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Horses--Breeding

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

Syringe for Transferring Semen, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1923
Scope and Contents

Illustrations of a syringe, speculum and rubber plug for placing at the entrance of the womb for transferring semen to mares. The text gives a detailed explanation on how to use these instruments in inseminating horses.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Texas Remount Horses, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1934
Scope and Contents

Photograph of three Texas Remount horses in a pen in the early 20th century. The United States Remount Service was mormed under the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army in 1908 in order to breed horses by providing government-owned stallions to privately-owned mares to supply the military at any given time.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Transferring Semen [in Horses], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1924
Scope and Contents

Illustration of the process of transferring semen to mares using an impregnator and showing the placement of the various organs.

Dates: 1870s-1930s