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or 
. 10 pounds clover hay, 8 pounds oats, 6 pounds corn, 2 pounds wheat 
bran. 
. 10 pounds alfalfa hay, 12 pounds barley. 
. 30 pounds alfalfa hay. 
. 8 pounds mixed hay, 6 pounds cornstalks, 6 pounds corn, 6 pounds 
wheat bran. 
9. 10 pounds hay, 8 pounds oats, 4 pounds dried brewers’ grains. 
10. 10 pounds hay, 5 pounds corn, 5 pounds barley. 
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Feeding Mules.—< The work animal on the southern farm is 
the mule (Fig. 70). He it is that bears the brunt of the work of 
cultivating the growing crop, harvests it when mature, and hauls it 
Fic. 70.—A team of farm work mules. (Missouri Station.) 
to market. In the South the horses on the farm remain in field 
or stable until all the mules are harnessed, and are only called into 
use when the labor to be done is more than the mules can accomplish. 
“The mule is the draft animal for the lumberman, the cotton 
and sugar planter, the contractor, and the miner. 
“The horse may be honored for his procreative ability ; he may 
