Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-07
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Tho average value of an American
u: :i,sia:. q : m1rn pFoporiy, the yaiitss egs an
average mule, lis $40, and III moss states
thaI o horse. By tho bulletin issued by.
the department Of agrionltnrei on March
8, inc live stock returns OF the country
were, approximately Horses. 14,0O0,.
600; mules, o. 400, Oo0j milk COWS,
10, 900, COOS sheep, 88, 900, 900; swino.
80, 600, 900. HCrses, COWS, oxen and
swine, aud especially horses, decreased
below tho totals Of last year and tho
year before. The number Of sheop and
mules increased, and, in proportion to
tho number Of them, mules increased
moro rapidly than any other. There are
now 1000, 900 fewer horses in this
country than there were trio years ago,
and tho number is steadily declining in
consequence of tho use Of electricity on
street railroads, tho popularity Of boy
oles and motor carriages, and tho SUI
perior endurance and smaller cost Of
maintenance Of mules. The American
null has been criticised adversely by
essayistS, hunl0rists, persons oonsidor.
ing themselves humorists and superb.
DIAL observers of American life, manners
and customs, but it Is q fact, especially
In the states of tho SOUL, aud south.
west, that the American mulo Ia an I'M
portant factor IN agricultural deyolop-
ment. He Is q willing boast, chcaply
maintained, never likoIy to run away,
not subject to tho ailments and disabili-
ties which unfit tho horse for much hard
service and bettor able 20 stand tho oil.
matio conditions. ... -. 5....
: Thcro are four states in which mules
arc worry numorous--Missouri, Texas,
Georgia and Tennessee. There arc 80O,-
600 mules, by tho last official report, in
Texas, and tho valuo Of Thorn Is In OK
cess Of $40, 600, 600. Louisiana has fowor
but better-mulos, and all tho gulf
states arc represented largely by this
farm animal. South Carolina has moro
mulos than horses by nearly so per
cent. Georgia has moro mules than
horsos, and almost in tho Same proper
tion. Tho average value Of q horse Oh q
farm in Georgia is $48, tho average
valuo Of q mulo is 500, and COVE arc
sold for $40. Florida, possibly On &C.
count Of tho flatnoss Of tho stnto and tho
moisture, has few mules, but in Ala.
buma tho number Of mules and Of horses
Is almost identical. TIIoro Is only q diff.
forenco Of n couple Of hundred botween
Tho two in tho state, with 100, 900 Of
each. In tho western states, and par.
tioularly in tho northwest, mules arc
not numerous, boing used principally
in mines. Recently on ingenious in
vontor has devised II plan for doing
away with this employment Of males
by substituting an electric appliance
FOR the c~nrtago of ORC. Tn California,
and especially in southern California,
in agricultural operations tho number
Of mules is considerable, aud 1t is,
moreover, increasing. At tho beginning
Of 1868 thoro wcro only $50, 600 mules
In tho United States. In 1880 thoro
wero 1, 700, 600. Since 1893 tho number
of horses has been steadily declining. -
New York Sun.