of pashas with their har eins. P.eyond Pitra Is the beautiful village of Eyytib, with tlie famous mosque In j which every sultan girds on the sword of Osman before he mpurits his throne, and which no Christian foot may ap proach. Useful Carabao. The carabaos of the Philippine is lands belong to the group of Asiatic buffalo. They are mostly mouse colored, and their thick hides are sparsely covered with thin hair. Their bodies are as round as barrels, and their thick, long horns give them a formidable appearance, although they are quite harmless under ordinary condition?*. Henry Flury, in Our Dumb Animals magazine, says the carabaos are ideal Philippine beasts of burden, first be cause they are ulow. and the slower 1 the better, in the estimation of the na tive who is never in a hurry; and secondly, on account of their big. bar rel-shaped bellies and split hoofs, which spread out very widely when the rainy season comes and the roads are rivets of thick mud. HAS ONLY MEMORY i ■ ' 1 Old Minstrel Sadly Recalls Days of Affluence. d ’ Years Ago the Pet of Royalty, and Earning Thousands, Today Mere ly Regarded as an "Old Colored Man." Leaning against the side of a mov ing picture theater on Broadway, a crippled old man, with white hair and deep lines la Ids face, stood the other day, bearing little resemblance to the man who was once tlie sensation of the English amuse ment world, tiie pet of royalty, and a maker of money in such quantities that it was said of him he only Nipped the hubbies off champagne, leaving the drink itself to hangers-on. Not a handful of people know of Ills former glory. To the passerby today he seemed Simply an old ‘‘colored man.” But to the Old Timer recognition was immediate. lie was none other than George Bohee, who, with his brother, Jim Bohee, was a feature of Jack Ilavcrly’s Colored Mastodon min strels in this country 40 years ago and who in the early e’ghtles took Eng land off its feet with the introduction of negro minstrelsy, banjo playing and soft-shoe dancing there. The story of George Bohee Is more timely now because of (lie recent visit of the prince of Wales. For when the present prince’s grandfather, the late King Edward, visited this country as prince of Wales, banjo playing was Ida hobby, and he Inter took lessons from the Bohee brothers, and often com manded them to appear at royal en tertainments. George and Jim Bohee were innlat toes. . They were splendid singers and clever dancers. * They always ap peared together in silk costumes of gay colors, high silk hats, mid with banjos hung over their shoulders. They were for years with Haverly’s minstrels. In 1880 they decided to go to England, little hoping for any wonderful success there, hut desiring to see the world and to try their luck. “I was in England at the period,” says the Old Timer. “The success of the Bohee brothers was instantaneous. It was remarkable. The soft-shoe dancing and banjo playing took Eng land by storm. It became' the rage, just as the jazz Is the rage here now. They were wooed by the big music halls and played a string of them every night, going from one to another. “King Edward, who was then prince of Wales, always had a hobby for the banjo. Nobody bad ever played it in England as the Bohee brothers did and he summoned them early in their career there to play for him. The Boliees appeared at royal parties given by him ami by the duke of Richmond and to Queen Alexandra. “1 remember that one of the Boliees great songs in those days was “A Hoy's Best Friend Is 11 is Mother.” Sounds slushy now, but it was a great lilt in (lie eighties. Well, the Bohee brothers certainly were the class. They drove down Piccadilly, tandem, with an attendant In livery that would knock your eye out. “When Jim Bohee came Into the Gaiety or Criterion bar be would or der champagne and never drink any thing hut the bubbles. That’s a fact; lie would simply drink the effervescent top and lot the greater part of the win" remain In the glass. “1 remember one day meet ng Jim 'n the Criterion and reminding him of an incident when he was with llav erly's minstrels. It happened in Kalamazoo. Mich. Jirn was leading the parade In a startling costume, car rying a huge drum-major’s stick which he was whirling and twirling like mud. “A frisky young colt was tied to a post, and when the parade came down with hands going full pressure and with Jim cutting‘high jinks In front, the colt reared yp on Its hind legs and fell over dead. That’s a fact. “Well I asked Jim If he recalled that and he let out a roar of laughter that amazed those present. Jim had cultivated an English accent and eliminated anything approaching the boisterous laugh or expression. Con sequently when he lapsed Into an or dinary whoop it caused a stir, and he apologized. “All this came to my mind the other day when I happened to see George Bohee a g'ost of Ids old self. Me made hundreds of th msands of dollars In his day. I think lie makes a living now working around movie houses. I stopped to talk with him and I re called the days of forgotten