IX COST OF BREEDING 115 
Glasgow, Dumfries, or some other suitable place, to 
hire the best horse they can find for their money for 
the ensuing season. This horse then travels the 
district at a reasonable fee—say 41 at the end of 
his season, and 41 when the mare proves in foal. 
Where such a horse proves a good sire an effort 
should be made to continue its services if sufficient 
funds are not forthcoming to purchase it. There 
must be many districts in which this principle might 
be adopted, and where funds could easily be raised 
for placing Shire, Clydesdale, or other stallions of the 
highest class within the reach of tenant-farmers. 
If this were done, it would result in a great im- 
provement in agricultural and heavy horses. 
