14 Department Circular 199, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



countries, and it is likely that in the future the demand for Morgans 

 will increase. 



Young stallions bred at the farm have been used in sections in this 

 country where good light stallions are needed. The stallion Lucky 

 is in service on a ranch in Texas. Dewey 6481 has "made good" as 

 a sire in the section around Franklin, N. C, as well as in the remount 

 work. Bennington 5693, Dundee 6479, and Forester 6918 have 

 aided in carrying on the military horse-breeding work. Mandarin 

 7239, Melvin 7231, Magistrate 7232, and Linsley 7233 have been 

 shipped to remount stations, where they will be used in breeding 

 remounts. Red Oak 5249 is proving of especial value on a ranch in 



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Fig. 10.— Brood mares and foals on pasture at U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. 



Texas in improving the quality of the Morgan horses bred there. 

 Stallions placed from the farm in various sections in Vermont and 

 New Hampshire under the remount plan, beginning in 1913, and 

 stallions standing at the farm for public service previous to that 

 year, have sired a total of 700 foals. 



The farm on numerous occasions has also been the means of 

 bringing buyer and seller together, since it is generally known where 

 horses for particular uses can be found in the surrounding country. 

 Last summer the farm was the intermediary in 12 such instances and 

 in all of them the Morgans that changed hands traced to Govern- 

 ment stock, most of them being sired by Government stallions. 



PROGRESS MADE IN BREEDING MORGANS. 



The first few years in a project of this kind are always the hardest, 

 as the foundation stock can not be ideal. It takes time to improve 



