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almost $75,000,000, of which $37,000,000 represented horses and more 

 than $10,000,000 beef cattle. The counties of Northern Virginia stand 

 highest as stock-owning communities, and they are rapidly developing 

 in importance as stock-raising communities. 



Northern Virginia owes to its natural blue grass its premier product, 

 the horse. Nowhere is the horse raised to better advantage or held 

 in higher esteem. Many of the best and most successful steeds exhibited 

 at American shows have come from this section, particularly hunters, for 

 the Virginia horse seems naturally endowed with the ability and inclina- 

 tion to gallop long and jump high, and nowhere are there lighter hands 

 or better seats in the saddle for the schooling of a colt. Of recent years 

 much attention is being paid also to the raising of draft horses. While 

 Percherons have been most generally bred, all the recognized breeds may 



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