The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-19

The North Dakota Stallion Law, was
the subject of a paper, which proved Il
be of much interest 20 the farmers and
cattlemen attending the session OF thu
Tri State Grain and Stock. Growers
convention this afternoon.
This paper was In the nature OF ar
explanation of the new stallion Law
which went into effect on Jan. OF
this year and was delivered by w. Il
Richards. professor Of animal hus.
bandry at the NJ ID. A.C., and secre.
tary of the Stallion Registration board
Professor Richards says that the North
II Dakota law is one of the great benefits
to horse breeders and raisers. He
said:
\ During the last legislative session OF
4 North Dakota law regulating the
| public service of stations was passed
This law is similar to the laws passed
4 in many of the states since the year
1905. including Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Illinois
South Dakota, Montana and Utah
Several other states have laws that re-
quire stallion owners to secure a. H.
tcense for stations offered for public
service, but these laws contain no pro
\ vision for regulating the stations nor
| prescribe any qualifications regarding
their merit or, soundness. Such laws
have proven OF very little value in
benefiting the horse industry of the
states in which they exist, The laws
similar to the North Dakota law are
proving a great help in improving the
standard of the stations that are being
offered for public service, which will
inevitably have it's effect upon the
grade of horses raised In these states
Any one who makes careful study
of these laws and their effect will be
convinced that they will aid greatly
in assisting to produce better horses
The North Dakota law provides for
a stallion registration board composed
of FIVE members Including the commits
sioner of agriculture and labor. the
president of the live stock sanitary
board. the president OF the North Da-
kota Live Stock association, the pro-
lessor of veterinary science of the state
agricultural college and the professor
of animal husbandry of the agricultural
college, who is design; ated as the secre-
tary and executive officer of the board.
1T is the duty of this board to see that
the law is properly enforced. The
board is required to meet at the agri-
cultural college, where the secretary's
Office shall be located, at such intervals
as is necessary.
Registration Must be Authentic.
The law requires every person. firm
or corporation standing or using any
stallion for public service to secure a
license for the stallion. Before a pure
bred stallion is. granted a. lice. se his
certificate of registration must be YER
flied and show that IL is authentic.
The registration certificates niue be is
sued by one of the breed associations
recognized by the United States de-
partment of agriculture. A horse with
a certificate from any other association
win only be considered a grade. The
law provides that licenses shall be is
sued for both grades and pure breds,
but the licenses must designate in bold
faced type whether the stations are
grades or pure breds. The, verifieation
of the certificates Of registration and
of the stations must be done
i'm the division of animal husbaldry of |
the agricultural college where the
office. must Of necessity be
located.
The examination and verification OF
the certificates of registration of the
pure bred stations that are offered for
public service has been found to be a /
very important essential OF the. law. II
has been commonly known that many
stations have false or bogus certifi-
Gates of registration, or certificates is !
sued by so-called registry associations
not recognized by the United States
department of agriculture. These as
sociations make q business Of pernic-
iously issuing certificates for money to
men who make business of selling
grade stations for pure breds. The
certificates that these fraudulent So
called associations issue are finely or
namented papers, and farmers who
buy these stations with paper of this
nature and unaware that these certif-
Gates are fakes. AS evidence that
this condition exists, the secretary OIL
the south Dakota registration board
reports that during the FIRST seven
the South Dakota law was int
effect. during which seven hundred
licenses issued, application was madeI
for licenses for eighteen horses that
upon verification of their certificates of
registration were found to have bogus
certificates One OF these. horses cost
it's owner $4,000. In enforcing the law
the barn yard is often very great
The popular method Of applying the
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