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strong and constant throughout the year, and comes from all sections 

 where mines are operated. 



Cotton mules are very similar to mining mules in size, but are 

 lighter boned and not so compactly built. They should have small, 

 neat heads, and possess much quality and finish. Their feet are smaller 

 and bodies proportionately lighter. Cotton mules stand from 13-2 to 

 15-2 hands high, and weigh from 750 to 1,100 pounds. They are most 

 desired from 3 to 7 years old, but may find ready sale up to 12 years 

 of age. Mare mules sell better than geldings in this class. The trade 

 begins about the first of September and continues good throughout 

 the fall and winter months, then gradually decreases until after the 

 cotton crop is planted, or about April. From this time until the follow- 



b'u:. LMKi. — Sugar mule. 



ing fall, the demand is light. Cotton mules are used by cotton growers 

 to plant, cultivate, and harvest the cotton crop, but a great many such 

 mules are also taken to cities for use on delivery wagons and for 

 other purposes. 



Sugar mules are mules especially adapted for use on the sugar 

 farms of Georgia, Louisiana, and other southern states. Sugar mules 

 are taller, larger, more breedy looking, better finished, and have 

 heavier bone than cotton mules. The feet should be large in propor- 

 tion to the bone. They stand from 16 to 17 hands high, and weigh 

 from 1,150 to 1,300 pounds. Mare mules from 3 to 6 years old are 

 most desired for this trade. As sugar mules are larger and possess 

 more quality and finish than cotton mules, they sell for a little more 



