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rangements, hence we will have to increase our jack 

 and jennet stock. We cannot have mules without 

 jacks, neither can we have jacks without jennets. So, 

 they are the basis or foundation for mules. The 

 United States has scarcely enough mules to supply her 

 own demands. The English government has within 

 recent date, shipped from New Orleans and other 

 places thousands of mules to Africa for army pur- 

 poses, and is still shipping them. 



The demand is growing every year in the United 

 States for mules, as the railroads are being developed 

 in all parts of our country, opening the great forests 

 and the lumber trade as well as the various minerals, 

 as gold, silver, iron, lead, coal and phosphate; and 

 oil is being found in various parts of our country. 

 As the great internal resources are developed so will 

 the demand for stock be increased. It may be stated 

 as a fixed fact that as long as sugar, cotton and rice 

 will grow in the South, there will be a demand for 

 mules. No animal can supersede the mule for the 

 tropical climate. 



SECTION SECOND. 



Having been appointed by the Executive Committee 

 of the "Jack Stock Stud Book of America," I have 

 given a brief history of the early breeders of jacks 

 and jennets in the United States as far as could be 

 ascertained, and have also given a history of all the 

 late importations as far as could be learned, from one 

 of the largest importers, who has made eight trips to 

 Europe and has had more experience than any im- 

 porter of jacks and jennets in America. I allude to 

 Mr. Wm. H. Goodpasture, who was also Secretary 



