The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-06-29
Tiffin asecklp Tribnur.
AGRICULTURAL.
MULES VS. HORSES.
lF,om The Country Gentleman

wi O1ll w AANaNfRA'a'
Hfhavc for the past four year,
boon more and more convinced
That the mulo is far the more profit
ahle animal to raise or keep iol
work. The following Is com
pa,ntive statement Of the ofTaising,
yaluc of animals, and comparative
profit ON raising the mulo and
6orsp Mules got by imported or
halt breed jacks will mature for
work or market at two years old,
the horse from four to five years
old, The average working life Of
a mule is say twenty years old, in
stances arc Known of their living
10 eighty ycars, and il is not I'M
usuai to sec animals of thirty and
thirty.five years of age at work
regularly. The average working
life ofthc horse is say nine years;
many horses am aware work
moro wears, but Think it is gcnCr
ally conceded that tic average viii
not exceed that time. The risk Of
raising a mule colt is much less
than the horse, because oI their
more hardy nature, disease being
almost unknown among them.--|
10 obtain the cost Of the two AMI.
mails when fit for service or sale,
We will assume the cost ofstalliOn
and Jack at the same price, say
twenty dollars. The first year the
cost Of either colt is but littlo, say
ten dollars. The second year the
cost of the mule colt and horse colt
will bo the same, although u mule
as q general thing does not cat but
two.thirds rs much as n horse,
it being more forward at two yocrs
old we place il at the same cost
At this time we sell the mule say
at 5000. The third and fourth
year we say the horse colt costs but
S25 eaeh to raise, and is then sold
at $500 which ia good nv rage. -
The cost Of tho two animals ap-
pears rs follows. Mule, cost OF
colt, $50; expense of Keeping tive
years, S35, interest on cost and
keeping ut per cent, 50 making
n total of SOS cost, which deduct
IRON its sale and add interest OF
money for the two years TO bring
TO date OF sale Of horsc-Sl6 s.
-Sl5S 81 net profit on mule {
date OF sale of horse. Now tn
cost ofhorsc colt $50, expense {
keeping two wears, $50, intcrcs
on cost OF keeping So expense {
keeping two years more, $50, II
tcrcst on keeping $3.50; making
total OF Sito, % .,ul;sh dsd"c, f'o'
amount received for horse; lcav,
profit on raising mule Sl6S,S
profit on raising horse, $500. c,
cess of profit in raising nlllcs ov'
horses. S7l,3I, or almost d
much as is realized for raising
horse.
This amount seems large, b,
when compared with tho actu'
profit to the user OF the animal il
small. The working lifo OF
horse being 10 years and the mu
20, one mule will last as long d
two horses. Therefore to do tw
hundred dollars worth of mul
work, il requires $ill, ,ii.l00th'
besides interest on the capital.
assume both mule and horse to d
useless at tho end of twenty years
which is not actually SO, but nca
enough 30 show the comparison -
The saving of hay .and grain wa
fed tho two animals by the army
being one.third less for the mul,
than the horse, amounts hay Gale,
lated ut $50 u ton and corn at )
a bushel, TO $50 81 II year lntcl
est averaged at ten years on cntil
amount of fsaving, S6l0 20-SG6
j., or total of S97d 23 saved j
feed aad interest OF money, whic
add to the cost of horse flesh use
up, 81, ,22O I6 for persons doin
the samc amount of work wit
mules fer twenty years over thos
who have horses Tor the San
work.
g., The greatest difference in Il
world eau be obtained 10y usir
good or bad animals to breed iron
aud ifany one has 4 bad mule,
hope they will not condemn tue c
ire hybrid, but seek to impro'
he next 10y crossing better BLOOD
R. s. L.. Ndshpiite, Tom.