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BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



The first French draft horses of importance brought to 

 America came to Ohio in 1851. A horse named Louis 

 Napoleon, that was later taken to Illinois, became famous for 

 his fine colts. Since then, up to the present time, many 

 draft horses have been brought from France to America, 

 and especially to the states of the corn belt north of the Ohio 

 River. Very high prices have been paid for these horses, 

 and in 1909, one of them, Carnot, a noted prize winner in 



Fig. 16. Theresa (49283), a Percheron mare. Photograph by the author at 

 Show of Percheron Society of France, 1908. 



France and America, sold for $10,000. Many work horses 

 with considerable Percheron blood have sold for from $400 

 to $500. In 1900 such a work horse, weighing 1910 pounds, 

 sold at auction in St. Louis for $730. A real high-class 

 matched team of this kind, weighing around 3500 to 3600 

 pounds, will bring a big price in the market. 



