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1 GOVERNMENT EXPANDS BREEDING WASHINGTON, D. C, October 6. The War Departments project for encouraging the breeding of horses among farmers and stockmen of the country is to be greatly extended, plans to triple the Federal Breeding Service in 1921 being now under way. The appropriation of 50,000 by Congress at its last session makes the "extension possible. According to an announcement made by Major General Harris, the adjutant general of the army, there have been bred this season about 1,000 mares belonging to civilians and to the government in different sections of the United States. These mares may be divided into two classes: a well-bred type of riding animal ranging from 1,000 to 1,150 pounds in weight, and a type of active mare showing good quality with good neck arid shoulders weighing from 1,150 to 1,300 pounds. . The breeding committee of the American Remount Association, made up of some of the most prominent horsemen and breeders in the country, has entered enthusiastically into the armys ambitious program and all have volunteered their services to help and advise in any manner possible.
