Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24

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many acres there are in them. snd thought
'mebbe he could scare up quarter md
lion. II it was necessary. sub. He Is
really. truly character from the old west
His boots come TO his knees. his wide
brimmed sombrero. to his ears. a cigar IN
his mouth. Jo-Cannon- wise, and s.nsuiar
little trick Of poising himself on his toes.
Light gray clothing. a string neckue and
a8 abiding affection for my wife and
tn. slh." Define and place him a. an
old-fashioned man; one OF those We used
10 like 10 think we would grow Up 10 be-
when we were young.
Raises Pure-Bred Jacks.
L know more about jackasses than any
thing else. ] guess" he said. And, sure
enough, l found out that he runs an eighty
acre farm just TO raise thoroughbred jack
asses
Il raise nothing but the purest strain Of
black. mammoth jacks. In my experience
think I have discovered that the best is
none too good; in the long run they are
less trouble. pay Frester pIoiit, are
easier to take care Of and never fail for a
market. / feel that l would like TO ten
farmers who experiment with low-grsded
stock that they are dissipating their re-
sources. There is nothing to this second
class proposition any time anywhere. From
. second-clsss man to sheep, they are all
the sRme-lots Of trouble TO raise and not
worth much when you do get them full
grown. I'm from Missouri, and l am used
TO mules. My idea in going into the jack
breeding business is that I could promote
the mule industry in these western states.
The horse business is being looked after
by men just as good as I am. And ! find
that the class Of mares out hsre In the
west is about the equal Of those in the
central states. There wac no one looking
after the mules, and thought tnat was my
sphere. Besides that, a mule is really
more scrviceable than a horse. When the
Joke writer's who ought TO be in the same
corral with the things they make fun Of
get through poking fun al the mule, we
will wake UP TO find that we have been
sbuEing one OF the best animals we have
IN America today. Uncle Sam has found
that in the Philippines, Cuba, throughout
the south, in the srmy-in fact anywhere
you put him. the mule gives greater service
than a horse lasts longer and in the end
IS more economical. A mule, too, is more
Intelligent than a horse. Out here in the
west a mule is used on all the combined
nsrvesters; on the railroad construction
Of work to be done with less show and
more get there TO it. A horse prances
around. looks pretty, is petted, while a
mule gets down 20 his work and does it.
There is no question that a good mule. of
good strain. is worth any two horses that
ever came on a farm.
Money I'm Mules.
Sometimes l have more than 100 mules.
But Just as soon as l get accustomed 10 a
bunch Of them along comes somebody and
wants a half dozen or so. ! hate to let
'em go after l set used TO them. Most al
ways its a contractor who wants real
good animal To do some real hard work
and hasn't time TO fool with horses. Then
again it's the government l get along
right smart. too. that way. ! raise and
sell almost every year from seventy-five
10 100 mules and it counts up. You see my
mules are all first class strain, and for
young, unbroken stock l get as high as
$50 a head. This is about the same price
as We get in Missouri. But It is pleasanter
living out here. I've got a prettier home
for the same money than 1 could get in
Missouri and the side chances for money
making are better here than back east.
like the mountains. the river, the clear.
ters / get along first rate. And 1 am
making some money every day. too.
My jacks I sell TO farmers. A lot OF
them viii go In together and buy a JACK
for breeding purposes. For those get ~
highA as $500 head for the jacks. Some
years. / sell As many as forty Of them TO
different fArmer-companies around the
country. That way l am really doing some
good, the way like to do it. You see there
is a whole lot IL doing what you like TO do.
Ia rather take less money TO do a job !
want to do anyway than more TO do some
thing 1 don't want to do. And ] do like
10 raise mules and jacks. I won't let a
poor strained animal live on the place.
from sheep TO a mule: from mule TO a
man9sGOt no use for them 1 get along
with the thorOughbreds. all right and they
don't sting me.
This climate out here is fine for mules
and stock farms There's 10 animal tuber-
eulosis The animals thrive, DO well and
/ don't have many losses. It's a nice clean
business and l like it.
"Of course there's lot OF people who
make fun OF my mule love" as they cali
H. But anything out Of the ordinary will at
tract attention. And, just the same. 1t pays
Different with sheep.
me. and reckon ] can stand IT,
ITS different with the sheep business
Lots Of people make money In the sheep
business And ] thought I could. But I'm
for leaving each man 10 his own trade nov.
never had so much grief In ali my life
Why, sub, when / got through with them
GUESSED sheep ! was ten years older, and
H.boo In the hole. You see Il was like this:
~ says 10 myself. there's lots OF people
Nin Idaho. too So ] says 10 myself; ! can
make Il, too Wen. I bought about a
thousand head. They stood me three and
half a head, and ] pastursd them on a
eighty acre alfalfa ueld. ] noticed they
didn't eat right good. Come 20 find out
they we're old ewes. with old bags and no
teeth After wlnterlng them 1 begun to
pasture. And Just after the Landing sea
son ] could 60 out in the m0rning and see
'cm rear up on their hind legs and drop
dead Every time one dropped I mad a
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