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Yearbook of the DepartTnent of Agriculture^ 1921. 



Fig. 78. — The number of pure-bred horses of saddle and carriage breeds in the United 

 States was only about one-ninth the number of those of draft breeds in 1920. The rela- 

 tively large number of these saddle and carriage horses in Kentucky and adjacent por- 

 tions of Illinois and Indiana, also in "Virginia and Maryland, is noteworthy. These are 

 areas famous in song and story for their fine horses, and despite the decline of 

 horse racing as a sport, and the decreased use of horses for riding and di-iving, breeders 

 and horse fanciers in these States retain a large number of pure-bred saddle and carriage 

 horses. Probably only a small number, however, are used for breeding. 



Fig. 79. — About half the pure-bred draft horses in the United States are in the Corn 

 Belt, and most of the other half are in the Hay and Pasture, Spring Wheat, and Great 

 Plain.s Regions. Very few are found in the South or Southwest. In California, Oregon, 

 Washington, and Idaho, however, pure-bred draft horses relative to the total number 

 of horses are almost as common as in the Corn Belt. Three-fourths of the pure-bred 

 draft horses In the United States are Percherons, 10 per cent are Belgians, 5 per cent are 

 Shires, and 4 per cent are Clydesdales, other breeds constituting the remainder. 



