No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



05 



Counties. 



Greene, 



Hiiiitingdou, 



Indiana 



Jefferson, 



Juniata 



Lackawanna, ... 



Lancaster 



Lawrence, 



Lebanon 



Lehigh 



Luzerne 



Lycoming, 



McKean 



Mercer, 



Mifflin 



Monro? 



Montgomery, ... 



Montour 



Northampton, .. 

 Northumberland, 



Perry 



Philadelphia . ... 



Pike 



Potter 



Schuylkill 



Snyder 



Somerset 



Sullivan 



Susquehanna, 



Tioga 



Union, 



Venango, 



Warren, 



Washington, ... 



Wayne, 



Westmoreland, 



Wyoming, 



York 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



*Slaughter houses and mea.t markets in Allegheny county outside of Pittsburgh. No general 

 examination was made of slaughter houses and meat markets in Philadelphia, Reading, Harrisburg, 

 EUwood City, Bristol, Phoenisville and Nanticoke. 



HORSE BREEDING 



This is tlie eighth season of licensing stallions in Pennsylvania 

 and a review of what has been accomplished in that time brings 

 forward some significant facts. The following tables not only cover 

 the past year's w^ork in the administiation of the Horse Breeding law, 

 but report as well the seven years preceding. They present the data 

 of each year in a comparative arrangement, the deductions from 

 which are very conclusive on certain points, viz: 



1. The total number of stallions standing for service in the State 

 remained remarkably constant while the number of pure-bred, reg- 

 istered stallions has increased 57.35 per cent. Our contention has 



