Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-29
ADVANTAGES OF THE
STALLION license LAW
Protection to Both Farmer and
Purebred Stallion Owner.
Wisconsin First State to Adopt Law
For Improvement in Quality
Of HOrse-ReSultS Evident.

principal objects of these laws are to
improve the quality Of horses and
mules raised and to protect breeders
against misrepresentation and fraud
on the part OF INSCRIPTIONS stallion
owners and dealers.
In order to accomplish these re
suits these laws require the owners
all stations and jacks intended for
public service to secure license
from the stallion registration board
or commission. Licenses are issued
for purebreds, grades, crossbreds,
and mOngrels or scrubs, according to
the provisions of the law in the par
ticular state.
Those stations or jacks offered by
their owners as purebred must be re-
corded i'm the studbOok published by
a society recognized by the state as
authentic and reliable. The certificate
Of registration and pedigree issued
by one Of these societies must be pre-
scented to the board with an applica-
ton for license and an affidavit certi-
tying to the condition of sOundness.
In their general provisions these
laws are similar, but in certain details
vary in greater or less degree. In
some states certain diseases or IN
soundness disqualify a stallion for
public service, while in others the
stallion or jack is permitted to stand,
but any unsOundness must be men
toned on the license certificate as
well as on all posters, circulars, etc,
used by the owner for advertising
purposes.
The states having laws of this
character are California, Colorado,
Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas. Michigan, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington,an and
Wisconsin. The Last-named state
was the first to pass such law, and
Oklahoma the latest one. Under the
law in the latter state stallion own
ers are not compelled to secure a
state license, but it is safe to say that
the holder of a state license has a
great advantage over the one who
does not.
Cheap Service Most Expensive.
It is a deplorable fact that humid
reds of farmers and mare owners
have patronized the inferior stallion
with the cheap service fee. These
men seemed to have failed to appre-
ciate that in paying a higher fee for
the service of the sound purebred sire
the service will be more than offset
by the higher price received when the
resulting colt is sold. Nor have they
appeared to consider the fact that it
costs as much to raise a grade or
mOngrel as it does a purebred.
Discourage Inferior Breeding.
A lack of consideration in the mat
tiers of soundness, breeding, and reg
istratiOn have been the cause for
much of the patronage secured by the
inferior stallion. However, these
laws have now made it possible for
every farmer and mare owner in these
states to know exactly what a stallion
or jack is before breeding their
mares. They have also benefited the
owners of sound purebred sires be-
cause they discourage the use of the
Gnsound, grade, and mOngrel stallion.
The results thus far show a gradual
increase in the percentage of pure
bred stations in service and a de-
crease in the percentage of grades
and mongrels. At the present time
there are approximately $4,000 stall
lions in service in these states, of
which more than so per cent are Ii |
censed as purebred. This indicates /
that breeders are becoming more par
ticular in the matters of sOundness
and breeding, and that the owners
of stations who at first were, in some I
instances, inclined to oppose are
now aiding in the enforcement of the
provisions Of the laws.
Unprotected States Suffer.
The question may be asked as to
what is becoming of the unsound, /
grade. and mOngrel stations. The
reports from the various states show
that as the patronage of inferior ami
mails decreases they are being either
castrated or shipped out, UndOubted
nv into those states where there is no
law to compel them to stand under
their true condition OF SOun0neSS anu
breeding, thus continuing their de-
structive work to the horse industry.
It is these states that breeders
should exercise the greatest caution
before deciding to which stallion they
will breed their mares They should
demand of the stallion owner that
they be permitted to examine the GER
tifcate Of registration and pedigree
I'm order to learn if the animal is
properly registered in a reliable stud
hook and if the age, color, and descrip-
ton agree with the stallion whose
service is being considered. If the
certificate does not agree with the
stallion it is evident that something
IS wrong, and it will be much wiser
to refuse the service of the stallion
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