Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-10
To the Farmers of cresco and
Vicinity.

To the Farmers Of cresco and
Vicinity.
will be at the Rink barn in Cres-
co from the 9Th to the 10th of this
mouth, with the Mammoth Kentucky
Jack Teuton and wish to sell him
there, and would like to have all who
| are interested in stock raising see
him.
This Jack is by Hannibal, one of
the most famous sires that have ever
lived. He has won many premiums
in high classes, and was never beaten
| in the show ring.
| This Jack died last winter and
clip the following article from his
home paper:
"Old Hannibal, the noted Cross
white jack, is dead. He was the
property of John Tucker. This Jack
was known all over North Missouri.
The Crosswhite's at one time refused
81, 500 for him. Mr.. Tucker bought
him about three years ago. He was
| II years old and was considered one
of the best jacks in the state"
The dam of Teuton is the 16.hand
ssLibbie" by Compromise No. 191 A.
Us. s.. B, thus combining two of the
leading strains of Kentucky Man
moth blood.
Never have we had brighter pros
poets for live stock raising than now.
1t is common saving that we are
overstocked with common horses, the
class for which there is no market
consequently there is little value
placed upon them.
All classes of mules are always in
good demand, and the present de-
mand is greater, and the prices high
er than at any previous tine.
The production OF mules for 1897
fell off GO, 600 head from that of any
year since 1884. In one week at one
market the government paid out $972-
$50 "a for mules, while since May LIST,
on the same market, the daily expend-
iture for mules has been nearly $500
10000.
1t has always been that a good
mule team would outsell q horse
mules can be raised much cheaper
than horses, and will sell on the
market any day in the year like O hog
or steer and for cash.
The cotton mule market demands a
small mule, while the sugar mule
market demands the larger class Of
mules, thus 5inaking an open market
at all tilpesrfor all classes ofmules.
! With your couimon mares mated
with Jack you will get mule that
will outweigh his dam at maturity
and bring 100 per cent more money
than horse colt from the same dam.
| Spring mules are already selling
around $50 90 each. will quote yon
a few bona fide prices from Farmers
Home Journal of May 2S: j. S. Rob.
inson of Mercer Co. bought last week
Iquite number of Spring mule colts
at from $40 TO so per head.
g. w. Russell, of Stewart, sold two
mule colts at $50 each.
Stockmen say. "choice young mules
are very scarce and Indications point
to a sharp advance in prices
Same paper May 21st: army mules
must be is hands high and weigh 1000
pounds each.n
4 The Government does not want to
pay more than 800 each but crop
time is here. and prices range from
$3.50 to $40 each. These might be
considered wartime prices SO | will
Iquote some prices before the war was
i thought Of
Jan. 81, R. N. Ratcliff, one of the
most extensive mule dealers in Bath
Co. sold last Sat. to Joe Phillips one
car load OF mules at $50 per head.
Another article from same paper;
4 More than 10000 mules changed hands
on Monday On that day the Mau,
ray National Bank received &86. 900 in
deposits. ssss g
| Same paper Jan. 30: w. r. Todd
sold 81 head of year old mules at
$155 each. j. r. Gale sold two at
/ $3.50 each y
l know of one sale of one span OF
l3-year Odds at $3.50 in Aug. lasr, and
of several sales of weaving colts at
$50 each; and two colts at 1856 each at
Fair time last year.
claim that where you can make
one dollar in raising horses you can
make five in raising mules.
we raise only one horse in Ave
that pays more than his raising when
sold.
We can raise the mule to the same
age at one-half the expense and risk
of the horse, and we have five mules
! to go on the market instead of the
one horse out of the five.
4 The figures from the Agricultural
Dept of Bureau of animal industry
covering the past seventeen years,
show that the mule has sold on an
average IA per cent higher than the
horse, and i'll these figures the gov
eminent has included all the high.
priced imported stations all the John
r. Gentry's or valuable trotting hor-
ses. running horses, saddle horses,
fancy driving horses. And after ali
these are figured in and their value
averaged, the common mule wins in
value by over ID per cent.
am very enthusiastic over mule.
raising and it seems strange to me
that Iowa farmers have been SO slow
to take hold of this, the most profit.
able breed of stock to raise in the
livestock line.
Kentucky and Missouri have been
the, creates mule raising states, but
with the evolution ofthe saddle here
| been allowed to lapse, until their
mule mares have largely disappeared
and they are not raising only about
mules enough for their own use.