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BELGIAN DRAUGHT HORSE 



III. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. BREEDING 



a) Horse breeding" 



The provinces of Belgium have for a long time possessed 

 regulations relative to the improvement of the native 

 draught horse, some of which date as far back as 

 i8 th century. 



About 1840 may be taken as the period when the first 

 attempts were made to bestow upon all our provinces a 

 scheme of regulations of which the main principles have 

 varied very little. 



Under the influence of the Societes d'Elevage, this 

 system has become more and more uniform, especially in 

 what concerns the main points. Accordingly, in 1901, all 

 the provincial councils of the country, without exception, 

 adopted almost uniformly a scheme of regulation drawn up 

 by the Minister of Agriculture with the aid of the Comite 

 Super ieur Hippique. 



The provincial regulations have a double aim : i to 

 eliminate from breeding the stallions which do not possess 



