Show RAISING MULES WITHOUT pride ot of ancestry or hope 0 ot f posterity thi the mule is a perpetual butt ot of jokes and but bat his bis value to man for many purposes its is not equalled equal led by that ot of any other animal not even excepting the horse aside from blooded stock the average mule everywhere brings a better price than the average horse and awes miles ot of small size and ligi light weight sell readily at good prices in places and at times where and when horses of similar size and weight are practically without value for example a horse weighing from to pounds is not hot a sale able aulman but a mule of similar exactly exactly meets certain require ments A writer in the denver deaver bange efge journal truthfully remarks they are good quick leaders for heavy ten and sixteen mule teams pony fony mules make the very kind ot of light double teams for buckboard service wet western tern wen nen know their value as light drivers for rough mountain roads what would mining towns do without the little pack mule again the pony makes aa excellent easy en duriez dun ne saddler lor for long horseback journeys now this subject possesses a livia living I 1 and practical interest for hundreds 01 of farmers and stock raisers in utah to in the business ol of raising balsin horses hordes with an assurance that it will will he requires cantal econs li to buy a sufficient number of good ani malu mail to baart with ai d these are etc ucc expensive were they not so ao there would be no brodt in farm with only 61 scrub stock to breed frum from it wilt will be difficult it not impossible oe to malm mak a success of the business of raising norae especially ally in IL a section where good stock is becoming as plentiful as it is in rutih but for the purpose ot of breeding pony mules almost any class ot of mares ma avill do old plug mares that have tho th smallest market value and from which it would oe be impo impossible anible to produce colts that would sell profitably oan can bo used to excellent advantage in rats rals ing small mules the 1 be writer above referred to furnishes the following somewhat unique suggestions and figures there 1 is profit in breeding what texans Texan call spanish mustang mules the cost ot of a plant is small many men of limited means looking over the west frest desiring to engage in ia some branch of livestock live stock ou ainess will aid that it ic does not need much capital to start a mu mustang stanl mule ranch THE PLANT FIRST four large burro jacks Q HO 40 one hundred old plug mares Q 25 personal expenses 80 taxes 1 50 00 registering brand 1 50 advertising brand 12 00 1 50 SECOND TEAR figure for expense the second year biar personal expenses e 09 Tax essay s say SO 00 advertising adam bising brand 12 oft 00 58 THIRD TEAR expense the third year personal expenses taxes say I 1 1 70 0 00 0 brund brand 12 BO 60 total cost plant tor for three years at 58 RESULT FIRST eighty yearling mules 6 20 1600 09 00 SECOND YEAR TEAR eighty two year old mules 0 35 95 00 eighty yearling mules males a 9 20 1600 00 00 THIRD TEAR eighty broke mules 6 75 OB 00 eighty two year old mules 0 25 20 00 eighty yearling mules 0 5 SO 20 1600 00 00 two per cent per annum loss on mares for three years less 6 94 25 2350 09 fow four burro jacks 00 total value plant at end of three years 00 leab cost of plant 58 gross profit in three years 50 of course these figures will be ariti cisek cased and every one In interested terestea will and percentage of increase to suit himself but figure as be may hie he will see that there is profit in breeding bree rough little mules from plug stock running loose on the range this sort of stock to is not intended for the blooded breeder who can employ his capital to better advantage producing more valuable animals this is a poor mans opportunity and opportunities for men of small capital are arc becoming very scarce there are yet some little on out t of the way ranges where several bunches of mares can be run with jacks acks without interference inter ferance or complaint f from rom any one let a young man having only a thousand dollars buy a couple of common large burro jacks give each a separate range andalft and a lot of old broken down mares picked up around livery stables grand brand up the lot turn them loose get up your stock several a 5 ear mud brand and and andal at the end of three deais he will find that it 11 Is better then than working for any kind of f wages there appears to be a good deal of practical common sense in the advice of this writer granting that abis figures showing the profits of the business he advocates are exaggerated it is clear that the small lowbred low bred mares that abound on the ranges of this territory and upon which their owners do not place a value sufficient to have them looked after or cared tor for be used aged with profit in the raising of pony milks most of the horses in this section are ol of the original spanish stock and while their small size and lack ot 01 beauty render them they are perhaps the hardiest handiest har diest and tou toughest beat horses in the world and for t this his reason pony mules bred from this stock would have an enhanced value for the purposes lor for which akey are used poor farmers who cannot afford to own high priced maras et who are so situated situate d in respect to range ran ae facilities that they can raise stock will find it worth their time to investigate the subject pt raising pony va mules tiles |