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sometimes questionable expenses. The " company plan " of purchasing 

 a stallion is therefore objectionable. It is much better for the farmers 

 interested in horse breeding to get together, choose one of their own number, 

 and send him to the importing stable or horse-breeding firm to purchase 

 the stallion. He will have an opportunity to select his horse and will get 

 it much cheaper. 



Undoubtedly any reputable breeder or importer of horses would be 

 glad to send into any district the horse desired by a company of farmer- 

 breeders and in close accord with their requirements in regard to pedigree, 

 character, quality, size, and price. It is equally likely that the same 

 firm would be willing, for a certain consideration in price, to replace the 

 stallion when he could no longer stand in that particular district. If 

 such a plan were followed persistently, each district so acting would 

 secure much better results than at present.* 



STALLION LAWS 



The first stallion law was enacted in the State of Wisconsin in 1905 

 and went into effect January i, 1906. Since that time seventeen other 

 States have enacted laws of a similar nature. Many of the laws are very 

 similar in their provisions, while others differ considerably; but they all 

 aim to accomplish the same end, namely, to bar all stallions affected with 

 any unsoundness or infectious diseases from standing for public service, 

 and to provide a means whereby the public will be able to know whether 

 the stallions are pure-breds or grades. With laws of this kind in force 

 in so many States, it is becoming imperative that a similar law should 

 exist in every State; otherwise, the States not having a stallion law will be 

 made the dumping ground for stalHons that are rejected for public service 

 in the States where the laws are in existence. This is becoming a serious 

 matter in New York and steps should be taken at once to exclude unsound 

 StalHons from the State. 



UNIFORMITY 



Each community should produce horses uniform in type. As it is now, 

 each district produces a number of types. For this reason, buyers in 

 search of a particular type or breed of horse do not know where to find it, 

 and buy here and there, throughout a wide territory and at a great outlay 

 for traveling expenses, individual horses of the right type, until the lot 

 has been gathered together. When each farmer in a district is breeding 

 according to his individual ideas, he has to find a separate and individual 

 market or buyer for his product and the price paid is consequently small. 

 These districts may sell large numbers of horses annually, but the horses 



* For a partial list of the owners of pure-bred horses, see Bvilletin No. 17. Department of Agriculture, 

 State of New York. Albany. N. Y. 



