24 Animal Husbandry 
at least, to the capacity of the soil to support large-framed animals. 
After the union of the Scotch and English crowns in the early part 
of the seventeenth century, strong trade relationships sprang up 
between the two countries. The Scotch cattle dealers driving 
Fic. 10.—The Clydesdale draft horse. 
herds into England returned with English horses which were mated 
with the native stock, thereby improving the quality and in- 
creasing the size. English blood continued to be introduced into 
Scotland until comparatively recent. times. Perhaps the most 
famous of the English importations was a horse named Lintock. 
During recent years, however, the Clydesdale has been main- 
tained as a pure breed. Among the most noted horses of the breed 
are Baron’s Pride and his son Baron of Buchlyvie, the latter 
selling for $47,500, the highest price paid for a draft horse. 
