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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Wisconsin to quickly rid herself by education of the large 

 number of undesirable stallions now patronized by many 

 unthinking farmers."* 



The effect of the laws has been to increase the number 

 of pure-bred stallions and Jacks offered for public service. 

 Few people realized that so large a proportion of the stal- 

 lions and jacks standing for public service in this country 

 were grades until figures were obtained as the result of 

 the enforcement of the state stallion laws. Since it is dif- 

 ficult for a grade to compete with a pure bred, when the 

 fact is published, the grade sire is rapidly disappearing in 

 those states where stallion laws are effective. This is 

 clearly illustrated in the following table : 



Table Showing the Per Cent Increase of Pure and 



THE Per Cent Decrease of Grades for Wisconsin 



and Pennsylvania Since the Stallion 



Laws Become Operative 



Inspection and quarantine for horses, mules and asses, f 

 — ''All horses imported into the United States from any 

 part of the world except North America shall be required 

 to pass a veterinary inspection at the port of entry by an 

 inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Such in- 

 spector shall not allow the landing of any hay, straw, or 

 forage which accompanies shipments of horses from any 



♦Circular No. 28. Tlie University of Wisconsin, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 ■tynited states Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry. Order 18Q, 



