J 1904.] Breeding Stock for the United States. 419 



quality the vitality ought to reach 90 to 95 per cent. In the 

 case of Perennial Rye Grass the germination tests gave the 

 high average of 98 per cent. 



The United States Treasury Department have recently issued 

 revised Regulations for the importation of breeding animals. 



The Act* of March, 1903, under which 

 Importation Of these Regulations are made, provides that 



Breeding' Stock animal imported by a citizen of the 



into United 7 r „ J r , 



States. United States specially for breeding pur- 



poses shall be admitted free if it is pure 

 bred of a recognised breed and duly registered in the books of 

 record established for that breed. It requires that a certificate 

 of such record and of the pedigree of such animal shall be 

 produced and submitted to the Customs officer, duly authenti- 

 cated by the proper custodian of such book of record, together 

 with the affidavit of the owner, agent, or importer that such 

 animal is the identical animal described in said certificate of 

 record and pedigree. 



The Regulations, dated August 17th, 1904 (Circular No. 82), 

 which have been made in pursuance of these provisions, are as 

 follows : — 



No animal imported foi breeding purposes shall be admitted free of duty unless 

 the importer furnishes a certificate of the record and pedigree in the form hereafter 

 given in the appended list of registers, showing that the animal is pure bred, and has 

 been admitted to full registry in a book of record established for that breed, and 

 that its sire and dam and grandsires and granddams were all recorded in a book of 

 record established for the same breed. An affidavit by the owner, agent, or importer 

 that such animal is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and 

 pedigree must be presented. 



In the case of sheep, females are frequently recorded by flocks, and not indi- 

 vidually ; therefore, whenever the names of individual ancestors cannot be given in 

 the pedigree, the certificate should be filled out in such manner as to show the 

 volume and page of the Flock-Book in which the ancestors for two generations are 

 recorded. 



Unless the certificate of record and pedigree herein provided for is produced, the 

 animal shall be considered dutiable as not being pure bred of a recognised breed, 

 and duly registered in the book of record established for that breed, and under no 

 circumstances will officers of the Customs accept certificates of record issued from 

 books other than those mentioned in the accompanying list.t 



In case such certificate is not at hand at the time of the arrival of the animals, a 



* Journal, June, 1903, Vol. X., p. 108. 



t The list of Herd-Books &c. othe; than those kept in the U.S.A. includes most 

 of those dealing with British breeds. 



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