THE PERCHERON 



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which the weaker specimens break down, while the stout, rugged 

 colts become seasoned for the strenuous work ahead of them. 



5. At five years the omnibus and truck companies buy them 

 for their final field of usefulness, seasoned and fit for any exertion. 



CASTELAR. PERCHERON STALLION 



The French government regulates the horse breeding in Perche 

 by destroying all inferior stallions, licensing the good ones and sub- 

 sidizing the best to the amount of $50 to $1 50 annually. 



Percheron horses were early brought to America ; the horse 

 Norman having been imported in 1816, Old Louis Napoleon, a 

 famous stallion, in 1 85 1 . The Massachusetts Society for Promot- 



" Have had excellent results from use of this cure ; feel we should not be 

 withouf it. Standard Oil Co. of N. ¥., (Brooklyn. " 



