Show the Cai camel niell major wayne who for ten years has been occupied with the experiment of introducing g the camel into this country I 1 states in the Xa lional the result ile he says the camel does not consume more food than a horse or mule prefers a coarser boarer diet satisfies itself read readily Y wl with th either scanty gra grazing zing or browsing I 1 requires feeding but once a day being a ruminant and a rid would be with difficulty icily diff distressed for water it requires no close stable only a shed protecting it from cold northerly winds and from froin falling weather and requires no grooming ta tho certainly healthier and better like all other animals for a clean skin the camel is undoubtedly a hardier and tougher animal than the horse not surpassed if equalled equal led in these respects by the mule and with half the forage of either and with two or three hours of grazing ing or browsing can call be kept in condition 1 in addition to ito the economy in in forage the use of camel saves the outlay ier lor egons wagons and carts barness fh arness shoes and the ri necessary c repairs of them the pack saddle being so simple in its construction st as to be readily made on the plantations its cost will be but trifling g its weight compare compared d with th that ai of a wagon or cart increases the physical energy devoted to the transportation of goods for short distances say about a 0 plantation or for six or echt eight miles on the road a strong camel will carry on an average from eight hundred to one thousand pounds the diulus of asia minor the produce of the double humped male on the single humped arabian female will average for the same distance from one thousand to fifteen hundred pounds all of the statements in my official report of what aras done by the camels under my direction in texas are made from accurate weights and closely computed distances so 0 far the general advant advantages aes t f from born using 9 camels maybe may be summed u up as follows they will nourish flourish as well ivell in the united states as either horses or mules they may be introduced at mobile or pensacola at rates not greater certainly not much greater than present prices for good mules they are not so expensive to feed as ho horses or mules they require no close stable nor go booming oming oo ming they are as tough and as hardy as ei either ther horse or mule they save a heavy outlay for wagons carts harness and shoes and and a constant tax for their repairs their physical energy is not largely drawn upon for the draught dra u ight of a wagon or cart and therefore is proportionately given more usefully to the transportation of goods they will do more work at the same cost and keeping than either horse or mule these are the general a advantages that I 1 think may be fairly claimed for the camel now let us examine how far this animal with their advantages may be suited for our plantation or farm uses in egypt I 1 have seen the camel used in cities and in the country on plantations in fields and on the road for every purpose that horses and mules are used with us I 1 have seen them transporting bricks and broken stone from yards and quarries for buildings sleepers rafters scantling boards for flooring ac I 1 have seen them carrying chopped straw corn cotton fodder merchandise of all kinds men women and children and with their burdens stepping intelligently and with sure into and out of clumsy ferry boats and I 1 have seen them usefully occupied in in carrying bu burdens aaris on the dams and check chech banks of rice rice plantations Is there anything more or less than these uses that our plantations and farms require the camel has been known to thrive and bo be useful between 15 and 52 north latitude the m mean e an temperature of which region may be rated at from 50 to 68 degrees the cost of a good serviceable camel landed at mobile or pensacola will be from to the anim animal al is much less troublesome at sea than the horse a hundred camels causing less anxiety than ten horses |