240 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



that they can only produce defective off- 

 spring; laws should be passed, as I have 

 suggested, forbidding the marriage of per- 

 sons whose defects are hereditary. 



THE VALUE OF EEGISTEY ASSO- 

 CIATIONS. 



The first object the eye meets in the stud- 

 barn hanging on the wall of any breeding 

 farm is the framed State Veterinary Cer- 

 tificate of the horse, jack, bull, etc., setting 

 forth that on such and such a day of that 

 year, this stallion, bull, jack, etc., whose 

 number is so and so in the Eegistry of the 

 Association in which he is classed, and 

 which Association is recognized by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 has been inspected by the State Official and 

 he has been found to be free from disease, 

 hereditary and physical imperfections and 

 that the State will allow him to stand for 

 public service. 



Next hangs the pedigree of the stallion. 

 It will tell the class to which he belongs 

 in trotting, running, draft, etc., etc., and 

 will be certified to by the Board of Beg- 



