Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-08-10
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become % By labor. and become very slow /;
their driver may force them on, bat in few
steps thsy take their SLOW natural steps again.
Such mules ar therefore almost worthless,
and should not be bred il it can be avoided
The most perfectmule are not to Be expect
ed from the excessively large, coarse boned
=, jacks. OF excessive high feeding. but frOp the
laws Of nature carried out to the greatest per-
fectiOn BY skillful breeding and feeding,
-. An error has existed for many years and still
exists. concerning the sire Of mules, Size has
been made measure Of value in the mule. al. 4
most regardless Of form and spirit. and 50 it
has been in iheir sire, the Jack, -c-r-- !
4 have b,eu employing mueieam for TWEEN.
ty-6ve years in the cultivation Of cotton 10 Mis-
sissippi, and my team now numbsrs one hun
drvd. In this time have used every variety
Of the IOule, (except the most inferior kind J
team has ever been grown. .t8 ffe
AZ the commencement Of my planting oper
atoms adopted the prevalent error. the size
wss the Measure Of vIlue. and persued il for
many years, much to me prejudice. BY long
trial, and by comparing the relative psrforman.
ces and lsstingness Of the large team which
have used, aided by observation and reAestion,
Il am fully satisfied that the medium sized mule,
full Of spirit and Of action with neat 6rm leg
and round body. with his lrvers set right
- for easy motion, his head and ears up ready
to move at the word Is the animal Of most val.
ue of bis kind. d.
The Law ofnature caanot be violated witE i'm
Punity. The jack when grown within scope Of
these laws. Is a small animal. The mule me.
dium between the jack aud horse. Both the
jack and mule. by hot bed grolh may be for.
Ced 70 be large anmals. But In this forcing
progress, now more extensively pursued BY
Kentucky than any other. State. what has been
gained, and what los '. iiH'
They have gained large hone. coarse animals
large size and at an eatlty aye full old, fct,
and soon ready to decay, because subject 70
dhease and large consumers offood, ''1 ~
They have lost symmetry, spirit. action, las.
ting endurance and per nanent value. e.
f- The farmers Of Kentucky seem not to have
taken proper distinction between animals 10.
tended for active labor and those nterded for
the slaughter pen. "a, ~. ..1.,....,
The error that especially aim at, Is the
abandonment Of almost everything else for size
The best combination of the requisite qualities
in the mule is not found in the production of a
hot bed policy, which by constant feeding. with
everything that will hasten growth. bring out
large, coarse, forced. evergrown, awkward
snimal, who decays as rapidly as he has been
grown. II ho we're intended for the slaughter
pen, this method Of growing is correct. but
which he is designed for the valley Of tho South
ern rivers, where his service Is active and his
ratiOns notgery select he wants more, spirit,
and action. m ore symmetry, and not too much
sise, Hence, our Tennessee mules, the pro.
duce Ofsprited jacks. are really more valuable
to the Southern Planters than the produce Of
Kentucky under btr pnsen:syslem, 800 :
This no dOubrto some extent is the fault OIL
2 the purchasers South, who have not generally
discovered their error. They demand large
sizes. and pay in prOportiOnto size f.. and this
in part, explains the policy Of Kentucky. NJ
opinion is. that size in mule j. nothing aite
they reach fifteen hands high and that many
under that height come up to the standard val
ue, fitted for cotton plantations. /
'-s When compared to the blood horse. the mul,
10 unfit for the saddle, pleasure carriage o, any
r.. harness requiring rapid motion. His sire is ~
animal Of slothful tendencies, Of slow motor
generally and hence the necessity Ofimpr,vnl
this qualify in the jack. Give him spirit an,
action, and stamina rather than great height
One conforms to the lava ofnalure, and the 9th
sr violates them. ra1 a ta 8 rs aa I.
The Spanish and Maltese jacks have spri
y generally. and foF that reason are valuable q
across: but they come to US without stamina
and with contracted chest. These fault
must be renedied by proper crossing, befor
:hev viii produce the mule best fitted for lh
malana districts Of the Southern rivers. d
kisOur policy to grow the mule that vii
prove to Be most valuable to the cultivator 0
the South. and rely upon their following tbei
interest vhsn explained to them and proves
spen Trial 70 be true. ufe- a.t
What have learned upon this subject !
netsrOn hsarsay: have purchase and grow
all the mules which have driven for twenty
Ave years in Mississippi. / have bad the q
portanity Of knOwing vhas::shey have done, an