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MU LES. 
or the produce of about one-fifth of the county con¬ 
sumed by horses, 
Mr. Carpenter advises, if farmers will keep horses, 
that some good bony useful mares be kept also, which, 
if well fed and properly attended to, will do as much 
work as geldings, except a little hinderance at foaling 
time, as the profit of a good' foal at weaning time, 
when four or five months old, is a valuable considera¬ 
tion. tj 
MULES 
Are also used for agriculture in this county, as well 
as for the saddle and other uses, a good many having 
been kept by the late Samuel Skey, Esq. of Spring 
Grove, near JBewdley, and some of them of a good 
size, to fifteen hands high or more, and some of nearly 
a milk white colour, the most beautiful of which were 
reserved for drawing his carriage, and for which a 
great price had been offered; they were bred from 
grey, or white, mares, and a white spotted foreign ass, 
which he had in his possession many years, but is now 
dead; all the farm work was here done by these ani¬ 
mals, upon a light sandy soil. 
At Mr. Teverell’s, near Worcester, are also kept 
seven handsome mules, bred by Mr. Skey, who do all 
kinds of farm work, and are kept principally on straw 
in winter, and though kept to hard work, look remark¬ 
ably sleek and well, Their hardiness is a valuable 
property, and their longevity a great advantage, as 
they will perform a deal of work, when only two or 
three years old, and are in full perfection at thirty, and 
are 
