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Show Profit In Raising Mules. To bebln with mules can bo raised cheaper than almost all) other farm stok nsperlall) Is this true when com-lured com-lured lo horses The) can be given light work when two )cars old and If proptrlv handled will often at this ago do us much work as a four-)ear-old borne lolt Of eourne. under no circumstances should thu work be heiv). fur the krowth of tho nnhnal wll Ilm checked if us.d for drlv-Ing drlv-Ing for pulling a light cultivator, for hauling moth late loads the iinlmal Is be t-tei t-tei on than It allowed to remain Idle 'ihe giovvlh Is not checked, but thu muscles nro tun dene d and developed, so that at lour or live )cnrs old u perfnt animal results With this kind of training Hie) will go Into market much c irller than torses, and conseiiic title t"o Investor gets a quicker rrtuin on his m me) Ihe mule stands heat much b.tter ll nn the horse In the North this Is not so linpnrlnnt as In tho South, but durllil" the harvesting time, Ihe mini who has two nr three mulis In tar 'it -ail ut his neighbor who bun mine The) eun stand moro abuse and grcutrr hardships than horses, but respond to kind treatment b) being; genlle and leuihiiblc They are less llu-bio llu-bio to discuses and me not so liable to beciiim blemished as inlta If a lot of Ihe 111 lire In pisture during the spiisoti, finer of them wilt show blemish thJIl tho same number of mils kept under llko treatment Another Imprirlant Item la the fad that mules Instlneilvcl) uvnld rough und dangerous places The) uro m ich mure laieful lo si euro u good fouling when on a rough road nr crossing a ell- I epldnted bridge It seems th it the mule s nerves are stronger and the) do noi liiso their heads when the) get Into u closo 'i-or all kinds of farm wnrk Ihe) are espcclill) Head) and nltvajs ready In pi inline, corn nr opening 11 furrow through II Hell. It li ver) muih easier tn drive siralfclit with a go I mule team than wlih horses in ploughing corn thev use much mole judgment In keeping off iho hills Ihilr bonis are usual!) Mr) lough, and It is scldiui ininssiry u havo u mule team shod oil the ordinary farm unless the) arc to be uscel n great dc il d irlng wlnte r weulhir, when ihe in ids are frcneu or Id Keep Ihe hoofs can full) trained, and If ilm animal has never been ahod thcro Is seldom u call for shoes Mules can be pined on the mirk' I 111) linn ufier winning In mule raising u-clous u-clous Ihe) ale considered snleubln pmp-iriv pmp-iriv afin ten mmiihs old. It) pistarlng und feecllnu until thev are two and a half or three )ars old, the) are readv fm maikrt The) eat 1 small amount of r. d and while the) "f inurnc piefer pood luy and grain thev will eat alnie.st in kind of lough fcp In tils wn It U nosslblp to rilso them cheiper than liT'i'dli'cusslon at a recent Illinois livestock live-stock merlins It was brought out Hint for the average farmer, mule raising In mnre certain and rroiliahle than Irving to raise horses this Is rmbahlv true from the fart thai people who aro not expprts In animal liusbandr) can succeed ver) well In raising mules |