the percheron review 45 
Report of Annual Meeting 
of the . 
Percheron Society of America 
Held in the Florentine Room of the Congress Hotel on Monday, November 29, 1920 
Vice President U. L. Burdick presided owing to the absence 
of President White, who was detained at liome on account of 
the illness of his mother. 
Roll-call cards were passed out by Secretary McFarland. 
Secretary McFarland: It is a great pleasure for me to turn 
this meeting over to Vice President U. L. Burdick, ex-Lieutenant 
Governor of the great state of North Dakota. (Applause.) 
(For address, see page 7 of this booklet.) 
Vice President Burdick: Will someone make a motion to 
approve the minutes of the last meeting? I want to say to you 
we have not those minutes here, but they have been published 
in the Percheron Review, and every member of the Society has 
been mailed a copy of that Percheron Review. There is nothing 
left to do except the formality of approving them. 
Mr. Dunham: I move the minutes be approved. 
Mr. Colegrove: I second the motion. 
Vice President Burdick: Anything further? It has been 
regularly moved and seconded that the minutes of the preceding 
annual meeting be approved. All in favor of that motion sig- 
nify in the usual manner. Contrary in the same way. The 
motion prevails and the minutes of the preceding meeting are 
approved. 
Vice President Burdick: The next time we will try to have 
the minutes with us. I believe the next order of business is the 
Secretary's report. 
Secretary McFarland: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle- 
men: I think it would be too bad to follow such a magnificent 
address by the reading of a long, dry report from the Secretary 
and furthermore, owing to the lateness of the hour, I do not 
desire to take the time now. I therefore beg to submit this 
printed report which each of you have in your hands as my 
report for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1920. 
Mr. Dunham: I move the Secretary's report be approved. 
Mr. Colegrove: I second the motion. 
Vice President Burdick: It has been regularly moved and 
seconded the Secretary's report be approved. Are you ready for 
the question? All those in favor signify by saying "Aye"; con- 
trary, "No." Motion prevails. 
The Secretary's report reads as follows: 
This report covers the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1920, which 
is the eighteenth year since the organization of the Percheron 
Society of America and the forty-fourth year since the registra- 
tion of Percheron horses was begun by J. H. Sanders. 
An analysis of registrations 
for the 
last four 
years follows: 
1920 
1919 
1918 
1917 
American bred stallions 
2,824 
3,515 
3,881 
4,554 
4,536 
5,615 
5,226 
5,760 
Total American bred 
7,360 
9,130 
9,107 
10,314 
Imported stallions 
18 
19 
63 
136 
1 
2 
10 
58 
19 
21 
73 
194 
7,379 
9,151 
9,180 
10,508 
Fifteen of the imported animals recorded were imported in 
former years and recorded in other associations. 
The decrease of 19.66% in number of stallions recorded is, 
of course, due to the limited demand for stallions. Breeders have 
been castrating their inferior stallions and in some cases good 
ones, because of the depressed market for stallions. A compari- 
son of the figures shows that during this year we only registered 
a little more than half as many stallions as we did in 1917. In 
1919 there were only 37% as many stallions registered as mares 
and practically the same percentage holds true this year. 
There is a total decrease of 19.39% in stallions and mares 
recorded as compared to a year ago. 
The increase in fees on March 1st, is in a measure, respon- 
sible for a portion of this decrease in registrations. Breeders 
say it does not pay to register an inferior stallion or mare under 
the present fee. This, of course, works for the betterment of 
the breed because it is doing away with the class of stallions 
that ought not to be left entire and tends to eliminate inferior 
mares. 
Tlie ruling requiring applications to be filed prior to June 
1st of tlie year following date of foaling to be accepted at the 
minimum fee has been very helpful as it has enabled us to get 
the work out earlier in the season, thereby giving our members 
better service. 
It is also of special interest to know that during the fiscal 
year ending October 31, 1919, we registered 2,614 yearling stallions 
and 4,237 yearling fillies, whereas during the year just ended 
we recorded only 1,903 yearling stallions and 3,879 yearling fillies. 
This makes a decrease of 27% on stallions and only 8% on 
mares. 
TRANSFERS 
During the past year we have issued 8,615 transfer certificates, 
transferred 1,038 more animals at the time their pedigrees were 
originally issued, rewritten or duplicates issued, making a grand 
total of 9,653 animals which were transferred on the records of 
the Society during the past fiscal year. This makes a decrease 
of 4.7%. 
It is interesting to notice that of the 9,653 horses transferred, 
2,498 were stallions sold during the year, and 4,194 were mares 
sold during the same time. There were also 1,923 horses trans- 
ferred that were sold prior to this fiscal year, 827 of which 
were stallions and 1,096 were mares. The remaining 1,038 trans- 
ferred, of which 464 were stallions and 574 mares, were horses 
whose transfers either went through at the same time the animal 
was registered, the pedigree was rewritten or a duplicate certifi- 
cate was issued. 
It is impossible to analyze these transfers except by transfer 
certificates issued, which by the above figures, compose 70% of 
the total but it is certain that the inclusion of the other 30% 
would not affect materially the rank of the various states. 
Detailed data for the first states follows: 
State 
■ — Stallions — . 
Mares 
Total- 
1920 
1919 
1918 
1920 
1919 
1918 
1920 
1919 
1918 
Illinois 
537 
459 
428 
1125 
890 
759 
1662 
1349 
1187 
526 
442 
580 
1084 
782 
946 
1610 
1224 
1526 
350 
319 
379 
404 
346 
375 
754 
665 
754 
Ohio 
212 
200 
233 
462 
420 
295 
674 
620 
528 
304 
408 
478 
227 
339 
292 
534 
747 
770 
Minnesota . . . , 
. 215 
221 
190 
310 
254 
193 
525 
475 
383 
221 
232 
277 
251 
205 
193 
472 
437 
470 
Nebraska 
137 
138 
226 
232 
223 
217 
369 
361 
443 
South Dakota 
. 122 
175 
234 
231 
218 
279 
353 
393 
513 
Missouri 
167 
189 
474 
165 
126 
144 
332 
315 
618 
North Dakota, 
. 140 
204 
267 
184 
209 
186 
324 
413 
453 
Oklahoma . . . , 
. 147 
104 
126 
158 
149 
209 
305 
353 
335 
Wisconsin . . . , 
. 130 
110 
102 
174 
124 
122 
304 
234 
224 
Michig;an 
87 
94 
126 
128 
138 
93 
215 
232 
219 
Pennsylvania , 
. 53 
62 
152 
141 
205 
203 
The encouraging part of the above report by states is the 
fact that the leading states in Percheron breeding show a marked 
increase in number of horses purchased. Those that show a de- 
crease in purchases are Canada, Soutli Dakota, North Dakota, 
Oklalioma and Michigan. Pennsylvania stood 15th in the list 
this year, displacing Colorado. Special notice should be taken 
of the increase in number of horses purchased in Illinois and 
Iowa, both stallions and mares. Canada fell from third to 
fiftli place this year due to unfavorable crop outlook in the early 
part of the season as well as unsatisfactory money conditions. 
INDEX TO PERCHERON HISTORY 
This is to be published by the Breeder's Gazette, 542 South 
Dearborn Street, Chicago, and should be off the press by January 
1st. Everyone who has a copy of the Percheron History should 
send and get this index. It will make tlie history worth several 
times what it was before. The new edition of the Percheron 
history which will be off the press soon will include this index. 
Every Percheron breeder should have a copy of this history. 
STUD BOOKS 
Volume XXI containing pedigrees from 146000 to 158000 will 
be ready for distribution about January 1st. 
