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New SetUp for Remount Announced Now Part of Agricultural Department Supervise Breeding Program In Washington and Through Four Field Installations InstallationsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 26 One of the last acts cf former Secretary of Agri cuture Clinton P Anderson before resign ¬ ing to run for the Senate from New Mexico was to outline a new setup for the Re ¬ mount Service which has been transferred from the United State Army to the Depart ¬ ment of Agriculture The service will now be known as the Agricultural Remount Serv ¬ ice and constitute a separate organizational unit within the Agricultural Research Ad ¬ ministration Anderson said saidThe The breeding program will be supervised by a small unit in Washington and will be carried on through the four field in ¬ stallations heretofore maintained by the department of the Army at Front Royal Va Fort Reno Okla Fort Robinson Neb and Pomona Calif The area headquarters previously directing and supervising the as ¬ signment of stallions to eligible agents for breeding were reduced to four in number by the War Department in June 1947 and are now operated from the four breeding stations stationsIt It is proposed initially at least to follow a plan of operation similar to that fol ¬ lowed by the Department of the Army That is all stallions presently available and those becoming available from time to time except for the few needed at the field stations will be assigned to eligible agents located in the area served by each station Each agent will be authorized to breed the stallion assigned him to his own mares and to those of other owners in his community at a fee not to exceed a stipulated sum The present maximum fee jus 20 Fees are presently authorized to be retained by the agent as compensation for maintaining the stallion under specified conditions as to quarters and care careAs As rapidly as possible the service will de ¬ velop and document a long range breeding program in order to assure the required de ¬ gree of continuity in breeding operations Each of the breeding stations will main ¬ tain a band of broodmares and stallions consistent with the size of the station and its facilities and in accordance with the needs of the area which it serves servesIt It will be the aim to breed stallions which will be of such quality as to give reasonable assurance of the production of the kind and types of light horses which will meet the requirements of farmers ranchers and others in the area to be served by each stallion This does not mean breeding research will be earned on as reliance will be placed on the results of research conducted by the Bureau of Ani ¬ mal Industry and state agricultural ex ¬ periment stations Methods will be de ¬ vised for testing the merits of stallions at an early age so that when used for breed ¬ ing on the station or placed in the hands of agents for breeding there may be some assurance as to the kind of progeny that will result resultTo To the extent possible all stallions used in the program will be foaled raised and trained at the breeding stations Stallions will be purchased only as needed to pro ¬ vide new blood The Agriculture Remount Service will be directed toward the develop ¬ ment of horses for utilitarian purposes on the farms and ranches of the country No effort will be given to the production of horses for specific use for show purposes for use in racing or as polo ponies
