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Show MULE IS BECOMING POPULAR Animals Are Used More on Thoroughfares Thorough-fares of Large Cities Handle Colts Carefully. If you breed the horses to strong, vigorous sires, that is the sort of offspring off-spring you may expect; if you breed to the other sort, you may expect "some other sort" of an offspring. While crushed corn and cob meal Is an excellent ration for the horses, It is apt to produce gastric colic, unless un-less something else is fed along with It, such as oats, bran or oil meal, to act as a laxative for the cob fiber, which is a trifle difficult to digest. The Missouri mule is becoming a popular draft animal on the thoroughfares thor-oughfares of the large cities. He is tough, eats less than a horse of the same weight, and sells for around $300. Handle the colts as much as possible possi-ble during the winter and as carefully. careful-ly. The most marked feature of the horse's Intelligence is Its memory, mem-ory, and the handling given the colt In early life will always be remembered, remember-ed, and if it has been of the right tort will aid In the "breaking." |