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^MEKIOAN AprRIOULTUlfiSl 
[April, 
MULE FARMING IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
The raising of mules for the South and South¬ 
west is an important industry in Western North 
Carolina. Our artist, Mr. Hodgson, who has been 
.spending several weeks in Jackson County, North 
•Carolina, sends us some spirited illustrations drawn 
Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
by him from real life, on a mule farm in the beau¬ 
tiful and picturesque Valley of the Culiowhee. He 
writes us : this farm belongs to Mr. D. It com¬ 
prises 400 acres, at an altitude of 2,300 feet, lying 
in a grand mountain region of Western North 
Carolina, which produces fruits, grain, grasses, 
vegetables, and other products in abundance. 
The picture represents various views on Mr. D.’s 
farm, the mules being faithfully reproduced. In¬ 
stead of selling his hay, oats, and corn, he raises 
