The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-19
Farmers Hear Explanation Of New
Nd. Stallion Law by Prof. Richards
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE MAN DECLARES STATE LAW is
OF GREAT BENEFIT HORSE sREEpE RS AND RAsERs-sus
JEcT or REGISTRATION FULLY DISCUSSED

In other states these same condition,
} have been found to prevail as were
found in South Dakota. II In NOT nm.
common to find certificates Of reglstra.
ton that are sent I'm that show tho
GATE or birth changed and often in a
rather conspicuous way. Many stall
lions whose owners have applied foi
pure bred licenses have been found tc
have certificates of registration with
these charges inserted i'm them. The
owners are nearly always found to be
4 Ignorant of this irregularity IN their
horses certificates 1t is necessary ir
a case of this kind to refuse TO grant
the. horses a pure bred license unless
the horse can be properly registered
| The owners of the stations that have
been defrauded In this way can bring
action for damages against the party
who sold them the horse and they
have no trouble to recover damages as
a. rule. The officers in charge of the
stallion laws give the stallion owners
all the assistance they can i'm prosecut-
Ing these unprincipled dealers In
herses who are perpetrating these bold
frauds. .s-.. ..-..,....
| IT is to be hoped that these stallion
laws. that are I'm force In the various
states, and which are being adopted
rapidly in other states, will be the
means of driving the fraudulent stall
lion dealers, out Of business by expos
ing their practices. This is one of
the things that the promoters of this
law hope will accomplish.
Must Pass Physical Examination,
In addition to the requirement that
pure bred stations possess proper Ger
tifcates OF breeding. both pure bred
and grades must pass a veterinary ex-
animation for soundness and infectious
diseases under the provisions of this
law. The provision made for the veter-
mary examination Of the horses i'm the
North Dakota law differs from those
in most of the other states with the
exception OF Montana, which makes the
law considerably stronger. The stall
lions according to this law will be ex-
amined by veterinarians selected and
employed by the stallion registration
board. The method by which this ex-
animation will be conducted will be to
have the stations brough TO different
towns in each county where the vet
Urinary inspector will be present on
dates announced I'm advance to all the
stallion owners in that county Tenn
porary licenses will be issued which
will be effective until the veterinary
examination have been made Most of
the laws referred to simply reuuire the
owner OF the stallion to furnish an at
tidaVit of soundness from a veterina-
rian OF the owners own selection. 1t
has been found that the examinations
for soundness made in this way cannot
be relied upon, because some veterina-
rians will pass unsound horses pro-
vided they receive sufficient remunera-
ton for doing so. Under such a system
many unsound stations will be fur
nished with affivdavits of soundness
This Questionable feature we believe
has been eliminated from the North
Dakota law.
To remove from public service all
unsound horses should mean a great
deal in the way of lettering tn grade |
o. horses raised in the state. If the
farmers win not use any discretion i'm |
selecting a sound horse and one of |
proper confirmation to breed his mares
to. 1t seems but right that he should |
be prohibited from being able to do so. /
Farmers breed TO unsound horses be-
cause Of ignorance and others because
they willfuIy neglect to give these
matters consideration when they Sc
lect sire to mate their mares to.
They do not seem to realize that if Il
they breed to an unsound horse they 1
will get, invariably, unsound colts, or
colts inheriting predisposition to an
The French, Belgian II
and German governments regard it II
necessary to protect their horse breed L
ing industry by regulations o. a nature Il
similar to these stallion laws. These
have maintained government II
regulation of stallion for many years.
All stations are inspected each year
BY government veterinarians and only Ii
sound horses and those with proper
confirmation are allowed to stand for
public service, These regulations are
what have made France and Belgium
noted for the excellence Of their horses.
To further protect the farmers the
aw requires every bill, poster or adj
vertisement issu d b. the owner on the
stallion to contain a copy of the horses
license certificate. 1t also prohibits tilel
Use Of any illustration or pedigree that
9 untruthful to be used on the posters
ind other advertising matter This
provision of the law is made because 1t
8 common for stallion owners to repre-
sent grades as being pure breds In adj
tertisfng them for service ~ using,
or example, the following parases on
heir posters,-"The celebrated Per-
'heron stallion" instead of the grade
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