Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-07-17
Advantages Of Mulc Oyer Horse La
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= ,.,,,l,ri.,r farmer wiIitcuy hat mules
lr,.y-zrm, ',,A advantages over horses.
r,'hrn Al.v ~, use ll,ics instead otllnrSc>!
W!cn will they make the change ]
:.-,>wcr. Wien they prefer utility. interest.
;n,l :. iiS taste t" Il diseased fancy. |
l,nuw many farmers who would bc;l<hl'n-
cd to be cuught riding in Il carriage be-
hind pair of mules and why Is it
l,ccanSc Il mule has longer ears ar Sin:sl-
Ter feet ,,ali !; horse! tE1:nk itrr"rvcls
from species OF false p"d''. For a.
though admit lhlta g'""l h'rSr looks
better than lllnc.tcnlhs of ihe mules We
Scc. vet dcny that 4 bad horse looks ''et.
ter il.ul good mule. And why is it that
OIL, horse; look so much better than most
of oar r,nIe,!! The reason is this: our
farmers have Il false notion that it is not
necessary that Il mule should be kept
clean. therefore they always look rough
AMI nv. Ny bI;c!' Is !hat if u mule
ms, { at:c:,i;"ii i'll every respect
that is usually bestowed "!l horse he
will look IL well. and in fact will l"u'-nuk
and out.wurk most horses any breed.
But there are sevrra! other items be
sid. aoplasa,,cs to be taken into consid,
er;lii,,i,.
Fr,n III. report of an agricultural
Com .,ittrc il S.,,r,h Carp;ina, n:he year
1921. / ,I;;otr the toil"wing:
lii. annual expense of keeping 4
hose is cInl! To his value. \ horse ut
t,,ur vcarsul.l will not bring much more
thaa ii, cost. Two mules can be raised
alta less expense than one horse. The
mn. is fit for labor earlier, and, if Of
sntli .icnt size. will perform rs much labor
rs = horse: and if attended to when first
nut to work, his gait and his habits may
be formed to suit his owner.
am Convinced tt;:t Il pair of mules
may he kept i'll coed condition. and do
all In. work usually required of q pair Of
h,r<..S n,l :: farm OH three t"nrtt!S The nay
and ,,l,.,-alt' tin, grain That w.'i:d nSaiiy
be f,l To IL pair of horses doing thc sain"
work
The expense of shocng a mule the
car round is not more than one-third
shat of the horse; his hoofs being harder
and more horny, and 50 slow of growth
that the shoes require no removal, but
hold till worn out and the wear. from
the liyhtness of the animal, is much less
They arc always found to be truer pull
lcrs and quicker travellers with load than
horses; they are more steady in their
drau il. than horses, and arc less likely
t, waste their strength, and therefore, arc
more suitable 10 work before oxen. In
plonsIlilg, his feet being smaller, and to-
lowiil. each other more ncar Y in Il line.
h. is not 50 likely to tread on the corn.
The longevity of the mule is provvrblal
pliny mentions one eighty years old; De
Rus saw two in England which were sce-
entv years old Therefore, the owner Of
the mule may reasonably look for the
continuance of his mule capital for thirty
wears, while at the end Of fifteen years
the owner of the horse must look to his
crops or his bank for renewing his. \
correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot
asserts that Col. John f. Howard had Il
pair Of mules that worked thirty years,
after which they were sold to carter in
the city, and performed hard service for
several years longer.