318 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The board of survey met on January 1(5, 1912, and condemned 14 

 animals, 3 of which were the ])roperty of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture and 11 the property of the experiment station. Of these 11 have 

 been sold at public auction, 2 died of distemper, and 1 remains to be 

 sold. 



The following statement shows the animals in the stud on June 30, 

 1912: 



Ages. Stallions. Mares. Total 



Aged - 3 29 82 



•t-year-olds - 13 4 



3-year-olds 3 4 7 



2-year-oIds 6 4 10 



Yearlings 8 5 13 



Weanlings 1 10 11 



Total. 



77 



IOWA WORK. 



The gray draft horse breeding work in cooperation with rhe Iowa 

 Experiment Station is still in progress. Of the 8 mares bred in 1911. 

 4 have produced living foals, all of which are doing well. Two oi 

 the foals are cross-bred Shire-Cyldesdale, one sired by Dapple Tom 

 and out of Gray Pearl, the other, foaled July 5, 1912, sired by Mar- 

 mion and out of Eosebush. The other two foals are cross-bred 

 Clydesdale-Shire, both sired by Kuroki, one being out of Wrydelands 

 Starlight and the other out of Kirby Bedon Firefly. 



At the present time the breeding stud consists of the following 

 horses, all gray in color : Two Shire stallions, 5 Shire mares, 1 Clydes- 

 dale stallion, and 4 Clydesdale mares. 



Since the breeding work has been in operation 14 foals have been 

 dropped and have lived to sufficient age to determine their color. 

 The breeding and colors are as follows: Clydesdale-Shire crosses — 7 

 grays, 3 bays; total, 10. Shire-Clydesdale crosses — 3 grays, 1 prob- 

 ably gray (foaled July 12, 1912) ; total, 4. 



Eleven of the progeny are living and are doing well. The breed- 

 ing and color of these colts are as follows: Clyclesdale-Shire crosses — 

 4 grays, 3 bays; Shire-Clydesdale crosses — 3 grays, 1 probably gray 

 (foaled July 5, 1912). 



Three of the Clydesdale mares have been bred to foal in 1913 and 

 one filly was in foal when purchased. All of the Shire mares have 

 been bred to Scot's Grey, the Clydesdale colt recently purchased to 

 take the place of Kuroki, the origin-ii Clydesdale stallion. 



VERMONT WORK. 



During the fic«ii year the stud at the Morgan Horse Farm, at Mid- 

 dlebury, ^^*-> ^^^ increased by the purchase of the following stock, 

 ge(.„:>^a at Meade, Kans. : One 8-year-old mare, by Julian Morgan 

 [44A8) ; one yearling stallion, by Headlight Morgan (4G83) ; two 

 2-year-old fillies, by Headlight Morgan (4683). 



The board of survey condemned 4 brood mares in 1911, which were 

 sold at public auction on November 21, 1911. At the same time 4 

 condemned weanlings were sold by the Vermont Experiment Station. 



