My paternal grandfather couldn't get rid of horses fast enough. I think any horse for draft was gone by the early 40's.
His dad, my great grandfather, kept a team -Pat and Mike- into the 50's. Despite this he did have tractors pretty early- the most notable being a Farmall F30 he bought in '35. His son (the guy above) left home in fall of '36 when he got married. The F30 might have been some of his doing... we don't know.
My maternal grandfather bred Percherons and had as many as 40+ at a time. In the late 40's, many or most went to the glue factory, as there was NO market left. He kept some, but I am not sure when the last left, perhaps the late 50's or into the 60s. I'd have to ask mom. He kept his horses in a special "horse barn"... in this case it was as large as the two story dairy barn, and located directly across the road. In fact the horse barn was just like a typical WI bank style dairy barn, only it hafd horse box stalls below.
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