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America Has Five Breeds
Of Popular Draft Horses
We have in America five well- I
known breeds, and all are so much 1
alike that only an expert can tell
them apart, relates Capt. Maxwell
M. Corpening in the Chicago Trib
une.
The Shire, Suffolk, and Clydes
dale belong to the English group.
The Belgian, as its name discloses,
comes from Belgium, the Percher
on from France. Bred nearest the
fountainhead of all our draft breeds,
the Belgian is the largest of the lot.
Reared on low land eminently suit
able for production of big horses,
the Belgian has little to do from
foalhood upward but to eat and
grow. The Belgian government has
played the leading role in improving
its heavy horses.
Undoubtedly the Percheron
springs from the same fountainhead
in Flanders as does the Belgian.
The accepted belief among histori
ans is that on defeat of the Moors
by Charles Martel in 732 the eastern
stallions of the invaders were
crossed with the larger horses of
the low countries and the founda
tion of the Percheron laid in that
manner. Arabian and Andalusian
blood has since been infused.
Characteristic of two of the Brit
ish group—-the Shire and Clydesdale
is the long hair on the lower legs.
This is said to be true of any horse |
raised in the lowlands. The start
of the Clydesdale occurred in 1750
when John Patterson imported from
England into Scotland a black
Flemish stallion. To this horse all
the good Clydesdales may be traced.
The Shire is traced back to the
same black horse of Flanders.
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YOUR FERTILISER MAN will tell For instance the North Carolina Ex
you that cotton needs potash as periment Station top-dressed cotton,
well as nitrogen as a top-dresser, which had shown heavy Rust damage
That's why he urges you to use a nitro- in the pastf with 50 lo 100 pounds of
gen-potash mixture. He can supply MURIATE or 125 lo 250 pounds of
you nitrogen and NV POTASH in a vatmtt - * . . ~
1 . . r „. . , KAINIT per acre. Plats receiving the
quick-acting, well-balanced mixture. ~... , . , x , , .
T , , , , , , additionalamountofpotashproduced
If you have already purchased j ields . heayier seed> heayier
straight nitrogen for top-dressing, he , „ ~ . , , „ ,
. . . .... bolls, more hnt per seed, better grade,
will suggest that you take some NV . . ,
MURIATE or NV KAINIT to use with ° nger staple ' stron 9er fibers and a
this when you chop out. *9 her Percentage of normal fibers."
He knows that every year thousands When your fertilizer man advises
of farmers top-dress with NV POTASH you to STOP RUST and START
because it produces many extra PROFITS, he wants to help you make
pounds of valuable seed cotton. He more money. Follow his advice. Top
knows that extensive tests by leading dress with NV POTASH this year,
experiment stations prove that extra It Pays!
potash produces a healthy, high- N . v . POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc.
yielding, high-quality crop. Hurt Bldg., Atlanta, Royster Bldg., Norfolk
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i HAIL
INSURANCE
ON GROWING CROPS
WE RECOMMEND
hail insurance on cotton because it is one of your main
cash crops and a hailstorm can ruin a crop of cotton
in a few minutes.
WE SELL HAIL INSURANCE
because we have paid farmers many thousands of dollars
in past years for hail damage to their crops.
WE WANT TO WRITE YOUR HAIL POLICY
because we know the hail insurance contract and can
give you a satisfactory service when you have a claim.
We always have in the past.
You Cotton Acreage Is Limited
Take Out A Hail Policy Today
We Write All Kinds of Insurance
ANDREW & TUGGLE
“INSURE AND BE SECURE”
Phones 44 & 10 : : : Perry, Ga.
COTTON RUST DUE TO
POTASH HUNGER
Cotton Rust has done wide
spread damage in recent years,
i costing the South millions of dol
lars in lost yields. Many farm
ers in this section kse many val
uable pounds of seed cotton yeat
i after year, because they let Rusi
! ravage their cotton crop. Yei
cotton rust is easy to prevent b\
i using plenty of potash. Leadint
authorities say that Cotton Rust
is simply potash starvation.
Cotton, like all other plants,
manufactures its food in the
leaves. Potash is needed fo i
this manulacturing process ano
for the transportation and as
similation of the food. Whei
the cotton plant approaches ma
turity and begins to develoj
burs, seed and lint, these is ;
(tremendous demand for quickly
(available potash,
i if the cotton plant does no
receive plenty of potash, foot
manufacturing is hindered oj
stopped, the food is not proper!}
distributed throughout the plant
and a complete breakdown oc
curs as a result of a starved con
dition. Then you see Cotton
Rust.
