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THE PERGHERON REVIEW 
30th 
3 
4 
.0004 
30 th 
Kentucky 
3 
4 
.0004 
30th 
3 
4 
.0004 
31st 
Mississippi 
2 
3 
.0003 
31st 
North Carolina 
3 
3 
.0003 
31st 
Vermont 
3 
3 
.0003 
32nd 
Louisiana 
2 
2 
.0002 
33rd 
Georgia 
1 
1 
.0001 
?3rd 
South Carolina 
1 
1 
.0001 
• 
Canada 
13 
19 
.0020 
Total number of breeders recording 4703. 
'Total number of animals recorded 9151. 
•Virtually all Canadian Percherons are recorded in the Cana- 
dian Percheron Association. 
Ohio is still ahead of Kansas in density of Percheron popu- 
lation, for it has less than one-half the area in square miles, so 
that it really has about 50 per cent more Percherons, on the basis 
of square miles of area, than Kansas has. This is the only 
marked instance of this kind. 
Counties having the largest number of Percherons recorded, in 
the last fiscal year, to area in square miles, are as follows: 
Rank County Number Square miles 
10th Johnson Percherons area per colt 
7th Story State recorded recorded 
8th Blackhawk Illinois 118 5.4 
9th Ford Iowa 64 6.6 
1st Tazewell Ohio 64 6.9 
2nd Henry Iowa 79 7.3 
3rd Delaware Illinois 152 7.8 
4th Keokuk Illinois 133 8.4 
5th McLean Iowa 65 8.7 
6th Iroquois Iowa 60 9A 
Illinois 52 9.6 
Iowa 60 10.1 
Transfers 
During the past year we have issued 8,764 transfer certificates, 
transferred 324 more animals at the time their pedigrees were 
rewritten, and 1,038 colts which were sold prior to registration, 
making a total of 10,126 animals which were transferred on our 
records during the past fiscal year. This is a decrease of about 
10% as compared with last year; but the steadily growing inter- 
est in Percherons is well shown by an analysis made about August 
1st, which revealed the fact that no less than 4,831 men not yet 
members of the Percheron Society of America had mares trans- 
ferred to their ownership in the past three years. This shows 
that many men in many states have faith in the future and are 
backing their faith with their money. 
It is possible to analyze, by states, only transfer certificates, 
which are noted above make up about 85% of the total; but it is 
certain that the inclusion of the other 15% would not affect 
materially the rank of the various states. 
Detailed data for the first fifteen states follows: 
Stallions Mares Total ^Total Outside 
niinois 459 890 1349 133 
Iowa 442 782 1224 161 
Canada 408 339 747 742 
An Interested Boy 
Kansas 
319 
346 
665 
74 
Ohio 
200 
420 
620 
79 
Minnesota 
221 
254 
475 
150 
232 
205 
437 
54 
North Dakota. . 
204 
209 
413 
144 
South Dakota... 
175 
218 
393 
146 
Nebraska 
138 
223 
361 
85 
Missouri 
189 
126 
315 
. 69 
Oklahoma 
104 
149 
353 
56 
110 
124 
234 
58 
Michigan 
94 
138 
232 
24 
Colorado 
76 
124 
200 
109 
Boys Like Percherons 
^Number purchased outside of the state. 
Illinois, passed last year by Iowa in total transactions, regains 
her place at the head of the list, and credit for this must go to 
the Illinois Percheron Breeders' Association, which, though organ- 
ized only last February, has already proved a potent factor in 
stimulating private sales of Percherons. 
Canada again stands third in purchases made, and despite a 
most unfavorable season, bought almost as many as a year ago. 
More Percherons have gone to Ontario and Quebec than hereto- 
fore, and our breed promises soon to be the most popular drafter 
in Canada as well as in the United States. 
Forty-six Percherons were exported to Great Britain during 
the last fiscal year, and since November 1st seventeen head went 
to Japan. These shipments promise to be but forerunners of more 
extensive purchases. 
Shortage of Draft Horses 
Actual field surveys made by your Secretary and Assistant Sec- 
retary this past season indicate that there are not one-third as 
many foals on farms as there should be to provide for the replace- 
ment needs of farmers in the corn belt. Those who have no foals 
or yearlings, and no mares bred to foal in 1920, are proceeding 
in the fond belief that some one else, somewhere else, is rearing 
enough young horses to take care of all needs two and three years 
hence. It is a fact that if two-thirds of the farmers in America 
who have been raising wheat quit producing same it will only be 
a short time till there is not enough to go around, and the same 
thing is true of horses, though more time must elapse before the 
scarcity is felt. Some are holding off in the belief that other types 
of motive power will replace draft horses wholly or in large part. 
Argument is wasted on such individuals, but they will eventually 
pay dearly for their experience, as thousands of others have 
already done. The coming Federal census to be taken in Janu- 
ary, 1920, will divulge exact data regarding the existing supply 
of horses, and will give information regarding the shortage of 
foals, yearlings and two-year-olds. 
If this national census of horses is tabulated and made public 
before March or April, 1920, it should stimulate, greatly, the 
breeding of draft horses, for it will focus public attention on the 
subject more forcibly than private agencies can; and I believe 
that we should urge on the proper Government authorities the 
importance of an early release of preliminary data on this sub- 
ject, as it will without question affect, very greatly, the demand 
for good stallions, with resulting benefit to the whole Percheron 
industry. 
Percheron Books 
The value of the Percheron History will be greatly increased 
in the next edition by a complete index. This will enable thought- 
ful, constructive breeders to study the blood lines of the animals 
they own, more easily and more intelligently. If the grandsire 
is THEUDIS 25015 (40871), reference to the index will show 
that complete information about the size, color, prize ring record 
and stud service of this noted sire can be found on pages 372, 
394, 395, 404, 412, 424, 430 and 601 of the Percheron History, 
