158 LIGHT HORSES: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



during harvest, being much quicker than horses with light 

 loads. They last longer than horses, a mule at thirty years 

 being about equal to a horse at twenty." Mr. C. L. Suther- 

 land, Down Hall, Farnborough, Kent, worked a farm of 

 300 acres (90 being arable), at Coombe, Croydon, entirely 

 with mules, which consumed a bushel of oats each per week, 

 with green clover in summer, and one and a-half bushels of 

 oats each per week, with hay, during winter. It is very 

 important that mules be driven by those who understand 

 their peculiarities and who can properly manage them. A 

 mule measuring 14^ hands high, should weigh not more than 

 1,000 Ibs. In the United States, mules in towns generally 

 receive a mixture of maize and oats in the proportion of i 

 to i, the quantity of the mixture allowed per diem varying 

 according to the size t of the animals from 4 to 10 Ibs. 

 Together with this grain ration, from 6 to 12 Ibs. of hay is 

 given. 



