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grant are but seldom in a position to purchase a stal- 

 lion. To make such a purchase, they must find a capital 

 of from $1500 to $2000 for a serviceable imported 

 horse. Now, by means of the hiring-out system, 

 which they are now asked to consider, they can always 

 have a good stallion in their county without being 

 obliged to procure these large sums. 



Let it be supposed that a society hires a horse for 

 the sum of $500 for the season, suitable for a hundred ' 

 services; by giving a part of its subsidy, it will pay, 

 let us say, the half, $250, and then for $2.50 per mare,, 

 a hundred of its members may have the benefit of the 

 stallion. In all cases it will, of course, be necessary 

 that the stipulated price be paid or guaranteed in 

 advance, the number of services fixed and the stal- 

 lions always in charge of the servants of the Company. 



Such, in few words, is what the Company will 

 undertake. Such are their aims, to attain which 

 the Company will be found wanting neither in means 

 nor in goodwill. They flatter themselves, moreover, 

 that the public will second their efforts to procure it 

 the advantages that have been so long desired. 



Simple individuals by combining tDgether, thus 

 attempt to accomplish an object which in Canada the 

 various Governments have long been contemplating, 

 a task of which in France the Government has sole 

 control. If by their industry, their perseverance, their 

 honesty of purpose, the Company prove able to carry 

 out their projects, it is for the public to give them its 

 cordial approval and encouragement. 



The stables of the Company have been located at a 

 point, as nearly as possible within reach of all, being 



