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cate with the coimtj clerk of the county in which it is to stand 

 for public service, and the terms of service, and having done 

 this he is in a position to collect the service fee. There is no 

 law, however, to prevent any man keeping a stallion of any type 

 without filing any certificate whatever, and using it wherever he 

 pleases. The only advantage of the registration is that the owner 

 of a stallion registered in the clerk's oflice, can collect the fee 

 by action at law, and also has a lien upon the colt. Now I know 

 that some of you have very decided convictions as to what the 

 state ought to do, what regulation ought to be made on this 

 subject. And if there is a general expression of opinion on this 

 subject which results finally in some resolution coming from 

 your resolutions committee, when appointed, it may have some 

 weight, at any rate, in solving this subject and influencing the 

 action that may finally be taken. 



I think you all would be glad to hear from Mr. Powell on this 

 subject. 



Mk. Poweli.: I take a great deal of interest in the subject; 

 although at the present time not a breeder of horses, I formerly 

 have been. I did not expect to talk on this subject at this time, 

 and have not given it the thought the importance of the 

 question deserves. But it is one that should interest not only 

 every horse-breeder, but every man who has the interest and 

 welfare of the state at heart; because whatever is accomplished 

 to improve the agricultural conditions or the breeder's conditions, 

 or adds to the value of the products of the state, is of interest 

 to every man living therein. 



The question of breeding from mongrel stallions is one that 

 should have been taken up by the breeding interests of this 

 country long ago. We have failed to do or accomplish what 

 might easily have been done had we taken the pains regarding 

 our sires that foreign countries do, to whom we are paying a 

 large amoimt of money for stallions brought to this country. 

 For instance, in France the income to the government and the 

 people from horses that are exported is enormous, and the reason 

 why it is enormous is because they have been taking more pains, 

 have been breeding better horses, breeding to pure-bred and re- 

 corded sires. The government has taken that matter in hand, 



