438 MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



fected ; but if the forage is found to be infected the fact 

 must be reported to the chief of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, who will direct the disposition to be made 

 thereof." 



Canada. — "Horses for breeding, racing, show and sale 

 purposes, for grazing or for work, shall be inspected at 

 the port of entry, and when so ordered by the chief of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry must be accompanied, by a 

 satisfactory certificate of mallein test signed by an official 

 Canadian veterinarian or by an inspector of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry. Those belonging to Indian tribes 

 and settlers or immigrants, and those used in connection 

 with stock raising (cow ponies) or mining, and those for 

 temporary stay at points along the frontier not exceeding 

 two weeks, whether for pleasure, driving, or teaming, 

 shall be required to pass a veterinary inspection at the 

 port of entry by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry ; or they may be admitted without inspection 

 upon written permission from the secretary of agriculture 

 first had and obtained. Provided, however, that neither 

 inspection by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry nor written permission from the secretary of 

 agriculture shall be required for Canadian horses for 

 pleasure, driving, or teaming, whether driven or ridden 

 into the United States for a temporary stay not to exceed 

 three days. The same rule will apply to American horses 

 returning to the United States from Canada after a stay 

 in Canada not to exceed three days. Horses admitted in 

 bond for export from the United States shall be subject to 

 inspection at any point at which this department has 

 inspectors stationed." 



Mexico. — "All horses infested with ticks are prohibited 

 from entering the United States from the Republic of 

 Mexico, when destined to an area in the United States 

 from which cattle are excluded by the federal, state, or 

 territorial authorities on account of ticks, unless and until 

 such tick-infested horses are first dipped or otherwise 



