The pedigree, as far as known or traced, of the stallion or jack
(name)
Owned by
Bred by
Described as follows:
Color ,
Foaled in the year , ha:; been duly examined, and it is
hereby certified that the said stallion or jack is of mongrel breeding.
and is not eligible for registration in any studbook recognized and
certified to by the secretary of the deiiartment of agriculture, Wash-
ington, D. C.
The above named stallion has been examined by _-
veterinarian, and is reported as free from infectious, contagious, or
transmissible disease or unsoundness,
and is licensed to stand for public service in the State of California.
This license expires on , 19
(Signed) ,
Secretary California Stallion Registration Board.
Dated this , 19 , at Sacramento, Cal.
Sec. 8. A fee of $2.50 shall be paid to the secretary of the California
stallion registration board for the examination and enrollment of each
stallion or jack pedigree, and for issuance of a license certificate in
accordance witli the breeding of the stallion or jack as above provided,
which shall be in forcfc and effect for a period of one year, from its
date, and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.
The fee shall be paid to the secretary of the California stallion regis-
tration board at the time the application is made for enrollment.
Upon a transfer of the ownership of any stallion or jack enrolled
under the provisions of this act, the certificate of enrollment may be
transferred to the transferee by the secretary of the California stallion
registration board, upon submittal of satisfactory'^ proof of such transfer
of o\vnei*ship. and upon payment of a fee of $1.00. A fee of $1.00 shall
be paid annually for the renewal of a licen.se certificate.
A fee of $1.00 shall be paid for a duplicate license certificate, upon
proof of the loss or destnu-tion of the original certificate.
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Sec. 9. Every stallioB or jack for which a license has been issued
shall be exempt from further examination, unless from later develop-
ments it becomes known, and a complaint is filed, certified to by three
men, one of whom shall be licensed veterinarian, that said stallion or
jack has some hereditary, contagious, or infectious disease, which was
not evident at the time of previous examination. When such complaint
is made, and a request for examination is asked, such complaint shall be
filed with the secretary of the California stallion registration board,
who shall have another examination made, but the owner of the stallion
or jack shall have the right to select a veterinarian legally qualified to
practice as such in this state, to act with such examining veterinary, and
in case these two shall fail to agree upon a verdict or decision these
two veterinarians shall appoint a third qualified veterinarian, with the
consent and approval of said board and owner, who shall act as referee
therein, and the decision of said referee shall be final. If such com-
plaint is found to be correct it shall be so reported to the secretary, who
shall revoke the license in force ; provided, that the owner of any staUion
used for public service in this state shall have a lien on all colts sired
by said stallion for the service fee for a period of one year from the date
of the foaling of said colt, as now provided by law.
Sec. 10. Every association, person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for
each offense ; or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding fifty
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 11. The funds accruing from the above named fees shall be
used by the said stallion registration board to defray the expenses of
enrollment of pedigrees and issuance of licenses; to provide for the
examination of stallions and jacks, when necessary; to publish reports
or bulletins containing lists of stallions and jacks examined, which shall
be not less than one in each year; to encourage the horse breeding
interests in this state; to disseminate information pertaining to horse
breeding, and for any other purposes as may be necessary to carry out
the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. Each member of
the above committee shall receive his actual expenses incurred while in
the performance of any duty imposed under the provisions of this act ;
the secretary of said board shall receive for his services an amount to
be fixed and agreed upon by said board.
It shall be the duty of the said stallion registration board to enforce
the provisions of this act, and to make an annual report, including
financial statement, to the governor of the state, on September 15th of
each year.
Sec. 12. This act shall take effect and be in force on August 1st,
1911.
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CHAPTER 752.
An act to amend an act etititled ''An act to regulate the public service
of stalliotis and jacks in the State of California," approved
May 1, 1911, by amending sections one, two, three, four, six, seven,
eight, atid nine thereof and by adding a new section thereto to be
known and numbered as section eleven and one-half, all relating
to the licensing of stallions and jacks, and providing for the report-
ing of the collection of fees to the state controller and the creation
of a fund to be known as the stallio7i registration board contingent
fund,
[Approved June 12. 1915.]
Tfie people of tlie State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section one of an act entitled **An act to regulate the
public service of stallions and jacks in the State of California," ap-
proved May 1, 1911, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. Every association, person, firm or corporation standing or
offering any stallion or jack for public service in this state shall cause
the name, description, and pedigree of such stallion or jack to be enrolled
by a stallion registration board hereinafter provided for, and secure a
license from said board, as provided in section three of this act. All
enrollment and verification of pedigree shall be done in the office of the
secretary of the California state board of agriculture.
