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GASCON— PERCHERON STALLION. The champion of the 

 Chicago International Exposition of 1908. Exhibited by Robert Bur- 

 gess & Son, of Wenona, 111. This magnificent stallion is less than 

 three years old. He won the fiist prize in a class of the finest j'oung 

 Percherons ever shown in a ring, then defeated the pick of the other 

 three stallion rings, being proclaimed champion over eighty-two of the 

 best Percherons in America. Considering that he is an ideal draft 

 horse, combining elegance with weight and power, GASCON moves 

 with the light step of a spirited trotter and stands squarely upon well- 

 set legs and good feet. Our readers can accept this picture as repre- 

 senting the ideal draft horse of France. 



BEEF CATTLE — ONE OF THE GREAT LOADS OF TEXAS 

 CATTLE MARKETED IN 1885 AT ST. LOUIS. Fed by the late 

 Samuel Scaling, of St. Louis and Texas. 



