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All llie breeds liave not progressed proporlionately, in fact some 

 have decreased in niuubers this year; others liave remained station- 

 ary. Those which have changed, and the number of increase and 

 decrease as well as those which have remained unchanged are: 



Stationarv 



I )(Hreased 



Shire 



Thoroughbred 



Suffolk 



Orloff 



Yorkshire 



French Draft 

 Hackney . . . . 



Morgan 



Cleveland Bav 



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2 



The Belgians are again the leaders in proportionate increase with 

 37 per cent. 



Bulletin No. 187, "Directory of Stallions," containing the names 

 and addresses of al the stallion owners in the State, also the names 

 and particular breeds of all pure breds, was jniblished and forward- 

 ed to all stallion owners, prothonotaries, veterinarians, and many 

 others. The list is arranged by counties so that any interested per- 

 son can easily locate the stallions in any particular vicinity, as 

 well as become informed concerning the breed to which each be- 

 longs. Circular No. 18, "Report of Stallion Licenses Issued Prior 

 to June 1, 1910," was also issued and given wide distribution for 

 the purpose of locating any stallion which might be standing without 

 a license. Very few owners were reported as not having licensed 

 their stallions. 



There seems to be much misunderstanding concerning the record- 

 ing of each stallion with the prothonotary of the county wherein the 

 stallion is stood. It has been ruled that the stallion owner must 

 record the original license certificate only which recording is suf- 

 ficient and need not be repeated for the annual renewal of the license. 



Every state in the Union, with the exception of eight, one of which 

 is Pennsylvania, has a lien law, which gives to the stallion owner, 

 provided he complies with the requirements of the law, a lien on 

 the get, or dam and get, for the service fee agreed upon. Such a 

 law would greatly benefit the horse breeding industry of this State, 

 inasmuch as stallions of exceptional merit would be brought into 

 the State, their owners knowing they could collect their fees with 

 but slight litigation. As conditions now exist, stallion owners ex- 

 perience considerable difficulty in making such collections and many 

 are never paid. Numerous communications have been received rec- 

 ommending legislation in this direction. 



The United States Department of Agriculture estimates the num- 

 ber of horses in Pennsylvania on January 1, 1910 at 619,000, with 



