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grays are popular in the draft class, but as a general rule, bays, 

 browns, and chestnuts are most desirable, while flea-bitten grays 

 are discriminated against. 



Action. Action counts for very little in market mules. 

 They should show vigor and energy in their movements and 

 be straight-line movers. They should not be lame or crampy, 

 nor defective in action because of badly set legs. 



The market classes of mules are determined by the use 

 to which they are put, but in order for a class to exist there must 



Fig. 159. Mining or Pack Mule. 



be a demand for considerable numbers of a definite type. In 

 the St. Louis market, which is the largest mule market in the 

 world, there are six market classes which are as follows: 



Height , Weight 



Classes Hands Pounds ^ 



MINING MULES . . .. 12 to 16 600 to 1350 



COTTON MULES . . . . 13-2 to 15-2 750 to 1100 



SUGAR MULES.. ..16 to 17 1150 to 1300 



FARM MULES . . .. 15-2 to 16 900 to 1250 



DRAFT MULES . . .16 to 17-2 1200 to 1600 



f Wheel mules 15-3 to 16-1 1150 to 1300 



ARMY MULES. . . Lead mules 15 to 15-3 1000 to 1150 



[Pack and riding mules 14-2 to 15-2 950 to 1200 



