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of the depression. He held out, and had the nerve 

 to ship some of his mares away to be bred to Fenelon 

 2682 (38) in 1893. The colts produced justified his 

 judgment. He later shipped mares to Theudis 25015 

 (40871) and Carnot 66666 (66666) with satisfactory 

 results. Such work stamps Mr. Rohrs as a construc- 

 tive breeder. His operations were small, he did not 

 show or advertise largely, and most of his horses 

 were sold for use on grade mares, but his contribu- 

 tion to Percheron breeding in Ohio was material in 

 its stabilizing effects during- the panic and is worthy 

 of emulation by other small breeders. 



Ohio's breeders, other than those mentioned, were 

 for the most part farmers who owned but a few 

 Percheron mares. They were too frequently handi- 

 capped by not having access to a high-class sire, and 

 few had the courage to ship their mares away during 

 the period of low prices. The real advancement 

 made during this time was therefore slight. 



In Minnesota. — Minnesota dropped to fourth place 

 in number of breeders by 1900, but held her former 

 place, third, in number of Percherons bred and 

 raised. The number of breeders increased from 30 

 in 1890 to 124 in 1900. This was a greater propor- 

 tional gain in numbers than was made in either 

 Illinois or Iowa. A total of 691 Percherons are of 

 record as bred in Minnesota during this period. 



The Minnesota Percheron Horse Co., L. C. Hodg- 

 son, J. Koester and T. L. & J. L. De Lancey were 

 the leaders who survived the hard times. Leonard 

 Johnson and George E. Case, whose studs were 



