THE PERCHERON REVIEW 
9 
spent between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars for Percheron 
horses, just because he attended that great breeders ' show and got 
very much enthused over Percheron horses. Even my friend, Nico- 
demus, became so enthusiastic that he wanted to part with some 
of his apple money and 'buy a Percheron or two after he was there. 
Now, such a breeders' show can be just as readily staged at some 
other state fairs and I hope that we will have a great breeders' 
show in the West as well as one in the East in 1920. Then, after 
these are over we can all meet at the Great International. 
Gentlemen, I thank you very much, indeed, for the attention 
you have given me and apologize for having taken up so much 
time. (Prolonged applause.) 
President White : The next order of business is the 
reading and approval of the minutes of the preceding 
meeting. The minutes of our last meeting were pub- 
lished in the Sixteenth Annual Report and were distrib- 
uted by mail to all stockholders. I expect as many of 
you as are interested in those minutes have read them. 
I do not think that you want those minutes read aloud 
now and the motion to approve them as printed would 
be in order unless somebody would like to have some 
particular part considered. 
Mr. A. C. Boyd : Mr. Chairman, I move that the 
minutes be approved as printed. 
Mr. Nicodemus : I second the motion. 
President White : All those who favor the motion 
signify by saying "I." Contrary "No." Motion is 
carried. The next order of business is the report of the 
Secretary. 
Secretary Dinsmore : Mr. President and members 
of the Percheron Society, I have been fighting a bad cold 
— one of these Chicago colds — for the last ten days, and 
it has put my voice practically out of commission. I 
have written my report and will ask Assistant Secretary 
McFarland to read it to you and at the close I will ask 
the privilege of speaking a word to you. 
Assistant Secretary McFarland thereupon read Sec- 
retary Dinsmore 's written report which follows : 
' ' My report as Secretary covers the fiscal year ending October 
31st, 1919, the seventeenth year of existence of the Percheron So- 
ciety of America as such and the forty-third year since the regis- 
tration of Percheron horses was begun by J. H. Sanders. 
We recorded this past year the largest number of American 
bred horses the society has ever recorded except for the year, 1917. 
The falling off in registration of imported horses, however, makes 
our total registrations for the year slightly less than last year. 
Tabulated for comparison, the figures are as follows: 
Eegistrations twelve months ending October 31st — 
1919 
1918 
1917 
American bred stallions 
3,515 
3,881 
4,554 
5,226 
5,760 
Total American bred 
9,130 
9,107 
10,314 
Imported stallions 
19 
63 
136 
Imported mares 
2 
10 
58 
Total imported 
21 
73 
194 
Grand total 
9,151 
9,180 
10,508 
The twenty- one imported animals recorded were all imported in 
past years and recorded in minor associations. 
The continued failure of farmers to breed their grade mares 
and the consequent limited demand for stallions, has caused a 
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reduction in the registration of stallions. Long experience has 
shown that the sexes are about equal in number when foaled, and 
that under the stimulus of a strong demand nearly as many stal- 
lions as mares are recorded ; but a year ago the registration of 
stallions was 25 per cent less than of mares, and this year they 
fall short of mare registrations by 2,100, or 37 per cent less. This 
proves conclusively that Percheron breeding is increasing slowly 
but surely, but that in the present depressed market for stallions, 
owners are castrating them by wholesale, but are keeping up the 
registration of their good mares. This is as it should be. 
The rule requiring registrations to be in by May 31st of year 
following foaling to be accepted at the minimum fee has been very 
helpful, as it has enabled us to do the work more steadily and to 
get it out earlier in the season, thereby giving our members better 
service. It has also enabled us to handle the work with 946 hours 
less clerical help. 
Analysis of Registrations 
The 9,151 registrations made during the past year were re- 
corded by 4,703 separate breeders and registrations were made 
from forty-four different states and Canada. On ranking these 
states, according to the number of animals recorded, the percent- 
age which the registrations from that state bear to the total ap- 
pears in the following table : 
For Fiscal Year Ending October 31st, 1919 
Percentage which 
registrations 
from this state 
No. of breeders No. animals bear to total 
Eank 
State 
recording 
recorded 
for year 
1st 
Illinois 
886 
1,744 
.19 
2nd 
Iowa 
687 
1,648 
.18 
3rd 
Kansas 
427 
827 
.090 
4th 
Ohio 
415 
609 
.066 
5th 
Nebraska 
238 
486 
.053 
6th 
Minnesota 
263 
481 
.052 
7th 
North Dakota 
192 
426 
.046 
8 th 
South Dakota 
194 
361 
.039 
9th 
Indiana 
225 
333 
.036 
10th 
Wisconsin 
189 
320 
.034 
11th 
iMiehigan 
117 
285 
.0311 
12th 
Missouri 
146 
239 
.0251 
12th 
Oklahoma 
127 
239 
.0261 
13th 
Montana 
94 
184 
.0201 
14th 
Pennsylvania 
110 
173 
.0189 
15th 
Colorado 
49 
97 
.0106 
16th 
Virginia 
35 
83 
.0090 
17th 
California 
28 
80 
.0087 
18th 
New York 
57 
78 
.0085 
19th 
Oregon 
30 
72 
.0078 
20th 
Idaho 
32 
62 
.0067 
21st 
Texas 
15 
48 
.0052 
22nd 
Washington 
29 
46 
.0050 
23rd 
Wyoming 
13 
40 
.0043 
24th 
Maryland 
13 
31 
.0033 
25th 
Utah 
11 
28 
.0030 
26th 
Massachusetts 
10 
13 
.0014 
26th 
Nevada 
4 
13 
.0014 
26 th 
New Jersey 
6 
13 
.0014 
27th 
Maine 
5 
12 
.0013 
28th 
Teimessee 
4 
9 
.0009 
28th 
Arkansas 
4 
9 
.0009 
29th 
Delaware 
4 
6 
.0006 
29th 
New Mexico 
5 
6 
.0006 
29th 
West Virginia 
5 
6 
.0006 
