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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Fig. 109. "Draft mules are large, heavy- 

 boned mules that carry more weight than any 

 other class." 



lighter build than 

 the surface mining 

 mule. The body is 

 inclined to be some- 

 what rangy, the 

 bone small, and the 

 body upstanding. 

 The quality should 

 be uniform and of 

 about the same 

 standard as that 

 possessed by the 

 mining mule, the 

 difference being in 

 favor of the lat- 

 ter." 



Draft mules are 

 large, heavy-boned 

 mules, that carry 

 more weight than 

 any other class. 

 They are often di- 

 vided into two sub- 

 classes, viz., lum- 

 ber and railroad 

 mules. Mules of 

 draft class should 

 be large, their 

 bodies deep and 

 closely coupled, the 

 backs short and 

 strong, the croup 

 not too drooping, 

 thighs and gaskins 

 heavily muscled, 

 bone heavy, and 



