THE NEED OF A STALLION LAW 



De. W. G. HOLLINGWOKTII, UtICA, N. Y. 



The inquiries of owners of brood mares 

 as to the whereabouts of a pure-blood stal- 

 lion are constantly increasing. They find 

 that the prices paid for suitable horses make 

 colt raising of the right kind a profitable 

 business. The only way to stimulate such 

 breeding is to have an efficient stallion law, 

 through which the scrub stallions will grad- 

 ually be eliminated and be replaced by 

 pure-bloods. Such a law would be educa- 

 tional ; and, if passed by the legislature, the breeding from pure- 

 blood sires would be the topic of discussion in every farming 

 community. This, if nothing else, would be considered a most 

 valuable eft'ect of the new legislation ; it would be educational to 

 all those interested in breeding, selling, buying and using the 

 horse. 



■So long as we are satisfied to run along in the same old rut that 

 we have for years, little can be accomplished ; but when we come 

 to realize the importance and need of study, the employment 

 of modern means and the eradication of our faulty conditions, 

 changes for the better will be forthcoming. The farmers' methods 

 and ideas in regard to horse breeding must be improved, and a 

 stallion law would aid materially in this direction. 



HOW AN EFFICIENT STALLION LAW CAN BE BROUGHT ABOUT 



All who are interested directly or indirectly should urge the 

 breeding of suitable mares to pure-blood stallions. The stallion 

 laws of the difi^erent states in which such a law has been passed 

 should be studied and their weak points strengthened. If such a 

 law is passed it should be a good and workable one. 



An efiicient law and a campaign of education would show the 

 farmer in dollars and cents the profit there is in raising colts 



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