1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



105 



Russell Concluded . 



MARES. 



MAKES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



The meeting for the county of Eussell was held at Russell on October 

 22nd, but was -not very well attended on account of the bad roads after 

 heavy rain, which prevented many being present who would otherwise 

 have been in attendance. There were twenty-four stallion owners and 

 breeders present. Great interest was taken in the discussion. All con- 

 sidered the investigation of the horse industry a step in the right direction. 

 Some spoke about the poor quality of many of the stallions, and consid- 

 ered them quite unfit to breed to mares. Seventeen expressed themselves 

 as in favor of licensing all stallions, and that only sound pure-bred horses 

 up to a certain standard of excellence should be granted the license. 



The reasons given at the meeting why there were so few good mares in 

 the county were that when horses were so cheap, anything good enough to 

 sell was sold. Many, too, of the farmers have sons in the northwest, and 

 these wo^H take a pair of gond mares from the old home or neighborhood, 

 and the rid mares were the only ones left to breed from. 



