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The breeding of jacks and jennets, as the female of the ass is called, 

 is confined to but few hands. These breeding studs are mostly located in 

 Kentucky and Tennessee, though some are found in Ohio, Indiana, Illi- 

 nois and Missouri. Up to the time of the late war the breeding of this 

 stock was an important industry, the jacks produced being distributed 

 for service all over the Southern and Western States. Since the war, 

 with the breaking up of the great breeding studs, the industry has lan- 

 guished, owing to the decreased demand for mules. A new impetus, 



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however, has given rise to the breeding of jacks again in considerable num- 

 bers in the South, and this branch of husbandry will undoubtedly again 

 assume more than its original importance; for the agricultural interests 

 of that section are steadily growing, and a constant improvement is noted 

 in the quality and numbers of the live stock. 



