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and the mare milked, in part, by hand; otherwise the foal will not 

 do well. 



FEEDING MULES 



Mules should be fed similarly to horses. The statement is of- 

 ten made that a mule requires less food than a horse to do a given 



Fig. 34. — A Pair of Well-bked Mules. Photograph from ATa^ionoi Slock- 



man and Farmer. 



amount of work. Such is not the case. True, a mule is less 

 likely to overfeed and gorge himself than a horse, and will make 



