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Show ADVANTAGES OF FARM MULE Will Take Better Care of Himself Than Horse Also Less Subject to Digestive Disorders. Tbe mule has certain decided advantages ad-vantages ns a work animal. For the mun who does not know how or Is unwilling un-willing to give his horses a reasonable reason-able amount of cure, the mule Is the better animal, because he will take better care of himself than will the horse. Tbe mule Is naturally more able to stand hot weather than Is the horse. He will slow down when the work becomes be-comes hard and the weather hot whereas a horse will begin to fret and thus will be even more likely to become overheated. Hence, a mule la safer In the hands of a careless or incompetent in-competent driver. The mule requires less grain and will reudlly consume more roughage than will a workhorse doing the same amount of work. The mule la lesa subject to digestive disorders. Another Important consideration is that a mule does not depreciate In value so much from ogs and hard usage as does a horse. |