4S2 
BREEDING PROBLEMS. 
When we consider that all these positions were originally 
occupied by men of social and official prominence; that, for in¬ 
stance, the directors of government breeding studs had been, for 
generations, retired generals of the army belonging to the high, 
landed aristocracy of the country; and that the study of the 
theories of breeding and its practice as an art had been the vested 
privilege of the agriculturist of means for thousands of years, as 
history attests; then we can fully realize the great victory won 
by our foreign confreres, and can survey the field that is open 
to us in this country to extend our usefulness and earn acknowl¬ 
edgment and reward. 
In trying to make “ breeding work ” a success, we must real¬ 
ize from the start that there are some differences in the stand¬ 
points on breeding questions between the farmer-breeder and 
the veterinarian. Breeders, unless they are wealthy fanciers and 
can afford costly experiments, look upon this industry more from 
the economic and commercial standpoint; they are influenced by 
local views and conditions and partial to their breeding stock. 
The veterinarian is dominated by his knowledge of anatomy, 
physiology, pathology and hygiene, and he is impartial as he 
seldom is as a breeder for profit. These different standpoints do 
not necessarily oppose each other. With wisdom and skill they 
can be made co-operative, but they certainly have often lead 
to objections, antagonism or open fight by one party or the other, 
until Both have learned by observation and experience that one 
can safeguard and help the interests of the other. 
We must make liberal concessions to the farmer-breeder about 
the important part of the work he is to play in breeding opera¬ 
tions for his own benefit and the benefit of the country at large. 
The breeding of horses and live stock generally, like all other 
products of the soil and pursuits of men, are sources of national 
prosperity, or failing, may become a national calamity. This is 
the broad view that must be taken on the breeding problems by 
all parties concerned, the breeder as the producer, the veterinarian 
as his advisor, the user as a consumer, and the state as a pro¬ 
tector. 
To do efficient work in this realm, we must divide our work 
into sections. It is one thing to be a successful worker in the 
biological laboratory studying embryology and trying to unfold 
the still unexplained facts of fecundation and the functions of 
the reproductive organs generally. A great field of research is 
there open. It is another thing to understand and teach the 