Sec. 2. Section two of said act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. In order to carry out the provisions of this act, there shall
be constituted a stallion registration board, whose duty it shall be to
verify and register pedigrees; to pass upon certificates of veterinary
examination ; to provide, when necessary, for veterinary inspection ; to
issue stallion or jack license certificates and tags; to make all necessary
rules and regulations; and to perform such other duties as may be
necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act. Said
board shall hold meetings at the ofl&ce of the secretary of the California
state board of agriculture the first Tuesday and subsequent days of
February, May, August and November of each year, and such other
meetings as may be necessary. Said stallion registration board shall
be composed of three members, consisting of the president and secretary
of the California state board of agriculture and the state veterinarian.
Sec. 3. Section three of said act is hereby amended to read as
follows :
Sec. 3. In order to obtain the license certificate and tag herein pro-
vided for, the owner of each stallion or jack shall forward an affidavit
on a form which shall be furnished by the stallion registration board and
this affidavit shall be made by a veterinarian, legally qualified to practice
as such in this state, to the effect that he has personally examined such
stallion or jack. If said stallion or jack is free from communicable
diseases and is not affected with any of the diseases or unsoundnesses
mentioned in section four of this act, a statement to this effect shall
be made on said affidavit by the examining veterinarian. If said exam-
ining veterinarian after examination finds such stallion or jack affected
with any communicable disease or with any of the diseases or unsound-
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nesses mentioned in section four of this act, a statement shall be
inscribed on such affidavit by said veterinarian specifying the disease or
unsoundness so found. The owner of said stallion or jack shall also
furnish to the stallion registration board the studbook certificate of
registry of the pedigree of said stallion or jack when said stallion or
jack is registered, and all other neci^ssary papers relative to his breeding
and ownership. Upon verification of pedigree and certificate of breeding
(in case of pure-bred stallions and jacks), and receipt of veterinarian's
affidavit as provided for in this act, a license certificate shall be issued
to the owner; provided, however, that no license certificate shall be
issued to the owner of any stallion or jack in ease said animal' is affected
with any communical)le diseiLse; and provided, further, that when any
stallion or jack is found affected with any of the diseases or unsound-
nesses as mentioned in section four of this act, the license certificate
so issued to the owner of said animal shall specify the disease or un-
soundness with which said animal is afliected.
Sec. 4. Section four of said act is hereby amended to read as follows :
Sec. 4. Any stallion or jack found to be affected with any of the
following diseases or unsoundnesses is hereby deemed unsound and
likely to transmit such disease or unsoundness to its progeny, and the
license certificate issued to the owner of such a stallion or jack shall
specify the disease or unsoundness as provided for in section three
of this act:
Periodic ophthalmia (moon blindness) ; cataract, laryngeal hemiplegia
(roaring or whistling) ; pulmonan' emphysema (heaves, broken wind) ;
chorea (St. Vitus dance, crampiness, shivering, stringhalt) ; bone spavin,
ringbone, sidebone, navicular disease, osteoporosis; curb, when accom-
panied with faulty confirmation of hock.
Sec. 5. Section six of said act is hereby amended to read as follows :
See. 6. The owner of any stallion or jack used for public service in
this state shall post and keep affixed during entire breeding season, a
copy of the license certificate of such stallion or jack, issued under the
provisions of this act,, in a conspicuous place, both within and upon
the outside of the main door leading to every stable or building where
the said stallion or jack is used for public service, and at all times
during the breeding soavson shall have attached to the harness or bridle
of said stallion or jack a tag which shall be issued with the certificate.
Each bill and poster and each newspai)er advertisement shall show the
enrollment certificate number, and state whether it reads ** pure-bred,''
** grade," '* cross-bred, " "non-standard bred," or ''mongrel," and it
shall be illegal to print or advertise any misleading reference to the
breeding of said stallion or jack, his dam or sire.
Sec. 6. Section seven of said act is hereby amended to read as
follows :
Sec. 7. The license certificate issued for a stallion or jack whose sire
and dam are of pure breeding, and the pedigree of which is registered
in a studbook recognized by said stallion registration board, shall be
in the following form:
2S-^910
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386 CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF AOBICULTUBE.
CALIFORNIA STALLION RFX3ISTRATI0N BOARD.
C-ertificate of pure-bred stallion or jack. No.
The pedigree of the stallion or jack (name)
Owned by
Bred by :
Described as follows:
Color Breed
Foaled in the year , has been duly examined, and it i«
hereby certified that the said stallion or jack is registered as
number in studbook, said studbook being
recognized by the stallion registration board of California, and is <*f pure
breeding. The above named stallion or jack has been examined
by , veterinarian, and is reported
as and is licensed to stand for
public service in the State of California.
This license expires on , 19
Signed
Secretary California stallion registration board.
