Market Classes and Grades of Horses and Mules

Download or read book Market Classes and Grades of Horses and Mules written by Rufus Chancey Obrecht and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 1908 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Market Classes and Grades of Horses and Mules Cotton mules are lighter boned than miners and not so compactly built. They are round bodied, smoothly turned and possess considerable quality. They range in height from 13 - 2 to 15-2 hands and weigh from 750 to 1100 pounds. Sugar, mules are those shipped south to use on the sugar farms of Georgia, Louisiana and other southern states. They are taller, larger, and more breedy looking than cotton mules and have heavier bone. They stand from 16 to 17 hands and weigh from 1150 to 1300 pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.