G. T. PIERCE RETURNS
FROM DETROII TRIP
Returned from an interesting
and useful trip to Detroit, where
he participated in a spectaculai
group delivery of new trucks to
Dodge dealers of the Atlanta Re
gion is G. T. Pierce, Jr., of Mc-
Lendon Auto Co.
Because of its impressive,
streamlined appearance the new
truck driven by Mr. Pierce drew
much attention and prompted
numerous questions enroute. Mr.
Pierce returned to Perry Friday.
“In Detroit the Dodge plants
are busier than they have been
for somp time,” '>r. Pierce re
ports. “This applies also to the
(production of iiucks for which
/there is a steadil} increasing de
hnand.”
One Race of Cicada Is
Around Every 13 Years
There are two races of the period
ical cicada—the 17 year race and
another that appears every 13 years.
Scientists have found no differences
in the two except that one remains
underground in the larva and pupa
stages four years longer than the
other, states a writer in the Chicago
Tribune.
Every year is locust year in some
part of the country. There are 17
different broods of the 17 year race
and 13 broods of the 13 year race.
The broods have been catalogued by
Roman numbers. Broods Nos. 1 to
17 compose the 17 year race. The
13 year race is numbered from 18 to
30.
There is overlapping of the terri
tories occupied by the two races and
also by the different broods. In
some sections, however, the locusts
only appear at 13 or 17 year inter,
vals, indicating the presence of only
one brood.
The periodical cicadas are not
found in the western part of the
United States. They live mainly in
the wooded regions from the Atlan
tic coast westward to central Kan
sas. Broods of the 17 year race ara
found chiefly in sections north ol
the Ohio and Missouri rivers and
the 13 year broods south of these
rivers.
The first recorded appearance of
the 17 year race of the cicada was
in 1634 when the colonists at Plym
outh noted large swarms of the in
sects. This has become known as
brood 14. This brood extends west
ward to the Mississippi river, cov
ering all or parts of 13 states.
Famous Sea Monster
One of the most famous of sea
monsters was the serpent sighted by
her majesty’s ship Daedalus in Oc
tober, 1838, while cruising from the
Cape of Good Hope to St. Helena.
According to one witness, the crea
ture “passed rapidly, but so close
under our lee quarters that had it
been a man of my acquaintance, I
should easily have recognized his
features with the naked eye; and it
did not, either in approaching the
ship or after it had passed our wake,
deviate in the slightest degree from
its course, which it held on at the
pace of from 12 to 15 miles per
hour, apparently on some deter
mined purpose. Its color was brown
and yellowish-white about the
throat. It had no fins, but some
thing like the mane of a horse, or
rather a bunch of seaweed, washed
about its back,”
An Odd Fashion
A very odd fashion appeared in
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth cen
turies, of embroidering heraldic de
vices on the long gowns of the
ladies of rank. A picture of those
days shows a duchess in a corsage
and train of ermine, with a very
fierce looking lion rampant embroid- 1
ered twice on her long gown. An
other displays an heraldic dolphin
of very sinister aspect upon one
side of her corsage and on the skirt
of her long gowp. *
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
MAY 5 and 6
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the selection of color, pattern, and styling best
suited to your appearance. Choose from hun
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in yard-length samples to give a better idea of
their beauty. Fine tailoring at popular prices!
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2-10-4 --
A special PEANUT
FERTILIZER
Recommended by County Agents and
Agronomists. Manufactured right in our
plant and delivered on one hour’s notice.
$lB.OO PER TON DELIVERED AT FARM
Basic Slag highly recommended for Peanuts
$ll.OO PER TON DELIVERED AT FARM
We’ll be in market for Wheat again this year
and will be glad to talk to you about it,
Etheridge Bonded Warehouse
J. P. ETHERIDGE, Proprietor.
Phone 45 - Perry, Ga.
SAVE MONEY
by buying Groceries, Hardware,
and general Farm Supplies from
J. W. BLOOD WORTH
He does not use “Bait” to fool you, as if you were a
fish, but sells every article in his store at a low price.
You can buy it just as cheap at J. W. Bloodworth's, so
don't be deceived. Just follow the crowds and they
will lead you to his store.
J. W. Bloodworth
Phone 94 ; Delivery Service : Perry, Ga.
