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therefore reduce the UabiUties due to dead foals, and the 

 Uke which come from lack of proper care. Also the stal- 

 lion owner will then not be troubled with mares which 

 are not likely to get in foal, especially if the breeders use 

 the season charge. Another advantage of the season 

 charge is that it usually insures that the mare owners 

 will return their mares with moi:e regularity, and therefore 

 give the stallion owner a better chance to get them in foal. 

 Stallion men now largely use breeding contracts con- 

 sisting of a promissory note for the service of the stallion 

 payable when the terms of the breeding service are ful- 

 filled. This is signed by the owner of the mare, and there- 

 fore a more careful record is kept of it than otherwise. 

 This will also make it possible to collect for the mares in a 

 much easier manner than where no absolute record is 

 kept of the service. The entire stallion business should be 

 considered as a business investment and handled as such, • 

 This cannot be done except by the use of business methods. 



