No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. iH 



law that every stallion for whose service a fee is asked must be 

 enrolled with and secure a license certificate from the State Live 

 Stock Sanitary Board. 



The experience of the past two months seems to indicate that 

 the things required of the stallion owner before he can secure a 

 State license are not well understood. It is not a mere matter of 

 registration for which simple application is all that is necessary. 

 There are certain condition prescribed by law which must be met, 

 and failure to meet them may result in the applicant being refused 

 a license. Futhermore these requirements being fixed by law must 

 be strictly adhered to and there can be no exceptions made of 

 individual cases. 



The first thing necessary in making an application for State 

 stallion license is to give a detailed discription of the stallion; 

 age, weight, height, color and markings. This is necessary for the 

 purpose of identification, and also for the reason that it is incor- 

 porated in the license certificate. Any omission will appear there. 

 The next essential is the original pedigree registry certificate. The 

 license certificate, which is issued indicates whether a horse is 

 "pure bred," "grade" or "cross bred," and the wording of these certi- 

 ficates is established by law. The "pure bred" certificate states the 

 horse to be registered with an Association recognized by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, therefore the certificate of such 

 lassoidiations is the only authority upon which a f'pure brfed" 

 license can be issued; furthermore it is necessary to see the certifi- 

 cate itself and not a copy, in order to establish the fact that the 

 horse for which application is made is identical with the horse 

 whose registration is reported. It is very important to have all 

 transfers of ownership properly shown so that the present owner- 

 ship of the horse may be confirmed. Unauthoritive tabulated 

 pedigrees and advertising matter cannot be accepted for the issuance 

 of a "pure bred" certificate. Any certificate or statement of pedi- 

 gree must be properly authorized b}^ officers of the Association 

 which issued it and this must be an association which itself is 

 authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture. The 

 term "grade" as used in connection with these license certificates 

 has a very broad meaning and includes all animals not fuUfilling 

 the requirements just set forth as necessary for a "pure bred" cer- 

 tificate, with the exception of a small group whose sires and dams 

 are both pure bred and properly registered but in associations 

 of different breeds; to these are issued the third form of certificate 

 designating them "cross bred." Unfortunately there can be no 

 discrimination so far as the wording of the "grade" certificates 

 is concerned, between that issued to the horse whose eligibility 

 to registration is denied only on account of an untraced third or 

 fourth dam and the horse of the most mixed or nondescript breed- 

 ing. The clause "not of pure breeding" which appears in the grade 

 certificate should therefore be interpreted "not registered." 



The third requirement is a fee of |2.n0 which is necessary in 

 all cases whether an animal be pure bred or not. This money is 

 immediately turned over to the State Treasurer and no license 

 can be issued until there has been a |2.00 remittauce to cover it. 

 Finally some certificate of soundness is demanded and this may 

 be the sworn certificate of a qualified veterinarian licensed to prac- 



