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and mares of the draft breeds for breeding purposes, be unable 

 to do that after the war conies to an end, but that they will have 

 to come to this country to get breeding stocks to reestablish the 

 breeding industry in those countries. It is even probable that 

 after the close of the war there will also be a great demand made 

 upon this country for horses for commercial purposes, so depleted 

 will the horse stock of the warring countries have become. 



It is plain, therefore, that the horse breeding industry in this 

 country wi'll enjoy an extended period of unprecedented pros- 

 perity, and it is in the power of the New York State Fair to do 

 much to awaken the farmers of this state to the opportunities 

 draft horse breeding holds for them, by adding to the prize list 

 for horses features which will add to the size and attractiveness 

 of the exhibits in that department by residents of the state. 



IMPORTANCE OF GOOD JUDGES 



I should be lacking in appreciation, in speaking of the horse 

 exhibits during the two State Fairs while superintendent of the 

 horse department, if I fail to mention the good work of the judges 

 who made the awards. Ijelieving that there was no necessity to 

 go outside the state to secure competent judges, I engaged the 

 services of A. W. Lawrence of LeRoy and Henry L. Allen, 

 Editor of The Horse World, Buffalo ; and how conscientiously 

 these gentlemen did the work assigned to them during the fairs 

 of 1913 and 1914 may be inferred from the fact that there was 

 not a single protest at either fair, and so far as the officials could 

 learn, there was not a single expression of dissatisfaction heard 

 from any exhibitor. This strengthens my belief that a fair may 

 secure a large number of high-class exhibits and still have the 

 exhibit ruined by the work of incompetent men as judges. 



