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Fig. 108. — "Plantation mules represent a certain class suited to farm work." 



Plantation mules represent a certain class suited to farm 

 work, especially in the South. They may be divided into 

 two sub-classes, sugar and cotton mules. These are the 

 larger, better class mules on the market. Sugar mules 

 stand from 16 to I6I/2 hands high, and weigh from 1,100 

 to 1,400 pounds. These are breedy looking, show quality 

 and finish, and have strong bone. They especially show 

 refinement of head and neck. Cotton mules stand from 

 13^/2 to 151A hands high and weigh 900 to 1,100 pounds. 

 They are not of such uniformly high quality as sugar 

 mules, ranging from light to medium in bone, though they 

 must show smooth finish. They have small, neat heads, and 

 attractive conformation. Cotton mules are very common 

 in the Southwest. Curtis says * "this type of mule is of stil! 



* The Fundamentals of Live Stock Judging and Selection. E. S. Curtis, 

 Philadelphia, 1915, p. 210. 



