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the cross between a Percheron and an American 

 that the contrast shall not be too great between 

 the members of the union. When it is too great 

 the consequences are disastrous, and result in a 

 misshapen beast with unrelated characteristics 

 of each parent. This shows that the blood of the 

 union has not blended harmoniously. But the 

 men who are in the business of producing 

 "graded draught horses" appear to know that 

 business well as the horses sold are handsome, 

 strong, and active, and well adapted for the 

 work for which they were created. 



This is a business pretty sure to decrease rather 

 rapidly. These graded horses are not the ideal 

 farm horse, although on a large farm where there 

 is a deal of hauling, they serve a very useful pur- 

 pose. But in plowing or in other work over soft 

 ground they are too heavy. The city is the place 

 for these horses. And year by year the heavy haul- 

 ing will more and more be done by auto-cars. The 

 auto-car for trucking is at present probably the 

 most satisfactory achievement of the designers of 

 horseless vehicles. When it is satisfactorily dem- 

 onstrated that this mode of transferring freight, 



