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breeding since the beginning, stood first in registrations, with 

 2386 head, or 22.7 per cent of the total. Iowa, which from the 

 earliest days has followed closely after Illinois, ranked second 

 with 2 no registrations, or 20.07 P er cent f tne total. Ohio,, 

 the state to which Percherons were early imported, was third 

 with 864 registrations, or 8.22 per cent of the total. Kansas, the 

 leading Percheron breeding center west of the Missouri River, 

 stood fourth, with 759 head recorded during the year, 7.22 per 



FIG. 42. Percheron mares and foals in stud of the late M. W. Dunham, Oaklawn, 

 Wayne, Illinois. From photograph taken in 1893 by the author^ 



cent of the total. Nebraska came fifth, with 523 head, or 4.97 

 per cent; Minnesota sixth, with 447, or 4.25 per cent; Indiana 

 seventh, with 440, or 4.18 per cent; and South Dakota eighth, 

 with 392, or 3.73 per cent. These eight states represented about 

 75 per cent of all the horses registered in thirty-six states. The 

 two leading state centers in America are Tazewell County, Illinois, 

 and Delaware County, Ohio. 



Organizations for promoting Percheron horses exist in France 

 and the United States. The French Percheron Society, known 

 as La Societe Hippique Percheronne, was organized in 1883 and 

 has always had its headquarters at Nogent-le-Rotrou. It was 



