488 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



ing the year are as follows : Delaware, 81 ; Wayne, 

 42; Hardin, 31; Allen, 30; Madison, 28; Miami, 26; 

 Morrow, 26 ; Marion, 23 ; Van Wert, 19, and Williams 

 County, 17. The first, fifth, seventh and eighth coun- 

 ties are practically in one body in the central part of 

 the state, but the others are scattered from the north- 

 eastern to the western part, without any particular 

 concentration of breeding in any one district. Dela- 

 ware is far in the lead of all other counties in Ohio 

 in the number of Percherons raised, but Percheron 

 breeding is by no means so general as in Iowa, as 

 registrations were made from only 75 of the 88 coun- 

 ties in the state. 



The Percheron-breeding districts in the other lead- 

 ing states are clearly shown by the maps accompany- 

 ing this analysis. The significant fact is that Per- 

 cheron breeding has expanded most rapidly in those 

 communities where the breed has been longest known 

 — eloquent testimony to the wearing qualities of the 

 breed. The endurance, adaptability and money- 

 making qualities of the Percheron have won it life- 

 long friends wherever farmers have had an oppor- 

 tunity to become acquainted with the sterling worth 

 of the world's most popular draft breed. 



Percherons in the South. — Touching the matter of 

 the adaptibility of the Percheron to the conditions 

 prevailing in the Southern States we have asked for 

 expressions of opinion, based on observation and 

 experience, from two well-known animal husband- 

 men connected respectively with the Texas and 

 Georgia agricultural colleges. 



