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regiments in South America, South Africa, Arabia, India, China, or 

 Morocco are not mounted upon the sure-footed, swift, enduring, and 

 patient mule. The Cossacks did not pursue Napoleon from Moscow 

 on the backs of mules, nor did the men of Marion and Sumpter, Stuart 

 or Sheridan win their victories astride the progeny of a jack. The 

 Crusaders panoplied in full armor, fought Saladin and his Emirs over 

 the dry and arid dusty deserts of Palestine mounted upon Norman 

 and Arabian horses. Armies trust live weight to horses, dead weight 

 to mules." 



Fig. 202. — High-class draft mules at the Uiiii)ii Stock Yards, Chicago. 



As mules do not breed, there is no opportunity for profit to the 

 farmer from this source. The mule's inability to breed is something 

 of an advantage in the city and in the army, as there is always the 

 danger of a mare being in foal when she is purchased, and if she is it 

 causes trouble and annoyance in a city stable or in the army; she must 

 either be sold or kept idle for a time. From all standpoints, however, 

 the mule's failure to breed is a detriment as compared to the horse. 



The distribution of mules in the United States is shown by the 

 numbers on farms in the ten leading states and in the different geo- 



