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have been unusual brood mares. Details concerning 

 their records will be given later. 



Ohio Breeders. — Although none of the breeders 

 in Ohio bred enough colts to be included among the 

 first 20 breeders of the United States during this 

 period, there were a number of small breeders who 

 bred some excellent Percherons. Jones Bros, were 

 the leaders, and Samuel Kendeigh, M. V. Bates, 

 E. J. Condit, C. DeLano and J. M. Carr also bred a 

 goodly number. 



Jones Bros. — The firm of Jones Bros., Plain City, 

 O., consisted of Albert and C. M. Jones, sons of 

 Thomas Jones, whose early operations have already 

 been discussed. The active direction of affairs rested 

 with C. M. Jones. He had been associated in the 

 business with his father since 1864, but bred and 

 recorded a few animals of his own from 1878 on. In 

 1883 Thomas Jones discontinued operations and the 

 horses passed to the sons. Thomas Jones bred 3, 

 C. M. Jones 6, and Jones Bros. 31 during this period 

 — a total of 40 Percherons from the one farm. 



The Jones farm, on which Percherons have been 

 bred since 1864, in the hands of two generations, is 

 located at the edge of Plain City. It is not large 

 and there never were more than 10 mares of produc- 

 ing age kept at one time. The development of this 

 stud and its maintenance on the one farm in an 

 unbroken line for 42 years (1864 to 1916) is particu- 

 larly interesting and significant to other farmers 

 wlio desire to breed a few good Percherons in the 

 course of their ordinary farming operations. Much 



