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Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, 

 and South Dakota, in about the order named. The two 

 leading centers in the United States are in Delaware County, 

 Ohio, and Tazewell County, Illinois. During the World 

 War some of these horses were taken from France to Eng- 

 land, where they have grown greatly in popularity. In spite 

 of the depression in the horse industry, due to the automo- 

 bile, good Pcrcheron horses have been in demand at very 

 satisfactorj^ prices. Many work horses showing consider- 

 able Percheron character, have sold at from $400 to 1500, 

 and in 1910, Crouch and Son, of Indiana, bought a pair of 

 Percheron geldings for $2,025, a record price. The stallion 

 Carnot, a noted prize winner and sire in France and America, 

 was bought by W. S. Corsa, of Ilhnois, for $10,000. 



The Clydesdale horse is a breed that was developed in 

 southwestern Scotland, where it has been known since about 

 1715. The Clydesdale is not quite so large as the largest 

 draft breeds. It has certain features that perhaps are no- 

 table. To begin with the feet, they must be large, round, 

 and wide behind at the heel, with a good, elastic frog. The 

 bones of the legs should be hard and not round and meaty, 

 but the arms and quarters must be heavily muscled. The 

 Scotchman thinks his horse has the Ijest of feet and legs, 

 and, when either walking or trotting, that he has the best 

 movement of any draft horse. It is a fact that many 

 Clydesdale horses move with splendid action and carry 

 their feet with snap and trueness. This is a hairy-legged 

 breed, with long hair on the back of both front and hind legs 

 from the knee and the hock down. The body of the Clydes- 

 dale is often deficient in massiveness, so that these horses 

 appear shallow of bodj^ and correspondingly long of leg, 

 the principal criticism of this breed to-day. The shoulders 

 usually slope well into the back, which fact accounts for the 

 easy movement of this horse. The color is usually bay or 

 brown, with white markings on the face and on the lower 



