EAR-MARKING OF HORSES.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION (Fp.cm Oirn. Own Cci'.nr.sroxDKKT ) LONDON. Soiit-mb"!' 10In rcf.T<»r.ce t-o tbe mo\ cniPiit for th<» •or. r marking of Vorvrs the 13:ii-mark!ri;r A? ociation announcer, tha: a bill is b- % mjj ]i:cpart\l foi P<:rna'i.ont. 'i ho supooir <>. S' '''!'p.-iiJA!i TT h a;i'jv ,n'(i Lord V:»len'ia lia- b' "n scc::r-'i, ai-.l t!-e chu'f object -of il"i l " b''l i- to tto,i all cv -mn r\:ori J'ni-r,-— fioin lea\ii.«j tlso councj. A large number of schemes :n.-:idcd to man t-i;n a lior~? supply foi miiit&i-\ jturposta have bfi'ii put f^rv.aKi. bit.. »-~ltli th» exrfntioii of ti:G bche>::e of "v' inaik-ng"' th<- '• x .-a-. >!!.•!£• priiicii^o ' lia^ b. . v !■ fi ou: in p..l of them. No attempt up to the ;> a-^si'i ia- b'en ira'le to keep tli-- h.j'-~-- >n the evutitrj. :iid a Government crru't uikl-t e\t::i:ig 'ond:t;on> without tli<- rui.'iiiig p»mvip!_ % will be of \er.\ iiitiu v-". In J-tie hLsciic-l 1 of ear-.narkinij th-> Iwi^v br d und.^i- a government grant will <io abroad, a.:i.l naares which £<-t the Coxcr.inicnt money one year will bo passed on to the foreigner
the next. The Englishman will pay t: money and the foreigner will get the horse. A iarge section of the public has failed to realise this, and eeems content to vote tha money with a leakage ot" rhi kind. The error is leading tha country into imminent danger, but there arc signs of a gradual awakening, and about 60 hcrse shows from various parts have alrcody joined the ear-markimg movement, while 12 public meetings called by YVe^r Country towns have expressed approval c the association's scheme.
Another point which le&cte to much confmion is the mixing- up of the pcaoo supply with the. war suppH\ The peace supply is already secured. The remount dspartmea-t gets, excellent ralue for tho price given. A higher price might bo paid, but tho taxpayer will n?ver get for tho peace supply a cheap?!* iystCiii of purchase than he gets now J)ui the question before the cour.trj' is rhn war -supply. This should be a reserve of l.or«os available within the country sufficient for national defence, and bought by purchasers other than the Covernmeni. The danger of neg-lecting this point is very great.
EAR-MARKING OF HORSES.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 6
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