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small farms where he is in close, every-day contact with the life of the 

 people. They are docile of temper and have great draft power. 



There is a cross bred Belgian horse but he has been little seen in the 

 United States. He is popular where he is known. The horse, on the 

 whole, has an attractive individuality. They seem to be sound of limb 



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and possessed of blocky form and weight, so much in demand for heavy 

 hauling. There is a widespread distribution of the Belgian draft horse 

 to Germany, England, Plolland, Sweden, France, Denmark, Austria 

 and the United States. In this country he is best known in Iowa, Illi- 

 nois and Indiana. They are, however, rapidly becoming distributed 

 over the Mississippi valley states north of Ohio, where the heavy draft 

 horse is most needed. 



