504 A HISTORY OF THE PEECHEEON HORSE 



in draft horses from the standpoint of efficiency 

 in farm work or from the standpoint of their actual 

 worth to users in our large cities or in foreign coun- 

 tries. There is every encouragement to produce 

 the big horses of approved draft type, conformation 

 and quality, which will weigh 1,650 pounds and up 

 in good working condition. I can see no encour- 

 agement for the man who is producing the cheap 

 or undersized horses. I fully believe that the prices 

 on these smaller horses will drop materially after 

 the war. 



"So far as I can judge, the average price which 

 farmers in the United States have received for 

 cavalry horses has been in the neighborhood of $115 

 per head. The average price for the French artil- 

 lery horse has been around $140, and for the British 

 artillery horse around $165 to the farmers who sold 

 such horses. There is here a difference of from 

 $25 to $50 per head in favor of the heavier horse 

 and this increase in weight has in all instances 

 been due to the use of draft blood. During this 

 very time, however, when the heavy artillery horses 

 were selling from our farms at an average of $165 

 per head, horses with one more cross of draft blood, 

 which would weigh from 1,600 to 1,800 pounds in 

 working condition have been bringing from $225 to 

 $250 on the farms, and the horses with still more 

 size and draft character have brought from $250 

 to $275 on the farms. I cannot see how there can 

 be any clearer evidence of the advantage of produc- 

 ing draft horses on the farm, or of using purebred 

 draft stallions in increasing the value of the com- 

 mon horses of our country." 



Geldings at the Show. — Tremendous impetus has 

 been given the breeding of better geldings by the 

 exhibits made at the International Live Stock Ex- 



