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draft-breeds. The weight of the mature Percheron 

 stallion, except in rare cases, is from 1,500 to 1,800 

 pounds, and that of the mares from 1,200 to 1,700. 

 Grade Percherons are quite variable in weight, owing to 



FlG. 42. Percheron stallion, Picador 27370 (48373). 

 Owned by Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman, Oaklawn Farm, Wayne, 111. 



the wide difference in the size of their nondescript 

 dams. 



The illustrations, it is hoped, will give some help in 

 the study of both the dark- and the light -colored 

 Percherons; but the reader should not be satisfied until 

 many individuals of this breed, under both unfavorable 



