Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-23
Agricultural


The uss OF mules has greatly increase q ID
the northern states since the war, to the de-
cited advantage Ct cur farmers. The mule
bears Tough treatment better. is harder,
tougher. easier fed and cared for. and less
Liable tn d sease shan any other drought an'-
NAL n-ed IN this country The Arnt1icon
.9ericulfur,st has the following sensible re-
marks upon he use of this animal:
we are glad IT, see that the use OF mules
fer ali kinds Of hard, rough work. IL steadily
gaining ground. These animals sre not beau
t,ful or musical but thew are useiul and eco
noulicsi. They are jt for work younger than
the horse, since they are PIT to service as
three years old, though they do not reach
their msturity until seven yetTs of age
Their temper. health, ard usefulness depend
very much or the manner o. Drssktne 'nem
The so-callsd stnbooTnness and oo5fInacy oil
this amin Il arises chr Hg from the abuss he Is
wont to receive when young. he seldom II
ever hrtes or kicks thoee who treat him kindly.
But the fact il that rhe ub and whip and
whip handle and boot t"e are applied 20 him
without mercy; and yet he IS expected 20 De
ALWAYS as patient and senrle "a a COW
The mule will 10 more work. and require
less grain THIN q h0Ese he il less liable TO
disease and RECEIVERS from sickness and injury
Quicker than horse d. works batter when
old. and hold. cut longer He seldom takes
fright. or runs away IL does not like over
ursIpg when drawing heavy loads. and ne
should never be driven verv tast. In making
up spans (-hOse of fifteen to fifteen AID q hall
handr high maze mist sefVIceaOle teams }
sbuse of ,imilsT dsp eiti01s should DO chosen
and put together. so that they will WORK
'oy-ther Pleasantly and with q will Tho
mu e seeun- made for work-he thrIves under
it. and IS besler in epIfIts aud temper than
when idle"
RAISING ASLEs.
A correspondent OF he Wesitrn Rural gives
en- interes ing acc Junt ot the prUh OF raIslIg
mules:
"Sotse twenty odd years ago l procured az
imported Jack twelve and half hands high
weighing some less than five hundred pounts,
Of the Sp.o.sa-E IVY tan breed. being the
hrs I.ek Euicb ever stood n our cou Dty. L
spJn found tzo eiasses # stock bree Iera IN
our mId-t xaD possessed almost uncorqdera-
BITE ,rejudices against groT'nS mules
"Oas class was composed of those who aad
enrgratfd frnln q seeu ctOTis's dominions,
VII o. Jest b-c.ssa they regar ded donks Us az
the ur euler stock of the v-D1erIpg ~ psIes,
and, AZ they said, any number OF them could
be nought IN the old countries for 3 lew crowns
apiece. The ether cIsss rsre grest admirers
OF thsr Enos- Beautiful Gnd commanding Of
ali quad-upsc-, the ho7ss- Soob claimed
that none bUs an inferior, slab-sided mare
should De allowed TO breed mule. es it would
ever afrer prevent good mare breeding
another horse eoit.
90 course | me. With but slight encoui-
agrmros che irst year, bat having several
ma es of my own ard two superior blood,d fl
lies, made a beginning. Both Of those fliles
brought me choice mules. One, called \ sriy,
proved to be of great value At twelve years
old, che Il teen hands high, being nearly
a band taller than her dam IA when sbe got
her full growth she weighed full two huudrei
pounds nore than her dam ever did In qaal
condISI n.
a Ter making If jr.s for yearE l succeeded
in getting very large mule, (from my jack
Win u, when grown, WAS SIX ten hands high,
TO mate ny Nstry mule Some ten yecrs
since, re- used $500 goid for she span !;
estimating the smaller one 10 be Of more Value
than y spao lIks the other A manufacturer.
who wanted very pow, rful animal To work
10 a horse cart. proposed TO buy my big mule.
W hIle Se were negotiating about the price,
. drvser passed ms pr-m,sss With lot OF
mules, one of them beng seventeen hands
hIxn. He put spurs to his horse, ard drove
fifteen mIlee, when he overlook tie enormous
mule, aud readIlF paid tie owner $500 tor H.,
bus less THAI a year be gladly parted With
1t ct a greatly reduced price When first
saw IT, | would not have given him my Neety
for three such animals-to keep-as his $500
mule.
liz was my fortune 10 travel among south
erD planters some yeare since, and learned +,
from eucn as had pursued the business the
longest, that mules fourteen hands high we're
decIdedIy the most profitable. although much
larger mules we're ruen and there Ia the great
est demand-as such WIRE wanted to muve
their D4boL'. 81 800 carriages over their sand,
roads.
IL have gone into details in this manner,
because I am fully convinced that a coarts
Casstiian jack weighing one thousand pound
or more, makes a very Improbable crUss with
large. coarse mare, much more 10 than
cross from q gypsy do key, tnsr 9 man cal
SHOULDER, with the same eort of q mare The
nxns sors of jack, about thirteen hanos