THE PERCHERON 



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breeding since the beginning, stood first in registrations, with 

 2386 head, or 22.7 per cent of the total. Iowa, which from the 

 earUest days has followed closely after Illinois, ranked second 

 with 2 1 10 registrations, or 20.07 per cent of the total. Ohio, 

 the state to which Percherons were early imported, was third 

 with 864 registrations, or 8.22 per cent of the total. Kansas, the 

 leading Percheron breeding center west of the Missouri River, 

 stood fourth, with 759 head recorded during the year, 7.22 per 



Fig. 42. Percheron mares and foals in stud of the late M. W. Dunham, Oaklawn, 

 Wayne, Illinois. From photograph taken in 1893 by the author 



cent of the total. Nebraska came fifth, with 523 head, or 4.97 



per cent; Minnesota sixth, with 447, or 4.25 per cent; Indiana 



seventh, with 440, or 4.18 per cent; and South Dakota eighth, 



with 392, or 3.73 per cent. These eight states represented about 



75 per cent of all the horses registered in thirty-six states. The 



two leading state centers in America are Tazewell County, Illinois, 



and Delaware County, Ohio. 



Organizations for promoting Percheron horses exist in France 



and the United States. The French Percheron Society, known 



as La Society Hippique Percheronne, was organized in 1883 and 



has alwavs had its headquarters at Nogent-le-Rotrou. It was 

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