1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



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Norfolk- Concluded. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OP STALLIONS. 



The system of inspection was very freely discussed at the putlic meet- 

 ing held at Simcoe, November 3rd, the majority of those attending being 

 strongly in favor of an Inspection Act, a number claiming that only pure- 

 bred sires should be allowed to stand for service. Others, again, would 

 f^vor allowing s allions that were good individuals and had proved them- 

 selves good pioducers to be used, although not eligible for registration. It 

 was the general opinion that stallions unsound or of inferior type and 

 quality should not be avowed to stand for service. This meeting also 

 favorrd an act giving the stallion owner a lien on the mare when bred. 



The importation of bronchos into the county was very strongly con- 

 demned, ard those present thought that some action should be taken to 

 prevent any more being brought in, as they were considered a curse to the 

 horse industry. 



HALDIMAND. 



Seneca township has a good type of mares, good in quality and aver- 

 aging 1,300 Ibs., being, apparently, superior to the sires in service there. 

 The stallions are quite inferior on the whole, the list totalling two pure- 

 bred Clydesdales, a grade Clydesdale and a grade Standard-bred. Fees 

 quoted are $8 to $12. 



Oneida township, too, has a good useful lot of ma^es of about the same 

 weight, including a few registered ones. Here, there is a preponderance of 

 grade sirrs, there being only one pure-bred Clydesdale to two Roadster 

 grades and one Clydesdale grade. One of the grades earns the highest fee, 

 $15; for the others, the fees are f9 and $10. 



As regards Walpole township the Inspectors say : "There are a great 

 many stallions in this township, but only a few really good ones. Farm- 

 ers, though they have not very many registered horses, have a very good 

 class of marcs with some breeding in them, weighing about 1,300 Ibs., 

 which they appear anxious to breed to good stallions." Clvclesdale sires 

 are eleven in number (four being grade \ Hackney three (two being grades), 

 Standrrd-bred-s three (two grades), Cleveland ' Bay one, French Coach 

 horse one, and French Draught one. The lowest fee is $5, and maximum 

 $15. v 



< Not a^ single pure-bred sire was inspected in Rainham township, and 

 their oualitv is quite low. A number of good stalliors from other town- 

 ships, however, are being i.sed by farmers who are anxious to secure first- 



