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percent of all purebred draft stallions in use in the 

 United States are Percherons. 



War Exports. — Our exports since the great Euro- 

 pean war began aggregated for the 27 months end- 

 ing Dec. 1st, 1916, 774,947 horses and 255,014 mules, 

 totalling in value $216,941,912. The strongest de- 

 mand has been for artillery and transport horses, 

 which have brought from $35 to $60 per head more 

 than cavalry horses. Men who have been in particu- 

 larly close touch with the work of the inspectors 

 declare that at least 75 percent of the artillery and 

 transport horses have been grade Percherons. How 

 well these horses have met the foreign demand is 

 attested in the leading editorial of the London 

 "Live Stock Journal" for Nov. 17, 1916, from which 

 we quote: 



"In the meantime the Percheron type has made 

 many friends in England. The breed, mostly rep- 

 resented, it is true, by ' grade ' horses as yet, is firmly 

 established in the hearts and minds of the responsi- 

 ble officers of the British army. Go where .one will 

 in army circles, he hears nothing but praise for a 

 horse that has proved his sterling worth in artil- 

 lery. East and west, north and south the story is 

 the same; the half-bred Percheron has filled many 

 wants and has proved himself a gentleman of a 

 horse, as well as a willing and never failing worker. 

 We shall have a further opportunity of stating how 

 pleased army men are with the type, but for the 

 moment our chief concern lies in stating the facts 

 of the case in connection with the recent importa- 

 tion of two purebred Percheron stallions and some 

 brood mares. 



