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tlie artillery horses from $165 to $210, it is manifest 

 that the Argentine has not been favorably consid- 

 ered as a source of horses for foreign use. One 

 reason is found in the long shipment and another in 

 the fact that they have but a very small proportion 

 of horses large enough for artillery work. 



French Embargo on Exports. — ^Practically no im- 

 portations of Pereherons have been made since the 

 European war began. A few horses bought before 

 the war broke out were brought over in the autumn 

 of 1914, but these were not Pereherons. From that 

 time until Jan. 1, 1917, no more Pereherons were 

 imported, except 59 brought over in the spring of 



1916. Almost immediately after the war began the 

 French Government placed an absolute embargo on 

 the exportation of horses to foreign countries. This 

 embargo was not lifted until Jan. 1, 1916, when 

 through the strenuous efforts of Charles Aveline, 

 then President of the Percheron Society of France, 

 the government did agree to release for export 200 

 Percheron stallions rising four years old or over. 

 This suspension of the embargo lasted from Jan. 1 

 to March 1, 1916, and but 59 horses were brought 

 out under this release order. Another order of sim- 

 ilar character released 200 more stallions for export 

 during December, 1916, and January and February, 



1917, but these horses were required to be coming 

 four years old or over. 



American Breeding Stimulated. — The elimination 

 of imports has greatly stimulated Percheron breed- 

 ing in this country. Importers and dealers have 



