. The breeds of live-stock : by live-stock breeders . Livestock. MULES AND JACKS 183 Chicago market calls for a somewhat higher animal. The cotton or sugar mule that stands sixteen hands should weigh 1050 to 1350 pounds. The class of mules that is used on the sugar i)lantations is of the best cjuality, owing to the fact that tlie sugar plantations are worked by wealthy syndicates that could not afford to use poor mules. They show a very smooth finish, a marked refinement about the head and neck and a fine quality of bone. In fact, no class is superior to the sugar mule in smoothness and finish
. The breeds of live-stock : by live-stock breeders . Livestock. MULES AND JACKS 183 Chicago market calls for a somewhat higher animal. The cotton or sugar mule that stands sixteen hands should weigh 1050 to 1350 pounds. The class of mules that is used on the sugar i)lantations is of the best cjuality, owing to the fact that tlie sugar plantations are worked by wealthy syndicates that could not afford to use poor mules. They show a very smooth finish, a marked refinement about the head and neck and a fine quality of bone. In fact, no class is superior to the sugar mule in smoothness and finish. The sugar class of mules shows also greater uniformity In quality, height and weight than do those used for anj' other purpose. Cotton mules, as a rule, are poorly graded, and lack the uniformity observed in the sugar class. Both cotton and sugar mules begin service, usually, at three or four years of age, although some at five years ; but they are at their best when six to nine or ten years of age. (2) Lumber mules. — For the neces- sities of the woods, where mules are used in great numbers for purposes of lumbering, a \'ery heavy, strong and rugged animal is needed; hence, we find the lumber mules extremely tall and large, usually fifteen to seventeen or more hands in height. Quality is not of so much importance as the Fig. 3i. — Agoodrep- 1 .1-, , , 1 1 1 1 1 resentative of the ability to do hard and rough work, j^^^^ j^^.^^^^ ^^^^^^ and much of it; therefore, weight is especially essential. There is great variation in this class of mules, everything being sacrificed except- ing capacity to do hard work, ruggedness to endure. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. New York : Macmillan Co.
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