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Journal of Agricnllnre. 



[lo July, tgop. 



EXA^nXATIOXS AM) REJECTIONS. 



During tlie 1908 season 995 stallions have been examined. Ccrtifi- 

 cate.s haw been issued in respect of 7^-'. and 253 (25.41 ?<?•■ cent.) have 

 been rejected. 



Rejections for Unsoundness.— Of the rejections 171 (17.17 per 

 cent.) wt-re on the Lrround of hereditary un.soundness, details concerning 



wliit'li are iriveii in the table below. It 

 will liL' seen that, like last year, the hijrhest 

 percentage of icjcciions for unsoundness 

 ocenrreil amongst dranglit horses (27-33 

 pfr cent.) and that si'lebones were again 

 the greatest can.se of rejection, 19.76 per 

 cent, this vear iigainsf 20.35 V^^ cent, last 

 vear. The rejeedons in draught horses for 

 lioiie s])avin were tlie same as Ijtst year, 

 l)iif in th(! case of ringbone and bog spavin 

 there has t)een an increase. In liglit hor.ses 

 there has IxM'n a tlecrease in the number of 

 Injections Tor sidchone, bone spavin, and 

 iiog spavin. l)iit an increase in respect of 

 rinjjlidnH jind curl). Oidy tive pony stallions 

 have been rejected for unsoundness this vear 

 (2.q per cent.) as against ten last year (4.67 

 per (!ent.) 



KE,rE( TIONS FOR DtSAPPRn VAL. — The 

 rejections on the ground of being below a 

 reasonable standard tor (rovernment approval 

 as regards hreeil, type, and conformation 

 have been practically the same in both years — 

 and 82 (8.24 \y^x cent.) for 1908. By far 



BO.XE SPAVIN. 



A. Hock with bone spavin iu 

 living animal. B. Bones of same 

 hock. 



(8.38 jjer cent.) for 1907 



the largest number of rejections under this l^-ad tins \ear have been 



bone spavin in lining animal. 



