The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-05
Shall We Raise Horses or Mules,
Spa,tanb,ug Spartan.

We are pleased to note the increasing
attention paid to the breeding of work
took by our farmers, but regret to see
the press in general, advocating breeding
mules in preference to horses. Some
seem to forget that in order to breed
mules, you have to have "mare horses"
and after a while, you either have to bug
pr breed mares in order to continue rails.
ing mules. Then why not raise horses
altogether? There are always male colts
that will do heavy, hard work and take
The place Of the mule in every particular
except kicking, killing calves, sheep or
little negroes, jumping fences aud. other
leviltry. Since quite small boy. the
writer has had considerable experience
and observation in raising both mules
and horse colts, and horse colts may be
pastured with any kind of stock with
safety, but mule, we'll, don't know
any stock raised on the farm these days,
that you can pasture with mule without
loss 10 the proprietor, except the negro.
We have been pasturiDg these two to.
selher, (raising grassy cotton) for a long
lime and we accept the figures of the
importation of mules and the exports.
Tors of negros, az conclusive evidence
that the darkey is ahead and according
10 Darwin, "tbe 6ttest have survived"
and the darkey is better or the farm
than the mule. Well think so too, for
we can both work and vote the darkey
and they keep right steady on "razin"
all the time. regardless of short pastures
and the price of corn, while the mule
wont even vote to go on when he gets to
place where you and be don't agree.
Neither will he multiply or raise. any.
thing but big rumpus of thunder and
lightning with his heels. Some folks
say the mule suits the darkey better than
the horse, but this is no argument in
favor of raising mules in preference to
horses, for the simple reason that you
can't raise a mule colt without mare
and the average farmer cannot afford to
keep mare for the only purpose of
raising mule colt and my observation
is that The darkey treats the horse as he
would the white man and the mule as he
would the darkey and darkey that owns
good looking "hos" and yellow wife,
feels himself far above bis neighbor who
has a black wife and mule team. If
there is real fine span of large horses
on the farm 10 do work with the mules,
the darkey that takes charge of this
team, feels that he is elected to higher
POSITION. He talks 10 and treats them
with degree of reverence aud pride
that he will not bestow upon mule and
the farmer who drives fine pair of large
horses, certainly deserves more credit
and better position in society than if
he drives'a pair of treacherous mules.
1t is claimed that mules cost.ess to raise
and do homework according to the feed
consumed. This is true as regards the
common large. long coupled, loose joint
I'd, lankey horse, but the cross from the
improved breeds of heavy draft horses
with our common mares, produces
stout, active, close built horse, that will
stand as much heavy work and require
ns little feed rs mule aud doubles the
mule in selling value. He is more man
sgeable, more spirited and better suited
Tor drawing the machinery on the farm,
or the carriage to town. We hope that
the progressive farmers will still encour.
age progress by raising 6ne horse colts.
There is no progress. in the mule.
He is the last link of degeneracy,
for wise nature has frowned upon his
deviItry and will not permit his multi
plicatiOns, even unto the second genera
tion.
FARMERS SoN.