The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-03
BREED MULES.

i0W-grudc horses. Every kcOnSc1etlOu
owner Of : fsir-sized, sound mare will
endcavor to fnd q way out Of this di
lemma. by seeking profit for the i'm
mediate few years, and at the same
time diminishing the horse supply
The tendency Of average mares is tt
produce horses that are OF inferio
grade. Within ten years there will b
i greater proportion of poor horses
than ut the present time, II all owners
endeavor to breed horses Ia the ordi
nary way. The thoughtful owner o.
sound mare knows that she will pro
duce during her fertility half dozen
or more mules IL mated with a jack
Mules are safer for working teams in
many respects than horses. They sell
for better prices, as . rule, than the
average horse. They are especially
I better for work where they must be
sdriven by different drivers. They are
not possessed of q worse disposition
thansa horse, II treated hulnanely.
They display more than "horss sense"
when there is effort to overwork them.
Usually, when they are loose without
driver, and drawing vehicle or ma
chine, they do not become frantic and
do great damage, as is the wont of the
average horse. The writer once had .
team of horses to run away with .
reaper at u cost Of $40. The same ex-
perience with mules did not cost cent
on the same farm. Mule breeding is
one Of the solutions of the horse ques-
ton. - Drover's Journal.
A young man, a successful farmer
put up . good horse the other day and
sold 1t 1t auction in Starkville to the
highest bidder, then adding some more
money to the amount realized, pur.
chased a mule. He was asked why he
did this, and he answered that he
never wanted to experiment again as
long as he lived with any kind Of
horse In working land and making
crop. He could get very little salts
faction out of horse in this kind of |
works mule was what he needed,
and nothing but a mule. Another
party standing near, said: Gentle
men, for two or three years owned as
good pair Of horses rs anybody in the
Ny principal crop was hay
I tried my best to convince myself
that those horses were just what i
needed in my business. did my best
70 satisfy myself with them. At last
just came to the conclusion that how
syer good any mans horses might be,
The mule was the best for my purpose,
The best by long odds for the great ma
ority Of Southern farmers. l bought
\ spanking good pair of mules to re-
place those horses that had sold
good mules, none better-and l am
low we'll equipped for business. III
nave team that never balks; team
hat will easily. without any jerking
'r suffering, move any load l shall
yer ask them to move; team that will
lot only subsist on less feed than any
,air of horses of same weight, but will |
taud more rough usage, more beat
md more cold and more mud. l have
team now that is team right"
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Let US have the views of our readers
S to the value of horses VS.. mules, for
General farm work.-Sonthcrn Farm 7
Iazettc.
There can be no question Of the SUI
eriority of mules over horses in all
inds of farm work in this country. Y
his is the verdict of all practical, sue v
.ssfui farmers. 1t is useless for us to RI
late on this subject, for it is fact too "
ell established to admit of discussion. a
he horse is being rapidly displaced by 81
ectricity. bicycles and steam, and his t,
'oduction must necessarily be restrict n
!. as but few and those of the finest, a,
id for special uses will be required in Ia
e future. The mule however, will OF
r an unknown time in the future be ii
quired for farm work which is ,thel K
ost extensive of all productive indus ri
es and must bring ,remunerative 70
ices. Q 1t has always appeared to us, m
At IL would be profitable business in
'e prejudice against home raised Ioy
elk so unfounded, has been one i'm sa
iiment due however in a great meas ri.
J to the want of proper prod uction