HORSE IMPROVEMENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8303, 23 November 1915, Page 7

HORSE IMPROVEMENT.

SUBSIDISED BREEDERS' CLUBS V

The war haa not prevented Canada from instituting and financing a new scheme of Gbvertmeni\'encptu*agement of improyfement JB^or^-breedmg, The aim of 'i^\/^^iaim:'''oov^iv^aexii is to place t^'feie-breedMg indtisti-y in a position comparable tar that which it has attained, iri Great Britain and other European! centres. To this end it was concluded that by,encouraging the organisation of breeders' clubs and by enabling such clubs to procure the services of good breeding stallions under favourable financial considerations the desired assistance could best bo provided. The department takes the---view-. ■•' 'that.f-tlttf.".■payment to '■ corn-, mxinity' orgaitjistttions; oi1" apart of the 'service fee vrill give a permanent stimulus to the hiring of the best stallions proctirable, and at the same time promote the development of?a comprehensive movement-'in the; interests of this important .national' industry. The Govertimant drafts the constitution and by-laws of the breeders''clubs. The clubs are required to guarantee the stallion owner a definite miinber of mare's' at a certain service fee, not to be-less ■'than 12 dollars (£2 10s),i - The stallion named by a club must-be submitted to examination by an.authorised veterinary, surgeon. : All ,service fees must be oollected by the chib, and are payable one-third at the end of the season, a,nd 'tho remaining two-thirds when, and only if, the mare proves' to be in J'oaJk The Governmenf :pays fcho club' a sum.equal.to 25. per cent, of the total amount .paii at "the; close of the service: station, apd: a ,;'further 25 petcent, of the second payment-■'■for mares that prove in> ionl when these payments are,.concluded, by.the;chab:-&The Government''goes even" farther in'tegard to 1 iJioroughbred stallions. With a view jto encouraging the breeding of remounts, 40 per cent, of the service fops ; is gajd^in.^respect to al^aii-ares other : than' thorpujghbreds pxit 'to thorouglibred elallions. The annual member's subscription to a club is fixed at five, dollars (one guinea). Tho stallion ! hired and used by any dub must be , purebred and registered in one of the sturl' bonk': affiliated with the Canadian National Live Stock Records., Satisfactory evidence must be furnished b.y tlm ; owner of any stallion fonr years old ' or over that he has been at least a 50 per cent, foal-getter. Tho stallion must be a good specimen and typical of his ; •breed, possess correct* conformation. and true, straight action.