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just as sure to produce animals of little value and utility as they themselves are 

 sure to be disqualified by the buyer of good horses. There are too many stal- 

 lions of low class standing- for public service in Pennsylvania; these unneces- 

 sarily waste and restrict rural wealth and prosperity and tend, in measurable 

 degree, to check development of the resources of the Commonwealth. There 

 is too much misrepresentation of stallions to owners of brood mares. It has 

 thus become necessary to prevent such fraud, to designate stallions of greatest 

 breeding value and to eliminate the wholly unfit." 



At the instance of the State Livestock Breeders' Association, and following 

 the precedent of European countries, notably France, and also some of the 

 Canadian provinces, together with several of the United States, including Wis- 

 consin, Minnesota and Utah, the legislature of 1907, passed a law (Act of 

 April 25th, 1907, P. L. 92), the substance of which is as follows: 



1. The name, description and pedigree of every stallion in the State used for 

 breeding purposes shall be enrolled, by its owner, with the State Livestock 

 Sanitary Board. A certificate of such enrollment must be filed with the pro- 

 thonotary of the county or counties in which the stallion stands for public ser- 

 vice. 



2. In order to obtain such a license certificate the owner must file a veterina- 

 rian's certificate, or his own affidavit as to the freedom of his horse from here- 

 ditary unsoundness, etc. 



3. Pedigrees of all pure bred stallions for which license certificates are asked, 

 shall be submitted and owners who furnish registry certificates, properly author- 

 ized, shall be granted a license certifying the stallion to be pure bred. The 

 license certificate of a stallion, whose sire or dam is not pure bred shall des- 

 ignate him as grade, while a stallion whose sire and dam are pure bred but of 

 different breeds shall be licensed as cross bred. 



4. Copies of thf stallion's license certificate shall be kept posted in conspicuous 

 places both within and upon the outside of the main door of the stable, where 

 such stallion stands for service. Every bill, poster or advertisement shall con- 

 tain a copy of the certifi.cate of registration. 



5. Unsound stallions, for which license has been refused, after they have 

 been duly certified by the State Veterinarian, shall not be used for public ser- 

 vice in this State. 



6. A fee of $1 for examination and enrollment of each pedigree and an addi- 

 tional fee of .$1 for the license certificate, to be renewed annually, shall iDe paid 

 to the State Livestock Sanitary Board. The fees thus paid are to be deposited 

 in the State Treasury for the use of the Commonwealth. 



7. Transfers of certificates of enrollment will be issued upon the submittal of 

 satisfnctory proof of a transfer of ownership and upon the payment of a fee of 

 fifty cents. 



8. The State Livestock Sanitary Board is authorized to issue certificates of 

 approval upon voluntary requests from the owners of stallions, showing that 

 such horses, on account of superior type, conformation and breeding are es- 

 pecially commended to the breeders of the State. 



9. Violations of the provisions of the act shall be punished by a fine. 



The successful administration of the above act will insure to the breeders of 

 this Commonwealth: 



First, The prevention of misrepresentation regarding the breeding or regis- 

 tration of any stallion standing for public service. 



Second, The elimination, from the breeding ranks, of all horses, the get of 

 which are especially liable to be rendered unfit for useful service on account of 

 hereditary unsoundness or disease. 



Third, The means of determining those individuals from which, on account of 

 their superior breeding, type or conformation, may be expected most uniformally 

 satisfactory results. 



This law represents the mature thought of many breeders who were controlled 

 wholly by pul^lic spirited motives, and it will be administered to encourage and 

 promote the horse breeding industry in this Commonwealth. With important 

 elements of real danger removed and with the sources of the greatest benefits in- 

 dicated, it is hoped that breeders will be helped to follow the course this act 

 is intended to make clear. 



Blanks for the use of stallion owners in applying for the registration of their 

 horses and any additional information that may be required on this subject 

 will be furnished upon application to Dr. Carl W. Gay, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Harrisburg, Pa. 



LABORATORY. The work of the laboratory in Philadelphia has been carried 

 out chiefly by Dr. E. S. Duebler and Di-. Jolm Reichel. The work outside of the 

 laboratory, as vaccination, has been done by Dr. Deubler, and the work within 

 the laboratory proper has l^een conducted by Dr. Reichel, who has prepared the 

 following statement of this division of the work of the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Board for the past year: 



"Compared with the year 1906 the work was accomplished in a better regulated 

 and a more thorough manner, in that the routine was better developed. The 

 specimens received for diagnosis outnumbered those of last year and, in addi- 

 tion, consisted of a greater variety as will lie seen where these are classified.. 



The following biological products were made and sent out from the labora- 

 tory: 



