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and breed the same type as they are breeding, even though this type 

 may not be the one that suits his fancy best or even the one that is best • 

 suited to the district. 



Under the system suggested the buyer of any particular type or 

 breed should be able to go to a district noted for the production of 

 the class of animal required and there find it in sufficient numbers, 

 uniform in type and quality, to meet all needs. Could this be done, 

 buyers would save much time and expense and would be ready and 

 willing to pay better prices for the full supply of horses thus easily found. 



Soundness 



It is of great importance that the stallion should be free from 

 all forms of unsoundness or disease that are hereditary, transmissible 

 or communicable to the offspring. It is equally important that the 

 mares bred to him should be sound in the same way, for not until both 

 mare and stallion used for breeding purposes are free from unsoundness 

 can we hope to raise the excellence of our horses to the degree possible 

 as the result of intelligent breeding and development. 



Many imported and home-bred stallions are unsound and transmit 

 to their progeny the predisposition to like unsoundness. This is equally 

 true of mares used for breeding purposes throughout the State, for 

 many breeders have fallen into the grievous way of considering any 

 broken-down, halt, maimed, blind or otherwise unsound mare fit for 

 breeding purposes when no longer able to work. 



The- Breed and Type 



Select the breed which best suits the conditions, the markets and 

 the tastes of the breeders. There is no best breed or type for all con- 

 ditions. Roadsters naturally belong on land devoted to grass, to dairy 

 industry and to market-gardening, where but little plowing and other 

 heavy horse work is required and the necessity of reaching the market, 

 the station or the creamery requires quick-moving horses. 



On farms devoted to fruit-growing and the like, where the horse work 

 is somewhat heavier than on the dairy farm, the coach horse may be 

 used. Coach horses are well adapted to fruit farms with one exception 

 — they are rather too tall to be used to best advantage in tilling under 

 trees in the orchards. 



On grain farms, where there is much plowing and the work to be done 

 is heavy, heavy horses are needed. On general farms the draft horse 

 finds his true place. Draft horses can be reared with less risk than the 



