OCR Text |
Show THE FAITHFUL MULE. ?!j He Will Be Accorded Unusual Honorn and Promtncnco at tho St. Louis exposition. In case the plans of the chief of tho llo stock ilcparuueut of tho world's fair moot the npproial of tho mannRO- ,j ment, the mule and his I.in will be ac- -$&'' cortU'l unuMinl honors at St. Louis next "t W"M- '' J"ean A lack of knowledge exists as to "!$' ' ' tho varied utilities of the mi:le, hut this 'wfePf t display at tho lair will bo an oe-opcnor dSS$5? " In tills respect. 4y nV The nuilo has Invaded tho north to 5 ' '. stay, and wo confidently expect qulto a '" demand from tho northern form. Never wtro tho three ureal mule-raiting urates, Kei tucliy, Mlscourl and Tenntstoe, ho raited ami scraped for innlce of nil classes and ukcj as at the prcacnl time Not only ere the farmer who mine unrt those who feed cure of har.dibir.e profits, but tho dealer counts on u wlr.o a in! mre margin. Theso latter come from oery part of tl.o country to buy anything of the loni.'-'"ited type, from the rmnllest colt to the fancy teams and high-priced jacks. Choice colts are felllr.tr at $S0 to 5100, while fancy teams bring ?250 to JCOO. ', Oood-ilx;d two-year-old mules aro put to work and do good torvlee until 25 j enr old. and are not mlijn I to disease Mule are more cailly broken to work than horses, nml who ever heard of a team of mules rnnninK away and tear ,lni; thlnRR up? If they run, It Ih a very s 'shnrl and wild run. Who ever heard of a balky mule? No - team will carri a lumpy alorg smoother i . and nicer than a span of Miinll, well- ( broken mules. In fart, a 1300 span of mules will do more work than a $500 pair of horses, " The mule Is easily raised, easily brolien to work, docllo. triihly, hnrdy, and tho l.e-st (rlend the farmer or Wnm-N Wnm-N ttcr has In the way of work animals-Journal animals-Journal of Agriculture |