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DRAFT HORSES. 



Their Breeding One of the Important Industries of 



the Day— The Experience of Dealers who 



Buy and Sell 40,000 Horses 



Annually. 



The following article appeared in The Chicago Daily Tribune^ and 

 as it demonstrates beyond question the superiority of the Percheron- 

 Norman breed over all other races of draft horses, when crossed 

 upon our native mares, for the production of valuable work animals, 

 I deem it worthy of careful perusal : — 1 



The Tribune, as the acknowledged champion of the agriculturists 

 of the great Northwest, whose progressive ideas have been established 

 and developed under its tutelage, presents to its readers in this issue 

 a most valuable and timely array of facts bearing upon the relative 

 merits of the different breed of draft horses that are being bred in the 

 United States and Canada. 



This subject, although of vital importance to the people, is one 

 that, for various causes, has been handled very tenderly by those 

 papers whose duty it is to give the facts to their readers. The agri- 

 cultural press, which claims to be wholly devoted to the interest of 

 farmers, for fear of losing advertising patronage by publishing that 

 which would injure anybody engaged in handling what is called im- 

 proved stock, has attempted to pursue a course that would conciliate 

 all. The result has been the mystification of the people, who are at 

 more of a loss what to do than if nothing had been written. 



In order that the facts might be known to the people, that they 

 might pursue the most profitable course of breeding, representatives 

 of the Tribune were instructed to procure of the well known and 

 leading dealers in the New York and Chicago horse markets 

 information 



