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i PLANNING BREEDING BUREAU WORK. Joseph A. Murphy in. Consultation with Federal Officials Upon Important Project. St. Louis, Mo., November 14. Joseph A. Murphy, general manager of the Universal Exposition, who returned a few days ago from Washington, where he was in conference with Government officials in the interest of an appropriation of 00,000, which Congress is to be asked to make next winter for the establishment of breeding stations to provide remounts for the army, has sent to Speaker Champ Clark, at Bowling Green, Mo., an outline of the plan. The plan is to divide; the country into four breeding districts, to be known as the New England, Central, Northwestern and Southwestern districts, and it is hoped to have St. Louis made the distributing point for the entire, west. This would result in a great number of high-class stallions being on exhibition at the exposition, where thousands would see them and the purposes of the bureau be promoted! The plans have been tentatively worked out by Mr. Murphy and George M. Rommel. Chief of the Animal Husbandry Division of the Department of Agriculture in Washington. While in Washington Mr. Murphy took the matter up with Quartermaster-General Aylshire. He introduced Mr. Murphy to Colonel Stanley of his department and the matter was gone over In detail. "The War Department," says Mr. Murphy, "has already called .qn the Department of Agriculture for aid. Under the present laws none of the money appropriated for the War Department for remounts can be used for breeding purposes, and as the Agricultural Department has no appropriation for the purpose Congress is to be asked for a special appropriation of 00,000 a year. "The supply of horses suitable for remounts is becoming more and more limited, and the present lirdi-tations are such that the country would find it impossible to remount its army from its own resources in time of war, and is rapidly reaching- a point where the needed supply of suitable remounts for the present strength of the. army would be extremely difficult to obtain, if obtainable at all. "August Belmont has already donated to the Government four magnificent stallions, which Include the splendid Henry of Navarre and Octagon. "If Congress shows the proper interest in the matter, I propose to call a meeting of horsemen of all classes at some central point for the purpose of organizing an association to be known as the National Breeding Association of Army. Remounts, which will have moil of national prominence as its oflicers. "This association will not only co-operate actively .with the Government, but will appeal to the patriotism of the better class of horsemen and ask for donations of high-class stallions that .will put the Breeding Bureau at once on a pretentious basis. ."These, stallions will be distributed according to the possibilities of the various states. The Department of Agriculture recognizes Missouri as one of the great horse states of the Union, and is particularly anxious to have the bureau well represented here. Instead of placing these stallions at permanent points, they will be gathered at some central point and distributed during, the breeding season" in care of a Government employe to the horse counties of the various states. "Service to approved mares of the farmers will be " free, and the Government will hold a lien on the produce at three years old at a minimum price of 50."