glory. ‘Those were the days.’ he said sadly. “1 forgot to sa.v that the fall of the Pohces began with the death of Jim. Jim died just about the time their 1 popularity began to decline, and George couldn’t revive the old-time ; admiration of the amusement world.” Tsingtao Thoroughly Jap. Tsingtao is now as Japanese as It j once was German. The effect, aeeord- I leg to V. II Cazalet, writing In the Vestndnster Gazette of London. Is I something altogether incongruous. For Tsingtao. from a lltt'c Chinese village, was changed by the Germans into a town with goodly concrete buildings, a plendld harbor and "oigidllcenr roads •oitipnrliig «• ifh 'li-■«». of California •a panose pollocm-ti t-naocse ollidab o\v ale ••• o 1 "<• lipnne ’ainllles. from ' ' ’ m -f ihe> 1| f I licit ■■ oil ■he propcm • roil NEVER Cl TAME A WILD-CAT Mr. Dodson Warns Against Use of Treacherous. Dangerous Calomel. Calomel salivates! It's mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug gish liver. When calomel comes Into contact with sour bile it crashes Into It, causing cramping and nausea. If you feel bilious, headachy, consti pated and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a bottie of Doit son’s Liver Tone for a few cents which Is n harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. * Take a spoonful and if it doesn’t start, your liver and •straighten you up better anil quicker than nasty calomel and without milk ing you sick, you just go back and , get your money. If you take calomel today you’ll he sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides. It may salivate you, while if you take Dodson’s Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great, full of ambition and ready for work or play. It’s harmless, pleasant and safe to give to children; they like it. —Adv. What Did She Mean? Little Jimmy Poster —-You promised to take me to the zoo to see the ani nals fed. Ills Mother—l know I did. dear, but ve won’t have time. Your father will ic home to dinner In a few minutes tnd you may sit up and go to the ta >le with him. CUSTOMS FTFTY YEARS AGO. Who among us would nay to-day. “I lever use a Dentifrice; I never have to?” Yet Fifty years ago, odd as it may leem. not one person in 1,000 used a Dentifrice-—or even a tooth brush. So to-day, after more than 30 years of persistent publicity of Alien’s Foot Ease, tlie Antiseptic Powder for the Feet, not many well-turned-out people care to con fess, "You know 1 never have to use a Powder for the Feet!” More than One Million five hundred thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet were used by our Army and Navy daring the war. The reason iR this; Confining the feet in Leather or Canvas Shoes is bound to create friction more or less. Allen’s Foot* Ease removes the friction from tlie shoe*, ft is tliis friction, which causes callouses, corns and bunions. You know what fric tion does to your motor-car axle. Why not remove it from your footwear by Shaking into your Shoes to-day, Allen’* Foot Ease, the cleanly, wholesome, heal ing, Antiseptic powder? Get the habit, as millions now have it, who inhabit our, as yet, imperfect world.—Adv. Quite Different. “What do you think Ellen told her Jealous husband when he nskeil tier If the paper she was bending over was tlie cloak for her design?” “What did she say?” “That on the contrary, it was a design for her cloak.” If your eyes smart or fool scalded. Roman Kyi- Balsam applied upon going to bed t* Just 111© thing to relieve them.—Adv. Shining Up the Back Yard. Mr. Peuvlsh says that another rea son why he thinks Mrs. Peavish car ries housekeeping to an extreme Is because he lias to go out and wipe the dew off the grass every morning to keep the back yard from tarnish ing.—Dallas News. if You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and arc soon forgotten? The reason is plain—the article did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says “Take for example Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent re sults, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy ha* so large % gale.” According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is due to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri nary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.., and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottle* tor sale at all drug stores. —Adv. Child’s Logic. "Oh, mamma,” saltl Elsie, suddenly, “my foot feels prickly." “ll’h only asleep, dear.” “Then it must be having nn awful bad dream,” returned the child.—Bou ton Transcript. Watch Cuticura Improve Your Skin. On rising and retiring gently smear tlie face with Outlcura Ointment. Wash off Ointment In five minutes with Outlcura Soup and hot water. It is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura will do for poor complexions, dandruff itching and red rough hands. —Adv. Early Example. Mlilun hud Just seen another ham sandwich turn to gold as his fingers touched It. “This profiteering,” he remarked sadly, "Is something that can be car ried entirely too far.”