Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
University Notes.


Station by Prof. A. S. Alexander, en-
titled "The Horse Breeding Industry
in Wisconsin" The bulletin reviews
the effects on horse breeding in Wis
consin of the law which went into eff
feet last January regulating condl-
tions of breeding and providing for
the registration of horses and the is
suance of certificates by the depart
ment of horse breeding of the state
university. Professor Alexander also
points out the changes and additions
necessary in the law in order to make
its operation more effective. Among
the proposed provisions for considera
| ton at the coming session of the leg
] islature are an annual or biennial re-
newal of license fee; specific authority
| for the department of horse breeding
to refuse licenses for unsound horses;
| the institution of plan of expert vet
Urinary inspection; and compulsory
state veterinary inspection of horses
used in breeding.
DETECTS FRAUDS.
AS a result of the enactment of the
stallion law the department of horse
breeding of the state university, in
scrutiniZing the pedigree certificates,
has discovered number of instances
| of fraud IN matters pertaining to the
age and breeding of horses. In con-
| siderable number of cases it was found
that changes had been made in the
date of birth as stated in the Certl-
! ficate of registry. In each case tie
change had been made by some previ-
Gus owner of the animal, and often the
present owner had no trace of the
previous owner, and was not therefore
party to the fraud.
BOGUS PEDIGREE CERTIFICATES.
| The department of horse breeding
has also discovered the issuance OF
/ fraudulent pedigree certificates by &C.
comodating bogus registry COM
/ panies which extract money from horse
| breeders who fail to have the pedi
grees of their horses accepted for
registry by recognized registry asSoci-
ations. These bogus pedigree registry
companies, Prof. Alexander points out,
supply their patrons with finely print
| ed, ornamental, attractive registry
! certificates upon which appear great
glittering seals giving them the look of
J authenticity which is calculated to de-
ceive the unsuspecting breeder. In
most cases the owners we're not aware
that the pedigree certificates were not
authentic until they applied for Ii
censes from the state university &C.
oEh no 81
+ letin warns breeders against recording
in any stud book not recognized by
the department of agriculture at
! Washington and by the department
/ of horse breeding of the college OF
F; agriculture. For the information OF
breeders a list of recognized stud
books is printed in this new bulletin.
SHOULD RAISE SPECIAL BREEDS.
The advlsability of breeders uniting
for concerted action in the breeding
of horses urged in the last bulletin of
the department is again emphasized
On this point Prof. Alexander writes:
ALREADY there is evidence of work of
this sort being done in several dis
tricts of the state. Breeders have
combined, agreed upon the breed they
preferred, and, in arriving at that
decision, have taken into account the
prevailing blood of the brood mares of
their district. They then have formed
companies and procured suitable
stations of the same breed. In some
instances they have purchased here
and there, in Wisconsin and outside,
high grade or pure bred mares OF the
same breed to mate with the selected
stations. In one district of Rlchland
Co. have been noted as many as Al
pure bred Percheron m ares owned by
members of a breeding accociatlon,
while in the same district are many
high class grade mares of same blood.
Soon such district will become fam
Gus for it's draft horse stock of this
particular breed, and that is the sort
of reputation needed by each breed
! ing district of the state. So long as
each district produces Heterogeneous
| collection of horses of all manner OF
blood combination, no success VIII De
attained in attracting buyers ready TO
| pay good prices for the class OF horses
they wish to find in sufficient num-
bers. There is no side demand Tor
the mongrels and misfits. They find
merely local demands small prices for
work on the farm, and often the price
received does not return the cash ex-
pended for their keep while growing
in maturity.
Here and there over the state one
can find other centers in which some
one breed or grade of live stock has
been made speciality and to such
centers go the buyers ready and will
ing to purchase at remunerative prices
even more animals than are ready Tor
their needs" Professor Alexander con-
tinues. "There should be hundreds
of such centers celebrated for their
horses of the same distinct and valu-
able type. Centers of this sort are
needed, In which the buyers can lind
given kind of horse centers where
heavy draft horses of one or other OF