JACKS, JENNETS AND MULES 79 



BREEDS OF JACKS. 



Less is perhaps known of the different breeds of 

 jacks and jennets than of any other character of live 

 stock. This may be said to be true even in those 

 sections in which they are best known, while in many 

 sections of our country absolutely nothing is known 

 of them. They simply know that a donkey is a don- 

 key, and that's the end of it. Now, we conceive it 

 to be of the utmost importance that breeders especially 

 should make themselves familiar with all the different 

 breeds, because there is a vast difference between 

 them, not only in appearance and color, but also in 

 their value as adapted to our country. If a man 

 wants a buggy horse he will hardly buy a Percheron, 

 and if he wants to raise the best animal for beef he 

 will scarcely invest in the Jersey. He knows of these, 

 and need not hesitate as to what breed to buy after 

 he has determined upon the purposes for which it is 

 to be used. Now, if a man has a herd of jennets, 

 too small of bone or too light of body, he ought to 

 know what breed is most likely to remedy these de- 

 fects in the progeny. If his herd is *'off in color," as 

 the saying is, then he ought to know what breed is 

 most likely to overcome such a defect. 



Although such a thing properly has no place in a 

 stud book, it was, nevertheless, thought best to give 

 a short but succinct description of all the different 

 breeds of jacks in use in this country, because of the 



