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of the states for each purebred stallion and jack licensed. For 

 example. Iowa has one purebred for each 251 horses and mules 

 on the farms. As will be seen, Utah has one for each 6-13. It 

 was not possible to determine in all cases whether the licensing 

 was compulsory, so the figures cannot be taken as absolute. 

 From a comparative standpoint, it is seen that Iowa has 2.6 

 times as many purebreds as Utah, and we hear no reports that 

 Iowa is overstocked. 



The Stallion License Law as a Factor in the Improvement 



of Horses. 



A factor which is bound to be a potent one in the improve- 

 ment of the quality of our horses in the enactment by the State 

 Legislature in 1906-07 of a license law for stallions and jacks 

 standing for public service in the State. The first law of the 

 kind in the United States was put in operation by men who had 

 the interests of the horse breeding business of Wisconsin at heart. 

 The Wisconsin law became effective January 1, 1906. During 

 the next year similar bills were introduced into the Legislatures 

 of three other states. Utah was one of the three to see the great 

 value of such a law. Jowa and Minnesota were the other two. 

 The Jowa law became effective March 30, 1907, the Minnesota 

 law April 25, 1907, and the Utah law, May 13, 1907. All of 

 these laws were passed during the same session of the respective 

 legislatures, and were all based upon the provisions of the 

 Wisconsin act. 



Our Legislature of 1911 made some modifications in the first 

 ad: and gave us the Utah law as it now stands. During the 

 operation of the act of 1907 a total of 323 licenses were issued. 

 Since the law in its present form has been in force a total of 608 

 licenses have been issued. Four hundred sixty-one of these are 

 for purebred stallions. 147 For grades, and 4 for non-standards. 

 The season of 1916 there were in force 230 purebred licenses, 59 

 grade licenses, and 5 non-standard licenses, making a total of 

 2^!) li'-crised stallions in the State during that season. 



Advantage to Mare Owners. 



A stallion (or jack) license is a guarantee to the mare owner 

 that Cat. least at the time the examination was made) the stallion 

 '") jaek , has no transmissible unsoundnesses. The stallion or 



