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co-operative work in horse breeding than was the case in cattle 

 breeding, and in the co-operative agricultural industries for 

 producing butter and bacon. 



It will be noticed that, according to percentages, the 

 numbers of horses entered in Horse Breeding Societies is in 

 every group larger than the number of holdings, which agrees 

 with the fact that the larger farms are more interested in this 

 movement than the smaller ones. The competition for superior 

 stallions has naturally raised the prices for them, and this has 

 been done to an extent which may fairly be considered excessive, 

 for which reason some co-operation between the Societies to 

 keep the prices down has been advocated. Eighteen months 

 old Jutland colts have fetched as much as £1000 ; full grown 

 stallions have been sold at £1700, to which price has to be added 

 a similar amount to be paid if, or when, the stallion is awarded 

 certain prizes at stated shows. The service fee for non- 

 members has been as high as £22, which in some cases may 

 turn out to be as much as the progeny will fetch when a couple 

 of years old, an evidently Unsound business. 



The Stallion Clubs or Horse Breeding Societies have been 

 federated in various ways in the different provinces. The 

 largest association is " The Federated Jutland Horse Breeding 

 Societies," formed as early as 1888, comprising about 200 

 societies with more than 21,000 members. Each federated 

 society pays from £1 to £2 annually to the Federation. The 

 Live Stock Commissioner for heavy horses is ex officio member 

 of the committee for selecting mares ; for each district one 

 deputy member is elected to serve on this committee for three 



