The Dolores star., 1916-03-17

| (From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
In the past ten years twenty states
have enacted laws regulating the pub
lie service of stations and Jacks. The
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 Of
all stations and Jacks Intended for
public service to secure . license from
the stallion registration board or COM
mission. Licenses are issued for pure
breds. grades. crossbreds. and mon
grels or scrubs. according to the pro-
visions Of the law In the particular
state.
Those stations or jacks offered by
their owners as purebred must be rec.
orded in the studbook published by
. society recognized by the state As
authentic and reliable. The certificate
q registration and pedigree issued by
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ed to the board with an application
for license and an affidavit certifying
to the condition Of soundness.
In their general provisions all of
these laws are similar, but in certain
details vary in q greater or less de-
gree. In some states certain diseases
or unsoundness disqualify q stallion
or jack for public service, while in
others the stallion or jack Is permit.
ted to stand. but any unsoundness
must be mentioned on the license GER
ttficate as we'll as on all posters. cir
culara ETC.. used by the owner for ad-
vertising purposes.
The states having laws of this char
acter are California. Colorado, Idaho,
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michi-
gan. Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma.
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota.
Utah. Washington and Wisconsin.
The last-named state was the first to
pass such a law and Oklahoma the hat
est one. Under the law in the latter
state stallion owners are not com.
PEELED to secure . state license, but 1t
is safe to say that the holder of state
license has a great advantage over
the one who does not.
It IL . deplorable fact that hundreds
OF farmers and mare owners have pat
ronized the inferior stallion with the
cheap service fee. These men seemed
to have failed to appreciate that in
paying Q higher fee for the service
of the sound purebred sire the service
fee will be more than Offset by the
higher price received when the result.
ing colt II sold. Nor have they ap-
peared to consider the fact that 1t
costs ~ much to raise grade or mon
grel as 1t does a purebred.
A lack OF consideration in the mat
ters Of soundness, breeding. and regis
Of the patronage secured by the in
ferior stallion. However, these laws
have now made 1t possible for every
farmer and mare owner in these states
to know exactly what . stallion or jack
10 before breeding their nares- They
have also benefited the owners of
sound purebred stres because they dis
courage the use OF the unsound. grade,
and mongrei stallion.
The results thus far show q gradual
increase in the percentage OF pureSred
stations in service and q decrease in
tho percentage OF grades and mon
grels. At the present time there arc
approximately 5000 stations in serv-
ice in these states, OF which more thaa
80 per cent are licensed as purebred.
This indicates that breeders are be.
coming more particular I'm the mat
ters Of soundness and breeding. and
that the owners Of stations who, at
hrst were, in some instances, inclined
to oppose are now aiding in the en-
forcement Of the provisions of the
laws.
The question may be asked as to
what 10 becoming of the unsound,
grade. and mongrel stations. The re-
ports from the various states show
that a. the patronage Of inferior ami
mails decreases they are either castrat-
Cd or shipped out, undoubtedly into
those states where there is no law to
compel them to stand under their true
condition of soundness and breeding,
thus continuing their destructive work
to the horse industry.
It il in 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