ANOTHER MARE FROM THE SAME STALLION 



This mare might ] ossibly be placed in the much-abused "general purpose" class, but she 

 inherits the crooVcd hind legs of her sire, together with many of his other defects, and hence 

 is of little real value. Photograph from Bureau of Animal Industry. (Fig. 18.) 



small number of purc-brcd stallions will 

 suffice to carry on the j^radinj^^-uj:) pro- 

 cess satisfactorily. Th3 uio of tijraii 

 mares because of the non-availability of 

 ptire-breds is hence logical and satis- 

 factory in the ^radinj^ system, but the 

 use of other than pure-bred stallions is 

 inexcusable. 



In work which was started some time 

 aj.jo by the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 pure-bred stallions of unusual worth 

 were stationed in various districts, and 

 sers'ice was furnished to owners of marcs 

 gratis. In return for the free service, 

 the government obtained an option on 

 the colt durinj.^ its third year at a price 

 of SI 50, or if the farmer wished to dis- 

 pose of it elsewhere, he could i>e released 

 from his contract by j^ayinj^' S2.S a-; a 

 service fee. Due to small appro])ria- 

 tions for this work, it has not yet at- 

 tained such proportions that a d.-fmitv 



repDrt on its succ2is can b3 made. 

 Horses will be needed on the battle- 

 field and on the farm; to haul the can- 

 non a. id th3 plow. Good harses which 

 can staid up und3r the damand? of the 

 ecoajnic crisis of th3 country can be 

 produced just as cheaply as unfit ani- 

 mals with ewe necks, waspy waists, cat 

 hams and starey coats. The cheap 

 servic3 fe^ will be lost in insis^mificance 

 compared with the relative prices which 

 will be paid for sound and unfit 

 for horses; In the }(reat aj]jricul- 

 ttiral preparedness of the country, the 

 bre;.'djrof sound and fit honses has just 

 as respansible a position as any "soldier 

 the commissary." It is his duty to ful- 

 fil that responsibility by turninj:; out 

 through jj^udjnt breedinj^ and by 

 avoiding inferior stock as has been 

 djicrib^'d, hfirs?-; wliich can "do their 

 l)'l." 



