Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-09-13
AGRICULTURAL.
am CHOOSING s BREAKING MULES

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ON CHOOSING s. BREAKING MULES
A late number Of the Farmers Mon'h'
yisi,oy.n introduces poeiical cpisi!e oi th
Hon. ]. s. Skinner--whirh is subjoincd-l
she following ,e'ms:-
AR. skinner, the Third Assistant Post Ma,
Ter General, q nd Father. Us he has been called
Of the Agricultural Press in the United States
has ever been warm advocate for the NOR
general use OF the Mule. Some one desiluu
ofsce;ps him carry GU, his theory, wrote I
Messrs Stevenson, Blanton, and Swisefl
conspicuous members OF the Agricultural 81
cie,y of Kentucky. (ofwhich State, mules cor
stitule one Of the principal s;aples) Ieqnestin
then, to look out for pair OF mules tor Mr.
to go I'm light harness. aud for the choice
them submitted to the judgment OF these geu
,ieueu the following rules, which IS they rela'
10 mn important branch OF American tu"bat
dry, were ut our solicitation furnished Tor pre-
serva,ion 10 the Monthly Sisi'or:
K,sp Sia.:-Your aid would solicit.
Wherein these lines will make explicit.
Than sou. none better know the rules,
TO Judge Of Horses, Cows or Males;
And oithese fast, iwish to get
A pair, for road and carriage it,
A pair ,ha, shall without i'll luck,
An houor do TO I" Old KeHtuck."
Size and strength. yon know they need,
With docile spirit, wind and speed;
fall else suit, for years few,
More or less-you needn't them escbew;
Nor care tina, they should match exactly,
So thew be but iorm'd compac,ly,
Yet If. in looking, you caa catch.
Two that do III color acteh.
So much the better, should say
Not minding. whether black or bay.
Let them in color be the same,
Or else let coHtras! be your aim;
The same in spirit and in action,
THcrs 70 for likeness 10 fraction.
Quick 10 "gec" and 10 come hi,hcr,"
The rest is-"leather or psa.e''s
But if you'd have their temper rishi,
Forever kesp these rrtes IN sight;
Ask Shelby James he'll bear me ont,
And who will dare his judgment doubt
The ASS must be OF Maltese bred
II you'd be sure TO have mules freed
From dullness--and possess the fre
That men and mules derive from sire;
For both, the dam, too, should be good,
And 10 he that, she must haze blood.
For speed, one might he well content,
And on that point. should not relen,,
Ifby the hour they both possess
Foot to 90 six miles in harness.
In JreakiRg them, IFS well ag,eed,
They mus, be mated with sieed
Brisk of action and well me,tled.
Until you have their habits settled,
For these once fired, for good OF bad,
No others can you give instead;
In no case more than this we find
As "twis is bent, the trees incl'n'd."
Now will YOU see, aud LEI me know
Ifyou can get them, and how low!
Such pair of mules for skinner,
That he no more may play the sinner.
Like those who daily write and preach,
Blu, never practice what they teach
For twice ten years. Eis lheTie has been
The mule from obloquy TO screen;
That so, no longer men should fail.
His value in cieatiou's scale
To know; and fairly recognise
And give at ca,tle-show the prize,
That's due 10 beast. that works The most,
And most doth earn, ai the least cost.
Thus equipped. You understand,
He swcars be will take of the brand
That's ON him s,ainpd; and in the stree;
Publicly show the mule is fleet
Enough for any man Of reason,
Who only wishes, that in season,
(When he dives him iheie in ;raccsl
lie may arrive, at church or races.
Aud Skinne: says. too, If he's treated
Kindly, when on his back ones seated
More sure he is thus under saddle
Than any nag that nian can st,nddie.
On mountain sides where roads are rons
What so sure Of (ooi--says he-or tough
And then what one 50 lillc eats,
Or with so lit.lc rest; repeats
His task!-and for toagerity.
Compare /, with the brevity
OfIiie, tla, uiake,h up the span
OF either beast, ,ha, work Tor u,an.
Quo,h reader-,his is very fine
I'm Skipner-but why shcn decline
The mnlc To drisei lie, US behold
Hiu, prncc what he has often told
That what we deem Of no account,
And cutie nui, 10 drive or mount,
Is no. ,ha, spi,eiul, dev'lish thing.
That ifyou mount, will surely fling
You dowR--snd there 10 make you stick,
Quicke, ,lran lightning, he will kick
You ON the bead, OF on the back;
Then switch ms tail, and-Iet a.
AS S,eue's. when drove by mans religious
Did. ia their face. let ones prodisious.
The siory's told, ifii concern We,