BREEDS OF HORSES 



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a car-load, he should seek some one who is making up a car-load to 

 ship. 



Market Classes. 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 be a demand for sufficient numbers of a definite type. In the 

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

 there are five market classes, viz : mining mules, cotton mules, sugar 

 mules, farm mules, and draft mules. As with horses, the class em- 

 bodies groups of mules of a general type, while the grades are divis- 

 ions of the class and refer to quality, conformation, condition, and 

 action. 



Classes. Grades. Classes, Grades. 



MINING MULES. 



COTTON MULES. 



SUGAR MULES.. 



FAEM MULES. 



DRAFT MULES. 



Choice 



Good 



Medium 



Common 



Inferior 



Choice 



Good 



Medium 



Common 



Inferior 



Choice 



Good 



Medium 



Common 



Inferior 



Choice 



Good 



Medium 



Common 



Inferior 



Choice 



Good 



Medium 



Common 



Inferior 



Mining mules are those purchased with which to operate mines. 

 They are heavy boned, rugged, compactly built individuals, with 

 large feet and strong constitution. They range in height from 12 to 

 16 hands and weigh from 600 to 1350 pounds. 



Cotton mules are lighter boned than miners and not so compactly 

 built. They are round bodied, smoothly turned and possess consid- 

 erable quality. They range in height from 13-2 to 15-2 hands and 

 weigh from 750 to 1100 pounds. 



Sugar mules are those shipped south to use on the sugar farms 

 of Georgia, Louisiana and other southern states. They are taller, 

 larger, and more breedy looking than cotton mules and have heavier 

 bone. They stand from 16 to 17 hands and weigh from 1150 to 1300 

 pounds. 



Farm mules are those purchased to be used on the farms of the 

 central states. They are somewhat lacking in uniformity of type 

 and many of them are young and somewhat thin in flesh. An aver- 

 age height is from 15-2 to 16 hands and weigh from 900 to 1250 

 pounds. 



Draft mules are large heavy boned, heavy set mules that possess 

 quality and ruggedncss. They are used in cities for heavy teaming 

 and by contractors for all kinds of heavy work, such as railroad grad- 