Dated this , 19 , at Sacramento, Cal.
The license certificate issued for a grade stallion or jack whose sire
or dam is not pure-bred shall be in the following form :
CALIFORNIA STALLION REGISTRATION BOARD.
Certificate of grade stallion or jack, No.
The pedigree of the stallion or jack (name)
Owned by
Bred by
Described as follows:
Color Foaled in the year , has been duly
examined, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion or jack is not of
pure breeding, and is, therefore, not eligible for registration in any
studbook recognized by the stallion registration board of California.
The above stallion has been examined by ,
veterinarian, and is reported as and is licensed
to stand for public service in the State of California.
This license expires on , 19
Signed
Secretary California stallion registration board.
Dated this , 19 , at Sacramento, Cal.
The license certificate issued for a stallion whose sire and dam are
pure-bred, but not of the same breed, shall be in the following form:
C.VUFORNIA STALLION REGISTRATION BOARD.
Certificate of cross-bred stallion No.
The pedigree of the stallion (name)
Owned by
Bred by
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Described as follows :
Color Foaled in the year , has been duly
examined, and it is found that his sire is registered in the
studbook as number , volume , at page ,
and his dam in the studbook as No. , vol-
ume , and page
Such being the case, the said stallion is not eligible for registration
in any studbook recognized by the stallion registration board of Cali-
fornia. The above named stallion has been examined by
, veterinarian, and is reported as
and is licensed to stand for public service in the
State of California.
This license expires on , 19
Signed
Secretary California stallion registration board.
Dated this , 19 , at Sacramento, Cal.
The license certificate issued for a non-standard bred stallion shall be
in the following form :
CALIFORNIA STALLION REGISTRATION BOARD.
Certificate of non-standard bred stallion No.
The pedigree of the stallion (name)
Owned by
Bred by
Described as follows :
Color Foaled in the year , has been duly
examined, and it is hereby certified and found that said stallion is not
eligible to registration a*s standard bred, and for the purpose of this
license is not pure-bred, although recorded in the non-standard depart-
ment of the American trotting register.
The above named stallion has been examined by ,
veterinarian, and is reported as and is licensed
to stand for public service in the State of California.
This license expires on , 19
Signed
Secretarv' California stallion registration board.
Dated this , 19 , at Sacramento, Cal.
The license certificate issued for a **mongrer' stallion or jack shall
be in the following form :
CALIFORNIA. STALLION REGISTRATION BOARD.
Certificate of ^'mongrel'' or jack No.
The pedigree as far as known or traced, of the stallion or jack
(name)
Owned by
Bred by
Described as follows:
Color -Foaled in the year , has been duly
examined, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion or jack is of
mongrel breeding, and is not eligible for registration in any studbook
recognized by the stallion registration board of California.
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The above named stallion has been examined by
, veterinarian, and is reported as
and is licensed to stand for public service
in the state of California.
This license expires on , 19
Signed
Secretary California stallion registration board.
Dated this , 19 , at Sacramento, Cal.
Sec. 7. Section eight of said act is hereby amended to read as
follows :
Sec. 8. A fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents shall be paid to
the secretary of the California stallion registration board for the exami-
nation and enrollment of each stallion or jack pedigree, and for issuance
of a license certificate and tag, in accordance with the breeding of the
stallion or jack as above provided, which shall be in force and effect for
a period of one year from its date, and for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this act. The fee shall be paid to the secretary
of the California registration board at the time the application is
made for enrollment. Upon a transfer of the ownership of any stallion
or jack enrolled under the provisions of this act, the certificate of
enrollment may be transferred to the transferee by the secretary
of the California stallion registration board upon submittal of
satisfactory proof of such transfer of ownership, and upon payment of
a fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents. A fee of one dollar and
twenty-five cents shall be paid annually for the renewal of a license
certificate and tag. A fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents shall be
paid for a duplicate license certificate and tag upon proof of the loss or
destruction of the original certificate.
Sec. 8. Section nine of said act is hereby amended to read as follows :
Sec. 9. Whenever at any time the stallion registration board has
reason to believe, or complaint is made, that any stallion or jack has
been provided with a license certificate under false or erroneous repre-
sentation, said stallion registration board is hereby authorized and
empowered to cause an investigation to be made, and if in the conduct
of such investigation it is deemed necessary by said board to examine
said stallion or jack, the owner of said animal shall have the right to
select a veterinarian, legally qualified to practice as such in this state,
to act with a veterinarian of said stallion registration board in
examining said animal, and in case these two shall fail to agree
on a verdict or decision they shall appoint a third qualified
veterinarian, with the consent and approval of said board and owner,
which third veterinarian shall act as a referee therein and the decision
of said referee shal be final. If as a result of such investigation or
examination, or both, it shall have been found that such stallion or
jack is not legally entitled to the license certificate as provided for in
this act, then said stallion registration board shall revoke the license
in force, or provide the owner of said animal with a proper form of
license certificate ; provided, that the owner of any stallion or jack used
for public service in this state shall have a lien on all colts sired by
said stallion or jack for the service fee for a period of one year from
the date of the foaling of said colt, as now provided by law.
