The Covington County Sheriff's Department says 37-year-old Bobby Price, a resident of Grange Forge Road, drove the tractor more than 6 miles to a Dollar General store with the intent of buying more alcohol.



The cashier refused to sell the already visibly-intoxicated man more drinks after he apparently fell on the sidewalk at the store. Price's tractor trip home was cut short when the store employee picked up the phone and dished out some dirt to police on the odd experience.



Red Level police were called to the store where they took the inebriated farmer into custody on a public intoxication charge. He was not charged with DUI, according to Covington County Chief Deputy David Anderson, because he was not operating the tractor at the time the officers responded.