New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-07
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IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
MULES And MULE-BREEDING.
ISecond Article


10 recent paper we showed the difference be-
tween the mule aud hinny, or the offspring OF the
male ass and mare and that Of the stallion aud
female ass. We also demonstrated that in both
nimals the type of the ass prevailed over that OF
Ae hene, but that the degree or proportion In
which the prevalence exists depends on the male
animal; consequently, that in breeding mules, ~
an other bybrids, the spirit and principal charsc-
teristies are to be sought 10 the sire, not in the
dam. Thus, if we are breeding mules, on tho
spbik courage, temper and characteristics Of the
male ass everything will depend in the production
If The like qualities in the progeny; while, 30 long
a. the mare is sound, strong enough, bony eoouSh
and roomy, ii win matter very little, as far a. the
clarscterisics Of the young are concerned whether
he be Suffolk Punch, or as pure thorough bred
aSpiletta the mother of Eclipse. Therefore in tho
ease Of the pair of gigantic mules mentioned in an
advertisement quoted a. begot.en by the finest
Maltese jack in Kentucky" ont Of two thorough
bred mares "by Wagner and Gray Eagle," there
10 no doubt that the excellence Of the jack has
everything to do with the excellence Of the pro-
Nny But not only is ii very certain that tho Gray
Easle and Wagner blood is wasted to no purpose
By this prostitution to vile uses in gvios tho quar-
ties Of blood to the mules but it 10 even question
able whether two stout sOund, active Cansdiaus,
or Eormsns, would not have thrown better fosl' to
The same j.ck than these hobe mares, thus sadly
misapplied. On the oth,r hand, il we are breeding
Aspiss, we want the very best stallion we cau had,
in blood and bone, 40 that he be no. dsproportion-
stelv lsrse; while in the female ass, We only re-
epire souSdness, and sufficient size to ronder her
roory enough to contain q fetus 20 much lager
han her own natural progeny, as the hinaey foai
ia ike TO be. But as no one breeds hinnies, or il
Biely 10 do so, this side of the question is worthy
Of no further consideration, and with few words
more We quit it altogether tits generally asserted
hat The hinny hiss been tried and found nearly
worthless animal, though admitted to DO beautiful
one; and hss only been bred occasiona'y, in Spain,
ssce the great declh in the number aud quality OF
Ne male a,sss, and Of mules generally from the want
ofmsle swos, arising from the fri sbdul consumption
efthese aaimss du,iDg the Peninsulsr var, and the
spbsequeDt incesssnt civil wars which have eonVuised
,Ast unhappy eOuntry, has rendered it nscessarS 70
supply their want. We nos inclined to adopt TINS
assertion We believe tina. the hinny, % far
from being worthless animal, Is as good as hels
Aspdsome, and superior to the mule for the uses for
which be is htted-thst il, for a ssddle animal
But being inferior to the horse a. saddle snima and
inferior to the mule beast Of draft or bu -iel
in which respest alone the latter Dan c,m
pete with the horse, no has no special . ace
Of An own; and, although it sesms 'impos.
sible TO have tho right mar, always in the right
place, The impasibity does not extend 20 the right
ass. Now there has not 70. been discovered
right place for the hnnies; and therefore, it having
been worth no ones while " cultivate hinniss, they
have fallen inlo disuss and got bad name. II
may, However, We'll be doubted whether, ia the
great demand and inadequate supply Of hard.ome
esycr ponies suited f,r carrying > ., Young ladies',
and TN or vsietudips,ian o, aged persons, wh>
require horse exercise it nigh. not prove az ex
coediDaly paying speculation to import few Of tho
very finest aud lSrgest-.izsd Maltese or Arabian
female ssss-wbieb, by the way, command no
price as compared with the j,cks-sDl TO breed
fem them TO the best and hlghest bred, underszsd
thoroughbred stations We haze seen AbrS ai ia
psst ytsp ore or two hinn'e', with ears ou. h!t'e
larger tbsn those Of eoarse pony, vita long thin
nases, fol- ts'ls, sleek fhiainS o,a.s, which acre