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PLAN MEETING TO PROMOTE BREEDING Arrangements Bciiiff Made to Call Horsemen To ¬ gether in New York on February 25 Ilans are being laid by some of the leading Ken ¬ tucky horse breeders for the calling of a meetingof delegates and memlKTS of hors breeders associa ¬ tions in Xew York on Monday February 25 to for ¬ mulate a plan of cooperative breeding for the pur post of supplying horses for army service serviceThe The plan is to form a corporation with sufficient capital to put the plan into execution at once by which means all owners of registered horses suitable for such breeding may become associated in the work workThe The plan of operation suggested is a modification of that put into effect by the Department of Agri ¬ culture several years ago but instead of buying the produce of such breeding at the age of three years it is to be bought by the association at the time of weaning and later the association will sell the geldings to the government for army use and the fillies will be retained for breeding or otherwise disposed of There will be a fixed uniform price for the weanlings from approved mares and the purchase guaranteed guaranteedThe The plan for maturing the stock has been well thought out so as to attain the best development at the least cost For this purpose the association will have several centers for assembling the young stock where conditions of soil and climate are most favorable favorableBREEDING BREEDING MARK TO BE BRANDED BRANDEDA A system of branding has been suggested by which the breeding will be marked on each horse with a number attached in this way every type of horse and each breeder will have credit for the produce and the markings can be referred to as long as the horse lives livesThe The schedule of prices suggested is 50 to the owner of the mare 15 to the owner of the stallion and the association to add enough to cover expenses dependent on the time that the government will purchase Wth the cooperation of the breeders and the government the estimated cost at three years of age is under 200 One great element of economy is in handling tiie stock in quantity instead of retail management of individual farmers farmersThe The date of the meeting is selected just preceding the FasigTipton sale of trotting horses at which time many breeders will be in New York YorkThe The war has shown that the breeding of horses for the army must be taken up at once in order to prevent a shortage and it is hoped that the meet ¬ ing will devise a plan of cooperative breeding that will be permanent and result in making a well recognized business of raising horses for the army
