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weaning time on may be transmuted into more coin than the 

 average individual offspring of any farm animal at the same 

 age. Jane produced $1,400 worth of colts and Daisy $900 

 worth, and also performed their full share of labor on the crops. 



Champion Percheron stallion, International Live Stock Show, 1911. Among the 



best sires of the breed. ,' *,- 



Later, branded by wire and marked with age, they sold for 

 approximately their original cost. The depreciation in the 

 power plant of the corn belt farmer is at a minimum when the 

 units are drafters; and when these units are draft mares it is 

 the only power plant I know of that renews itself while pro- 

 ducing profitable labor. 



In 1910 the IlHnois StaHion Registration Board issued up 

 to October 1st 9,370 Hcenses. Of this number 3,397 were for 

 pure-bred draft stallions — all breeds. An average of about 33 



