Horses 



1791 



The Belgian horse is a remarkably good feeder and shipper and 

 acclimates rapidly, and is an example of what can be done intelli- 

 gently by breeding and liberal feeding especially on green foods, in 

 the stables as well as in the rich low pastures. 



In colors the chestnut and roans are especially desirable, but 

 color in this breed is not a strong factor, there being many good 

 bays and browns with some blacks and grays. Until recently the 

 scarcity and high prices of Belgian mares have prevented their im- 

 portation to any great extent, but the strong growing demand in the 

 United States for Belgian breeding stock, without the booming by 

 wealthy breeders or registry companies, has made the call for 

 mares so insistent that importers are bringing them over in increas- 

 ing numbers, and at higher prices than are paid for any other draft 

 animals abroad. 



Fig. 166. Imported Suffolk Punch Stallion " Rendle- 

 SHAM Dauphin," .3850. Three Years Old; Weight 

 1,800 Pounds. Owned by Adirondack Farms, Glens 

 Falls, N. Y. 



THE SUFFOLK 



Originating in Suffolk County but bred also in a few of the other 

 eastern counties of England ; being the third English draft breed 

 but so radically different from the Clydesdale or English Shire, it 



