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report the death, or removal from the State of any stallion for 

 which State certificate has been issued, and an annual renewal 

 should be required upon all State certificates. This will keep the 

 list of stallions alive and up to date and remove to a great extent 

 the liability of fraud by unscrupulous parties substituting another 

 animal for the State certificate he holds. 



Great care has been taken in preparing the copy for this book 

 and an earnest effort made to have it issued promptly. The num- 

 ber of copies issued is three thousand. 



J. C. SIMPSON, 

 Secretary Iowa State Board of Agriculture. 



Des Moines, Iowa, February 10, 1908. 



