6 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 



garding the stallions, and approximately correct regarding the mares Th 

 Inspectors were instructed to make a report on the stallions covering the 

 following points : 



1. Owner. 



2 Post office address. 



3. Breed or breed most favored. 



4. Pure-bred or grade. 



5. If pure-bred, imported or Canadian-bred, and registration number and name of 



Kecord. 



6. Average agei 



7. Weight. 



8. Sound or unsound. 



9. If unsound, what disease. 



10. Conformation. 



11. Action. 



12. Approximate value. 



13. Number of mares served. 



14. Service fee. 



15. Per cent, of foals. 



16. If sound, score out of possible 100 points. 

 I/. Remarks. 



/ 

 The following points are covered in the report on the mares : 



1. Number in township. 



2. Average number kept by each breeder. 

 3- Type. 



4. Average weight. 



5. Average quality. 

 6 Average age. 



7. Average value. 



8. Remarks. 



Information regarding matters of a general nature covered by the in- 

 vestigation were obtained bv meeting with those interested in the horse 

 industry in each district, either individually or at the public meeting held 

 in each county for this purpose. It was not the intention that at this 

 meeting, or at any other time, the inspectors should endeavor to direct 

 public opinion to obtain certain results or decisions, nor was the work un- 

 dertaken with the object of conducting an educational campaign. This 

 latter point might be a natural result of the investigation, and form part 

 of a general plan to be adopted for improving conditions, but it was not a 

 part of the work of the inspectors. What was required was a full and in- 

 telligent discussion of the different matters covered by the investigation, 

 and to give every one interested an opportunity to express his opinion as 

 to how the conditions relating to the breeding of horses could best be im- 

 proved. 



In order to facilitate the work of the Inspectors, the Secretary of the 

 Farmers' Institute, in each institute district, was requested to organize 

 the district, obtain the names of the stallion owners in his institute dis- 

 trict, arrange the most convenient route for inspecting these stallions in 

 their own stables, and also in order to avoid loss of time to drive with the 

 inspectors throughout the district. The stallion owners were notified by 

 circular letter as to the probable time of the visit of the Inspectors. The 

 local officers also advertised and made the necessary arrangements for hold- 

 ing the public meeting in each county. 



The result of the investigation in each institute district depended to 

 a great extent upon the preliminary work being properly done, and the 

 report will show that this work was well done in most cases by the local 

 institute officers. 



