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Title: Catalogue of Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm : importers, exporters and breeders of Shire, Percheron, Belgian, Suffolk and Hackney horses
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm
Subjects: Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm Shire horse Percheron horse Belgian draft horse Suffolk horse Hackney horse Horses Horse farms
Publisher: Bushnell, Ill. : The Farm
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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he Indianastate fair last fall and also a prize winner at the Illinois state fair. The Pioneer Stud farm lias received three importations this year, andwill liave another one arrive early in September. In this importation willbe many flashy young things tliat will lie si en at tlie Illinois state fair andalso at the International. t^^ (^% t^* Meeting- of Stockholders. (Augusta, Illinois, Paper, January 2.i, 1003.)The first meeting of the Augusta Shire Horse Company was held atAugusta, Illinois, Friday, January 23, 1903, when the stockholders electedJ. M. Garwood, president; Rolla Frank, sicretary; F, M. Noel, treasurer,and F. E. Williams, V. 0. Massie, T. J. Garwood, C. F. Walton andM. E. Randall, Board of Directors. Rolla Frank was appointed managerof the horse. This company has just purchased from tlie Pioneer Stud farm, of Busli-nell. 111., the fine three-year-uld Shire stallion, Biaisdon Farmer, 19353. Hissire is the prize winning Shire stallion, Biaisdon Conqueror, 15989, who has
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won a number of premiums at London and the leading horse shows in Eng-land. His dam, Wild Rose, 17620, one of the very best Shire mares inKngland, is also the dam of Blaisdon Pluto, the Gold Medal and Cliam-pion stallion at the International, 19f>l, and sold to the Oakland ShireHorse Co., Rushville, 111., for the handsome sum of $4,000. This company is to be congratulated on having secured this fine youngstallion. He is a model draft horse and was so much admired at the re-cent International Show at Chicago. In the opinion of many good, prac-tical judges he was considered one of the best horses in the show. Whilehe is not three years old until spring he tips the scales at 1900 pounds.The farmers in this community never had such an opportunity to improvetheir horse stock, and the community at large has reason to be proud ofthe enterprising members of this company for having secured such a valu-alile draft horse. (^% ^^% (^^ The Pioneer Stud Farm. (Iowa Homestead, November 13, 1902.)

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