1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



39 



Norfolk — Concli^ded . 



!Mares Bred to Different Classes of Stallions. 



Stallions. 



Registered Stallions.. 

 Grade Stallions . . 



Totals .... 



Not serviceably sound. 



° 6 



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265 



265 



a; a; 



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 

 favor allowing- s allions that were good individuals and had proved them- 

 selves good pioducers to be used, although not eligible for registrat'on. It 

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

 quality should not be r.^owed to stand for service. This meeting also 

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



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

 demred, and 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 industrv.' 



Haldimand. 



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

 aging 1,300 lbs., 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 maj.es of about the same 

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

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

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

 |15; for the others, the fees' are $9 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 th°y have not very many registered horses, have a very good 

 class of mares with some breeding in them, weighing about 1.300 lbs., 

 which thev appear anxious to breed to good stallions." Clvdesdale sires 

 are eleven in numb?r (four being grrade"*, Hackney three (two being grades), 

 Stand?rd-breds three (two grades), Cleveland Bay one, French Coach 

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

 115. 



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

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

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



