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VI. AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE-BREEDING OF SWEDEN.
It was not till in the middle of the decade 1841/50 that horses of Percheron
race were bought, but these soon fell into disrepute, chiefly because only a few
were of the pure race, while the greater number were lymphatic, heavy
Bonlon-naise horses, which had been imported under the title of Percherons.
It was afterwards very justly considered that a breed of horses from &
mountainous district would be more suitable for the purpose in view, and
therefore people began to import Belgian horses of the Ardennes race, and the
endeavour has generally been to obtain animals, not too heavy, but with close
and powerful forms and good action. This import, which still continues — many
Belgian horses arriving annually at Swedish harbours — has had very good
influence, and essentially contributed to the improvement of the race of horses
in many parts of the country where it has been found suitable to keep
coldblooded horses. The first time an Ardennes horse was publicly shown in Sweden
was at the General Swedish Agricultural Show at Malmö, in 1881, where it
attracted great attention.
On the same occasion, a Clydesdale horse was, for the first time in Sweden,
also awarded a prize. A pretty great number of this race have been imported,
but the import has declined of låte years. In those parts of Skåne where
cnlti-vation of sugar-beet is carried on, the Clydesdale horse has won confidence and
has proved suitable for the heavy draught-work occurring in the above-named
districts.
In the decade beginning 1871, some Pinzgauer horses were introduced from
the Noric Alp-district in South-Western Austria, but this race proved unsuitable
for our country, in as much as the breed grew inferior. Finally, some Shire-hones,
as they are called, have been brought from England for breeding-purposes, hot
they have produced a breed of a greatly varying character, in consequence of which
the import has recently ceased.
Of låte years, the interest in the improvement of the breeding of
horses of noble race has shown itself to be greatly on the increase in
Sweden. Several oriental horses were imported by King Charles XV.
the descendants of which have not proved very prominent, for which
reason the breeding is not continued. As in most other countries,
so also in Sweden one has learned the great importance of the English
thorough-bred for the improvement of the breeding of horses of noble
race, and from 1866 — when the General Swedish Racing Club was
organized, and the interest for sport was awakened — to 1892, the
number of thorough-bred s in the country increased from 13 to 43,
and has continually increased since then, so that, at present, the
race numbers about 300. Horses are also imported annually from East
Prussia and Hanover, which have favourably contributed, especially in
the southern part of the country, to the improvement of the breeding
of horses of noble race.
The studs supported by the Government have been laid jdown
during the last few decades. Strömsholm in Vestmanland in 1872, and
Flyinge in Skåne in 1887, were changed to stallion depots. The
number of stallions at the former place at the end of 1902 was 65, of which
6 were thorough-bred, and 59 half-blood, while at the latter depot
there were 93 stallions, of which 9 were thorough-bred and 84
half-blood, besides which there are at Flyinge some twenty young stallions
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