OCR Text |
Show MuUe at lreit lur Mute. I The largest sugar planter In Texail la J V Cunningham, whose planta-i tlon and refinery tro located at Hugar-land Hugar-land The orop It cultivated and harvested har-vested by convicts who am leased front the stale Several hundred mulct nr employed on the plantation, and Mc Cunningham Introduced a new food for them n few years ago This food la pure, black molasaet nnd the animate ani-mate aro fed nothing else throughout the jear Large troughs have been built In the stables, Into which ths roolaasea la conducted direct from the refinery through pipes Ths mules have a Rreat fondnett for the molasses and they are kept In prime condition all tho time The ruolassea fed to the. animals Is of a coarse quality, and would command only a low price In the market It Is much cheiper than corn or oatt "It not only keeps the mules In good condition," said the rnan who told the ttory. "but It flavors flav-ors tho meat,' so Ibat 'tugar-cured mule hams' will toon be n profltablo nroduet Ohlesge later Ocean |