THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 



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for $3200, to Nelson Morris Company. Sales by pri- 

 vate treaty are not reported to the extent that auction 

 sales are, but this, however, is considered to be a record 

 price on the Union Stock Yards market. It is, in a 

 degree, an index to 

 the merit attainable 

 by horses of this ex- 

 traction for draft 

 purposes. 



27. Distribution. 

 The adaptability of 

 the Clydesdale has led 

 to a wider distribution 

 of it than of any of 

 the other draft breeds. 

 It has found favor in 

 the leading English- 

 speaking countries, 

 including, in addition 

 to the United States, 

 Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Argentina has 

 imported many of the best, while several of the European 

 nations, notably Germany, Sweden and Russia, have been 

 most active in making importations. It has also found 

 its way into South Africa. On this continent, the breed 

 has been most popular in Canada, and the good effects 

 of the use of this breed in grading up farm mares to pro- 

 duce drafters serviceable on the farm and marketable on 

 the best markets, may be seen on almost any Canadian 

 farm, while on the streets of the large Canadian cities, 

 such as Toronto, Hamilton and Winnipeg, the teams 

 attached to the lorries, showing in their characteristics 

 Clydesdale breeding, will compare favorably with others. 



FIG. 5. A Clydesdale filly. 



