Finland was subdivided into one hundred breeding districts with stallions called "crown stallions" who were only used by the government but some breeding districts lacked a stallion due to the scarcity of good quality horses.
To make up for the loss of valuable breeding animals, and to aid the rebuilding of the horse population, the Senate of Finland sent orders in 1869 to the provinces of Vaasa, Hame and Kuopio, ordering them to obtain suitable stallions to be publicly owned and made available to local residents for breeding to privately owned mares. 
