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there will soon be more home-bred colts to supply the demand. 

 Belgians have been the longest and most favorably known in In- 

 diana, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio, but in recent years have been dis- 

 tributed in all O'f the horse breeding states. 



Since no more I3elgians can be imported, and, in numbers, this 

 breed is comparatively small, it is of the greatest importance that 

 the American breeder use the foundation stock at hand to the 

 best possible advantage. Any future development of this breed 

 in this conntry must be without outside aid. For centuries' the 

 world's battle ground, little Belgium is again sorely stricken by 

 the disaster of war. In the destruction of her great breed of 

 draft horses, the constructive work of generations is lost, the prin- 

 cipal source of wealth of her peasant farmers cut off, and the 

 increasing and lasting benefit of the Belgian draft breed lost 

 to the whole world for \ears to come. 



