SUPPLEMENT. 743 



WURTEMBURG CATTLE LAWS. 



In order to put into general practice some system of cattle-breeding which should bo 

 universal throughout the kingdom and be governed by the experience of years, the 

 Wurtemburg Government promulgated on the 16th of last June a detailed law provid- 

 ing for the maintenance in each township of a sufficient number of breeding bulls of a 

 race or races adapted to the demands of the locality. This law is so thorough and 

 systematic in its provisions that notwithstanding its length I deem it worth while tc 

 incorporate it bodily in my report as a model by which possibly other cattle-breeding; 

 communities may be guided. 



Law in regard to the keeping of lulls. 

 [Enacted June 16, 1882.] 



ARTICLE I. 



Townships shall be obliged to maintain a proper number of bulls for breeding pur- 

 poses in their respective districts in proportion to the existing number of cattle, and so 

 i'ar as is not otherwise provided for. A number of townships or subtownships may as- 

 sociate themselves together for the joint maintenance of the proper number of bulls. 

 This joint action shall be effected by agreement of the citizens through their proper 

 representatives. (Article VIII, section 5 and G, of the statute of September 17, 1853. ) In 

 subtownships, denned by distinctive boundaries, the keeping of bulls is obligatory upon 

 the subtownships, so far as nothing to the contrary is established by usage or previously 

 existing contract. (See Article VII of the statute of September 17, 1853, concerning re- 

 lations between adjoining townships, Reg. Blatt, page 389.) 



ARTICLE II. 



Townships may arrange for the keeping of the bulls under their own direction, or un 

 Her that of a duly appointed bull-keeper. In the latter case a contract must be made 

 for a period not less than six years. The taking charge of the bulls for a shorter period, 

 or by several persons together, or by the individual cattle owners alternately can only 

 be permitted in exceptional cases, subject to revocation by the county authorites upon 

 the advice of the inspecting officers. 



ARTICLE III. 



Any appeals by the townships against the carrying out of Article I, section 1, by 

 the county authorities, as well as against a refusal, by the said county authorites in the 

 case of Article II, section 2, shall be made to the kreisregiciung (district authorities), 

 whose decision shall be final. 



Appeals must be brought within two weeks after the -promulgation of a decision by 

 the county authorities. 



A delay beyond the period named involves the loss of right to appeal. The same re- 

 sult holds in the right of appeal by the county authorities. No advice will be given in 

 regard to redress. 



ARTICLE IV. 



To defray the expense incurred by the township for the maintenance of bulls, the 

 township may itself levy a breeding-fee for the use of the bulls, or allow the levying of 

 th<; same by the bull-keeper appointed under the provisions of Article II. 



The consent of the county authorities shall be required to establish or abolish breed- 

 ing-fees, as well as to increase or diminish the amount of the same. 



ARTICLE V. 



The breeding-place shall be in the neighborhood of the stalls where the bulls are kept, 

 and shall be closed to the admittance of strangers, or from observation from without. 

 In towns not complying with this direction the covering of cows will not be authorized. 



