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justified in interfering, entering upon the private farms and by law or reg- 

 ulation, forcing tlie removal of conditions which produce a dangerous con- 

 tamination ; yet thus far this is not done, and there is no parallel in the two 

 cases. What would the matter of horse inspection alone accomplish? It 

 would certainly compel stallion owners to stand and advertise their animals 

 under their true colors. If this inquiry reveals any deception upon this 

 score being practiced, (although under our present law a severe penalty is 

 attached) then some further regulation may be enacted. In our five or six 

 weeks labor, no such case has come under our notice. The matter has never 

 been mooted. Every person in the locality seems to be quite conversant with 

 the breeding of the animals they patronize. If the sire in question happens 

 to be unsound in any particular, the owners of competing sires soon get to 

 know, and publish the fact broadcast over the community. 



(Signed) Thomas McMillan. 

 William Mo s sir. 



