The Van Buren press., 1895-08-03
FARMER AND PLANTER
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n oss.us ~ MEET Preos ehe FArDsr
mnof haiss 0ssA Anlcnals.
II raising mulea, like tie breeding
and raising OF hcrseA 4 ~ expect TO
secure the most proat We must secure
good euimala The cost Of keeping
thu mares, of feeding and caring for
The colts is - uusA with good mules
a WITH poOr ones, bat when thy are
prioed 70 sell there = . considerable
difference 4 the value. There u NO
more srronsou idea than thatof think
ipe - cot b . colt, and that II makes
but little differsnce how the horses
are bred. Thsre arc plenty OF good
Jacks, and at thu same there are qnite
mnbr that ~ best are very poor
foe bssslinR purposes. SIn fsst they
are not worth breeding, and the farm
~ fnatDs y eer40us snistaAe n ofced-
ing his mares 10 sauh ~ animal.
Is There h good. demand for we'll
formeds gocd-siseds mules, And they
readily bring snchs prioes ~ will leave
The farmer . GOOD profit TOR the trouble
of raising thsm Poor mules, small
and not we'll built ars the same as
poor horses; they are poor property Tor
any man TO oyvn.n sazsih saf lss
= A good team Of young mules can be
made to do considerable work for from
Eighteen months to two years, and
then bs seid. 1T four yesr. jWt y ;
time when they will. uhdOr ordinary
eircun1sSa byipe the best prisea
With good oss. mules can be broke and
work a easier hsn horses. and farmers
who car. .pot keep several teams profit
ably 81 work Ill the time, and yet find
It necessary 70 keep several. WIN md
1T will pay to keep two or three mares,
the number to be peoportionsd to the
: number Of teams considered necessary
10 keep up with the farm work, and
then breed them to . good Jack and
raise good mules, keeping the mares in
ID soed. thrifty condition 70 that 1 good
growth can be secured. Then they can
be used for some time. on the farm
1vhile they are growing. fully rsufa-
lcient to pay their fesd, and AZ the
same time have them gradually in
creasing In value, and selling ut an ago
when they will usually bring the high
est figures. OF course care must be
! taken of them 10 that good, thrifty
growth can be secured. Some breed
ers make the claim that raising mules
can not be done only On scale SUM.
GENTLY large to pay the farmers for
making extra good feuces In order to
keep them confined.
The average mule seems to have =
natural propensity for jumping fences,
but good barbed wire fence will re-
strain them. They are good deal
like all other stock; II they are kept
confined, it Is easier to keep them in
than to allow them to get outside by
breaking through or jumping over. Il
they once find they can get over On
through the fences it is considerable
task to keep them up ~ g.'.
The difference in the cost between
good mules and poor ores is the differ
ence in the cost Of service. It. will
usually cost more for the service Of .
real good jack than It will cost for /
poor one, and other things being equal
the difference In them ID . small item
in comparison with the value of ths
mules when they are ready to sell. I
they are fed 90 = to be kept growing
steadily. in . good, thrifty conditior
the cost is the same, or nearly ths
same, whether the animal is good O
poor one, and to secure the most prod
the best must be raised, and If the bes
Is raised It is very essential to hAv'
the mares bred 70 good jacks. --south