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Sec. 9. A new section is hereby added to said act to be known and
numbered as section eleven and one-half, and to read as follows :
Sec. 11^. The secretary of the stallion regitstration board, at least as
often as once each month, and oftener if required so to do, shall
report to the state controller the total amount of fees collected, and at
the same time he shall pay into the state treasury the entire amount
of such receipts. All such receipts shall be credited to the stallion
res^istration board contingent fund, which fund is hereby created, and
shall be held subject to the uses of the board as defined in this act.
CHAPTER 584.
An act to provide for the collection, compilation and publication of
agricultural and other industrial statistics for the State of California,
and making an appropriation therefor.
[Approved April 25, 1911.]
The people of the State of California, represented in senate and
assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The board of directors of the state agricultural society
are authorized, and it is hereby made their duty, to collect, compile and
publish annually, on or bel'ore the 31st day of January in each year,
statistics showing the yield cf agricultural and other farm and industrial
products of the State of California for each preceding year, and shall,
as nearly as may be practicable, ascertain and publish each year the
number of acres of land within the state that are under irrigation, and
the number, location and extent of any new irrigation enterprises,
exclusive of individual pumping plants, that may have been started
within the state during the preceding year.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act,
the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars per annum is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and the controller is hereby authorized to draw his war-
rant from time to time up to the amount of said appropriation in favor
of the board of directors of the state agricultural society, and the state
treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same.
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SUPPLEMENT
SUMMARY OF THE RESOURCES
OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
BY COUNTIES
The brief description of each county which follows, has been
greatly condensed in order to keep it within the space available.
County statistics were first obtained under an act passed in 1905,
under which county statisticians were appointed, but the result was
a failure, as many counties omitted to supply the figures required, and
therefore no complete statistics for the state as a whole could be pub-
lished. In 1910 eleven counties failed to make any report, and in
other years the number was even greater.
In 1911 county statisticians were abolished, and the present system
established, under which the cost of gathering statistics was reduced
from about $50,000 per annum (paid by the counties) to $5,000,
the latter sum, however, is quite inadequate to give entirely satisfac-
tory results, or to make tlie report as complete as it could be made
with a comparatively moderate increase in the expenditure.
The size of farms, and the figures relating to crops, fruit trees,
by counties are those given in the last census. Later statistics brought
down to 1917 are given in the body of the Report under their respec-
tive headings.
Some correspondents consider that all the details contained in the
census reports should be revised annually, but they do not realize
the magnitude of the undertaking, or the enormous labor and expense
it would entail ; and that without much real benefit, for as a rule the
totals do no vary greatly in a single year. The pay of the enumerators
alone in this state, at the last ce^nsus, amounted to $151,750.
The source of the statistics contained in this report are the most
trustworthy that can be obtained, and the number of farm animals^
farm crops, fruits, and all other products, are brought down to date,
and when estimated, the figures are strictly conservative.
NoTR.— Statistlos negardlng farma, farm animalbi and farm (sropv by counUes, are only
collected by the U. S. Census Bureau fvery ten years, as it Js a very larg^ and coetly undertaking.
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER IN 1917.
The year 1917 was relatively cold and dry in California. For the
state as a whole it was the coldest year since 1912, and the driest year
since 1898. The first iWe montlis of the year were abnormally cold,
while the* remainder of tlie year, witli the exception of August, was
aliionnally wann. In January, ^March and May the mean tempera-
ture of the state as a whole was tlie loAvest ever recorded for these
respective moiitlis, while in October and December the mean tempera-
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ture was the highest on record. Extreme temperatures ranged from
125*", which occurred at Greenland Ranch, Inyo County, on July 12, to
— 33° which was recorded at Bridgeport, Mono County, on January 17,
a range for the state of 158°. The average precipitation for the
state was 16.48 inchas, or 38 per cent below the normal. But 1.00
inch, or 6 per cent of the total annual precipitation, fell during the
dry half-year, May to October, inclusive. All months with the ex-
ception of February, April and July were abnormally dry. October
was the driest month of that name in the 21 years during which
state-wide records have been kept. During this extraordinary month
no rain fell at 182 stations, while at 39 others only a trace was
received. Heavy snow fell in the mountains during the spring
months, and as a result there was an ample supply of water for irri-
gation and powTr purposes during the summer. But little snowfall