440 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



of what a small breeder can do if he has a good mare 

 to start with. 



Among the many other breeders whose opera- 

 tions were more extensive than the average were 

 Manuel Cross, A. J. & W. J. Lasby and D. N. 

 Tollman. 



Most of the Percheron breeding in Minnesota, 

 however, was conducted by farmers who had from 

 one to three mares. The large establishments which 

 had made this state famous in an earlier period, 

 notably those of Leonard Johnson and the Minne- 

 sota Percheron Horse Co., had for the most part 

 been dispersed. The mares passed at moderate 

 prices into the hands of farmers who have built up 

 Percheron studs of importance from a beginning of 

 one or two mares. 



The Hoosier Horsemen. — Indiana, sixth in Per- 

 cheron breeding, had a total of 184 Percheron breed- 

 ers by 1910 and 1,582 Percherons bred in the state 

 were foaled during this period. A. P. Nave, George 

 D. Enyart, C. A. Eandolph, William Day, L. A. 

 Rickel and Granville Kesling were among the most 

 active Percheron breeders in the state. J. Crouch 

 & Son and L. W. Cochran were heavy importers and 

 very active as dealers, influencing Percheron prog- 

 ress in the state to a marked degree. 



J. Crouch & Son, although strictly importers and 

 dealers, were especially influential in encouraging 

 Percheron breeding in Indiana as they imported a 

 large number during this time. The horses which 

 they brought from France to Lafayette Stock Farm 



