| Show wisconsin stallion law A most important law relative to the service of stallions has just been passed by the legislature ot wisconsin and has been signed by the governor the bill was drafted by dr alexander professor of veterinary science and horse breeding in the college of agriculture and Is the first legislation of its kind in the united states the passage of this act Is an important step in a propaganda recently commenced by the wisconsin college of agriculture for the advance ment of horse breeding in biscon wiscon sin the purpose of the act Is to en courage the use of good stallions and discourage the use of poor ones it will not prevent any man using the stallion he desires to use but will compel the owner of each stallion to disclose to his customers the true breeding of his stallion the act will take effect the first day of next year the law provides that the owners of stallions shall cause the name de and pedigree of each stallion to be enrolled by the department of horse breeding of agricultural the col lege and procure a certificate of such enrollment which shall be recorded in the county where the stallion Is kept or used for public service section 2 in order to obtain the license certificate herein provided for the owner of each stallion shall make oath before a notary public that such stallion is to the best of his knowl edge tree from hereditary contagious or transmissible unsoundness or dis ease or in lieu thereof may file a of soundness signed by a duly qualified veterinarian who shall be a regular graduate of a recognized vet annary college and shall forward this affidavit or veterinarians certificate together with the stud book certificate of registry of the pedigree of the said stallion and other necessary papers relating to his breeding and ownership to the department of horse breeding of the college of agriculture section 3 the officers of the de apartment part ment of horse breeding of the said college of agriculture whose duty it shall be to examine and pass apon the merits of each pedigree submitted shall use as their standard tor action the stud books and signatures of the duly authorized presidents and secre baries respectively of the various horse pedigree registry associations ties or companies recognized by the department of agriculture washing ton D and shall accept as pure bred and entitled to a license cate as such each stallion for which a pedigree registry certificate Is fur dished bearing the signature of the president and secretary of a govern ment recognized and approved stud book section 4 the owner of any stal lion standing tor public service in this state shall post and keep affixed dur ing the entire breeding season copies of the license certificate of such stal lion issued under the provisions of the next succeeding section in a con place both within and upon the outside of the main door leading into every stable or building where the said stallion stands for public service section 5 provides forms for pure bred cross bred and no breed stal lions section 6 every bill poster or verti issued by the owner of any enrolled under this act or used by him tor advertising such stal lion shall contain a copy of its of enrollment section 7 A fee of shall be paid to the horse breeding department of the college of agriculture sity of wisconsin for the examina alon and enrollment of each ledl gree and tor the issuance of a license in accordance with the breed ing of the stallion as above provided section 8 provides for p transfer of certificate with sale of stallion fee for same being 50 cent section 9 pro vides that a violation of the act shall b by a fine of 50 beef calves from poor cows I 1 am not engaged in the production of beef myself but I 1 have neighbors that are and their work furnishes me with an object lesson and a text some of my neighbors have good shorthorn cows and teed them well while some other neighbors have equally as good shorthorns and make them rustle for a living they per haps do not see the difference tn their herds as much as does an onlooker that has nothing particular at stake one man that I 1 know of has always followed the practice of making his cows get along on grass in summer and hay in winter putting onto corn only the cattle he is fitting tor the market in the main he tries to sell his calves before they are three months old for he has come to the conclusion that for some reason he Is not able to make money out of them the other man feeds his cattle in the summer some gluten meal and other forms of mill teed besides succulent food cut from the corn fields As soon as the pastures begin to get short in the fall he puts them on a partial grain teed and this Is increased in the winter when they are on hay ann cipully the result Is that his cows are always in good shape and when the calves come they are not only vigorous but strong and have appe tiles that seem insatiable they make a rapid growth under almost any cir cum stances while the calves from the cows owned by the other man are thin and seem to have the tendency born in them to remain so the buyers of calves always try to pick up the calves from the cows that have been well fed and it they buy the other calves at all it is at a great discount it may cost something to teed cows well but I 1 believe it pays in the end to do so henry edison campbell co ky it Is reported that the mutton eat ing habit Is decreasing in england something more than mere rumors will be necessary 0 o convince sheep raisers of this |
