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selecting Percherons of good type and quality, well 

 adapted to stand hot weather, and the success which 

 they themselves achieved in using Percherons in 

 Missouri, even during the hot weather, gradually 

 had its influence upon farmers. Within the last 8 

 years a large number of draft horses, both grade 

 and purebred, has been taken into Missouri, par- 

 ticularly into the northern part. While no studs of 

 national reputation have been developed within the 

 state, some very good horses have been bred there 

 and the number of breeders has been very greatly 

 increased. 



Pennsylvania. — In Pennsylvania William Paden, 

 Bond Bros., George A. Hogg and Powell Bros, were 

 the leading breeders, and the Little Missouri Horse 

 Co., which continued in a small way after closing 

 out its holdings in North Dakota, also bred quite a 

 number of Percherons in Pennsylvania. Sales with- 

 in the state were limited, however, as Pennsylvania 

 farmers in general have been slow to use heavy 

 horses. A disposition prevailed for many years to 

 buy young western horses in thin condition for farm 

 work, disposing of them when they reached matur- 

 ity. This policy retarded Percheron breeding and 

 the state has never produced as many horses as 

 actually are needed for its own use. The work of 

 the few breeders located in Pennsylvania did, how- 

 ever, favorably influence draft horse breeding in 

 the state and the number of draft mares kept on 

 Pennsylvania farms is being slowly but surely in- 

 creased. 



