Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-06

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baud and select strong active Suffolk Cydesdae Shire
good temper possible The value draught
animals very fairly summed up the following letter. addressed
Tie FIHd by a correspondent in louisiana
"'This southern country Oouisana) full mules,
certainly be objected Our ayman
the smallest IS hands high and considered good
mule the largest 6H hands high and considered being good
sized mule paancc But the largest of these nothing
the mules employed stables hauling
and heavy articles neighbo of mine has twenty mules
hands and powerful any London brewers
Our wealthy coal merchants Iga and Co., have that
feet pictures less than 10 hands, and they bring their
Goals along easily cahorse England The forte Of the
mule lies the eannc and aness of the legs which
like the thoroughbred any quaebred
be- and the foot small and pointed There but morse of
lumber about the mule of this country and that only those that
worked hard and low flesh and then feeding the belly
distended and unsgy AS temper and sagac they beat thu
horse but if not well broke tmd and little "kcary" For
work they admirable bit tic pace tells them little than
tic equal abf Slow work point at
that they will horse IS 50 per taking their longer
into consideration and their exemption the city
railroad lines here there mules averaging IS
hands, used and than twenty horses They prefer the
smaller mules for the city costing less eating less being
little quicker on their feet The difference in price here very
great horse and mule for the general purpose would
relatively Us and $500
owe bought lately a capital young horse
$I75 He take fourvhcclcd buggy persons
through country dirt roads and good enough drive anywhere
Il mule at $500 70oi 5ocH tic 7o0y 7vo became
occasionally fast fer 6o70s AS riding
exceptions but generally tie shoul tee 70 amt tic hack toe
muc orchcd Jlndy them desirable and Mlir PAGES
ood Qf thousand The mules here by
donh OF size principally from Spain and Malta and
oncourt to reefouhs bred OF large roomy build They
raised Kentucky and Tennessee where the hcbage
like middle English
be objection the climate England raising them easily and
prohtaby And another great point their favor their early
maturity AT three years old they be used advantagcouy
all light work and will last till twenty twenty-five years old with
certainty barring disease
Mules bred in South America purposes. Mr.
George Henry Beaumont correspondent of the Like Stock 5oa
n1,u1eS AS
kick and bite harder than horses They keep much healthier hot
climate than horses; they handler rocky all
famous countries One mule such places worth than
if not three horses for work They shorter and stronger
the back and carry heavier loads than horses
they much less and their OOd
much footed owing the the hoo paen
joint and shoulder they carry load places where horse
could without they longer
than horse and keep better condition during the journey
will give example this: The journey the Cordcras
BunOs Ayres always done by the Coeros mules for the
have given have often asked them why they did
horses They laugh and tell that they do
be left footha is horses would socooed and would not
stand the fatigue the journey Mules have nearly always dark
hoos they much tougher than those of the horse have
helped and trim good and may be allowed to
make the there about the difference
cutting horses hOof and mules there cutting piece of
birch wood and piece elm In the time drought the River
Plate when horses with difficulty be found with sufficient strength
themselves, mules still to be working the dill
gencas and CARTS and the proprietor dgencia
who has mules in these hard times They
generally used in Buenos Aye the Uruguay for the that
they difficult than colt and slower; and
pace everything with these dgcncas mules thought
much of till the pastures all scohcd up, and nothing left but
thstesaks and upon which the mules keep in good
hard condition. when the horses nothing but skin and bone
MULES also used in Brazil maadamzed road made
for hundred miles the north of eopos in 1875 COACH
built after the English pattern, day A.
site the Empero palace Persepo deposits passengers
at the door of the hotel uiz da Fora In this time